You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
THICH NHAT HANHTo be loved means to be recognized as existing.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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