Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
THICH NHAT HANHBe Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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