"Smile, breathe and go slowly."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 29, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/29/2013
June 28, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/28/2013
"We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the
most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly
allowing our mind to run off into the future. Perhaps we got this from our
parents. Carried away by our worries, we're unable to live fully and happily in
the present. Deep down, we believe we can't really be happy just yet-that we
still have a few more boxes to be checked off before we can really enjoy life.
We speculate, dream, strategize, and plan for these "conditions of happiness" we
want to have in the future; and we continually chase after that future, even
while we sleep. We may have fears about the future because we don't know how
it's going to turn out, and these worries and anxieties keep us from enjoying
being here now."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 27, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/27/2013
"If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we
cannot take care of the people we love. Loving oneself is the foundation for
loving another person."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 26, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/26/2013
"The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion
or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering to a minimum? If I lose my
direction, I have to look for the North Star, and I go to the north. That does
not mean I expect to arrive at the North Star. I just want to go in that
direction."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 25, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/25/2013
"An oak tree is an oak tree. That is all it has to do. If an oak tree is less
than an oak tree, then we are all in trouble."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 24, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/24/2013
"A human being is like a television set with millions of channels.... We cannot
let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we
have to recover our own sovereignty."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 22, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/22/2013
"Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to
throw away your knowledge."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 21, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/21/2013
"Only the present moment contains life."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 20, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/20/2013
"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."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 19, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/19/2013
"Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving
around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck
in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking
corpses."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 18, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/18/2013
"Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your
body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as
the means to take hold of your mind again."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 17, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/17/2013
"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst
of abundance."
~The
Buddha
June 16, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/16/2013
"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people.
It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations.
It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that
kills."
~The
Buddha
June 15, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/15/2013
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the
candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being
shared."
~The
Buddha
June 14, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/14/2013
"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace
to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can
control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue
will naturally come to him."
~The
Buddha
June 13, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/13/2013
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving
of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be
found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve
your love and affection."
~The
Buddha
June 12, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/12/2013
"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give
yourself to it."
~The
Buddha
June 11, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/11/2013
"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all
the way, and not starting."
~The
Buddha
June 10, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/10/2013
"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them
and be influenced by them for good or ill."
~The
Buddha
June 07, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/7/2013
"We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and
strength so we can help transform the situation."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 06, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/6/2013
"We all have the seeds of love in us. We can develop this wonderful source of
energy, nurturing the unconditional love that does not expect anything in
return."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 05, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/5/2013
"In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to
understand."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 04, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/4/2013
"A summer breeze can be very refreshing; but if we try to put it in a tin can so
we can have it entirely to ourselves, the breeze will die. Our beloved is the
same. He is like a breeze, a cloud, a flower. If you imprison him in a tin can,
he will die. Yet many people do just that. They rob their loved one of his
liberty, until he can no longer be himself. They live to satisfy themselves and
use their loved one to help them fulfill that. That is not loving; it is
destroying."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 03, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/3/2013
"If we are not happy, if we are not peaceful, we cannot share peace and
happiness with others, even those we love, those who live under the same roof.
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and
everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our
peace."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
June 02, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/2/2013
"Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky,
the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other
person."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
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