Monthly Archives: April 2019

Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds. Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves. Let us be aware of the source of being, common to us all and to all living things. Evoking the … Continue reading →

The empty path welcomes you, fragrant with grass and little flowers, the path paved with paddy fields still bearing the marks of your childhood and the fragrance of mother’s hand, Walk leisurely, peacefully, Your feet touch the Earth deeply. Don’t let … Continue reading →

When you walk mindfully, just enjoy walking. The technique to practice is to walk and just be exactly where you are, even if you are moving. Your true destination is the here and the now, because only in this moment … Continue reading →

On the wooden board outside of  the meditation hall in Zen monasteries, there is a four- line inscription. The last line is, “Don’t waste your life.” Our life is made of days and hours, and each hour is precious. – … Continue reading →

If we don’t stop and look deeply,  we may not know what brings us our deepest happiness. – Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective  #thay #thaysaid #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes

Even though life is hard, even though it is sometimes difficult to smile, we have to try. Recently, one friend asked me, “How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn’t natural.” I told … Continue reading →

Please try this practice. You can practice mindfulness of the breath for a minute or walk mindfully toward the person you love most in the world. Then you are truly here, truly present. You open your mouth and you utter … Continue reading →

When we’re holding the mental formations of despair and suffering, we can look and see that this has been born from that; suffering is born because we are in touch with an image from the past. The reality is that … Continue reading →

You are somebody; you are something. You are a positive factor for your family, for society, for the world. You have to recover yourself, to be yourself. You have to become solid again. You can practice solidity in everyday life. … Continue reading →

During the time you are practicing mindfulness, you stop talking – not only the talking outside, but the talking inside. The talking  inside is the thinking, the mental discourse that goes on and on and on inside. Real silence is … Continue reading →