Why do we always try to run and run, even while having our breakfast, while having our lunch, while walking, while sitting? There’s something pushing and pulling us all the time. We make ourselves busy in the hopes of having happiness in the future. — Thich Nhat Hanh. PhotoArt: Noharanda. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #happiness #understanding #mindfulness #thichnhathanh #thichnhathanhquotecollective #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
To stop and communicate with yourself is a revolutionary act. You sit down and stop that state of being lost, of not being yourself. You begin by just stopping whatever you’re doing, sitting down, and connecting with yourself. This is called mindful awareness. Mindfulness is full awareness of the present moment. You don’t need an iPhone or a computer. You just need to sit down and breathe in and out. In just a few seconds, you can connect with yourself. You know what is going on in your body, your feelings, your emotions, and your perceptions. —Thich Nhat Hanh. PhotoArt: Crispin Korschen. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #mindfulness #awareness #presentmoment #thichnhathanh #thichnhathanhquotecollective #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
I think God is on Earth, inside every living being. — Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #god #understanding #insight #earth #livingbeing #mindfulness #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanhquotes
Those who have practiced Buddhist meditation know that meditating is above all being present: to yourself, to those you love, to life. – Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #meditation #present #love #mindfulness #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
If there are things that are causing you to suffer, you have to know how to let go of them. Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas and happiness. You imagine that certain conditions are necessary to your happiness, but deep looking will reveal to you that those notions are the very things standing in the way of happiness and are making you suffer. — Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #lettinggo #worries #fears #love #letgo #mindfulness #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
When I was a novice I learned how to light a stick of incense in mindfulness. You see, when you light incense you think that the purpose of lighting incense is to have the incense pervading the Buddha’s home. But lighting the incense is just for lighting the incense. You pick up a stick of incense mindfully and you enjoy that, because it is by itself an act of meditation. During the time you pick up the stick of incense you are mindful, you are concentrated, you are real, because your body and your mind are together. And the stick of incense is real. When you strike a match, you do the same thing. During the time you strike a match, you only strike a match. You don’t do anything else. You don’t think of other things. You are perfectly mindful of striking a match. You are concentrated on it, and you enjoy the act of lighting the incense.
When you hold a stick of incense, it is the same. When I stick it into the incense burner, I put my left hand on my right hand. That is the tradition. Everyone in the Buddhist tradition lights incense in that way. The stick of incense is very light; one hand is enough in order to hold it. Why do you have to put your left hand on your right hand? Because it means that you are doing it with one hundred per cent of your body and your mind.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. — Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #suffering #release #lettinggo #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
We are not loving enough as a species. —Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #thay #love #truelove #awareness #today #mindfulness #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
Every time you breathe deeply, you become entirely yourself again. — Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #breathe #today #justbreathe #thay #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
Every time you breathe deeply, you become entirely yourself again. — Thich Nhat Hanh. @thichnhathanhquotecollective #breathe #today #justbreathe #thay #thichnhathanhquotecollective #thichnhathanh #buddhistquotes #thichnhathanhquotes
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