If we are caught by the obstacle of knowledge, even if truth comes knocking at our door, we will refuse to let it in.
Thich Nhat HanhSo, while driving in the car with the person sitting right next to us, we think about other things. We aren't interested in him anymore. What arrogance! The person sitting there beside is really a mystery! We only have the impression that we know her, but we don't know anything yet.
Thich Nhat HanhI bowed my heard, and I knew that we have a lot to learn from the leaf because it was not afraid - it knew that nothing can be born and nothing can die.
Thich Nhat HanhOnce we recognize that all things are impermanent, we have no problem enjoying them. In fact, real peace and joy are only possible when we see clearly into the nature of impermanence.
Thich Nhat HanhAll things arise because of their interdependence, and that is why nothing has a separate, independent identity.
Thich Nhat HanhEach of us is a product of our family, environment, friends, education, culture, and society. These conditions lead to a certain way of seeing things and a certain way of responding to things. When we see this, we have compassion for everyone, including ourselves. We see that if we want something to change, we also have to help change his or her family, environment, friends, education, culture, and society. We are responsible, directly or indirectly, for each person's consciousness attitudes.
Thich Nhat HanhThere is no single entity whose identity is changeless. All things are constantly changing. Nothing endures forever or contains a changeless element called a "self.
Thich Nhat HanhWe talk about social service, service to the people, service to humanity, service to others who are far away, helping to bring peace to the world - but often we forget that it is the very people around us that we must live for first of all. If you cannot serve your wife or husband or child or parent - how are you going to serve society? If you cannot make your own child happy, how do you expect to be able to make anyone else happy? If all our friends in the peace movement or of service communities of any kind do not love and help each other, whom can we love and help?
Thich Nhat HanhTags: family peace service happyness compasion
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.
Thich Nhat HanhIf 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.
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