List of Nhat Hanh Quotes

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Nhat Hanh
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We may think that justice is everyone being equal, having the same rights, sharing the same kind of advantages, but maybe we have not had the chance to look at the nature of justice in terms of no-self. that kind of justice is based on the idea of self, but it may be very interesting to explore justice in terms of no-self.
Thinking Rights Self
There is no real separation between self or no-self. anything you do for yourself you do for the society at the same time. and anything you do for society you do for yourself also.
Real Self Separation
I would not be happy if i had not become a monk.
Monk Ifs
I would not be happy if i could not become a monk. they call it the beginner's mind - the deep intention, the deepest desire that a person may have. and i can say that until this day, this beginner's mind is still alive in me.
Mind Desire Beginners
One day i saw a picture of the buddha on a buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and i was impressed. around me people were not like that, so i had the desire to be someone like him. i nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when i had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a buddhist monk.
Buddhist People Parent
We have to have loving speech. and if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. then we practice compassionate listening, and we can learn so much about our own perception and their perception. only after that can we help remove wrong perception. that is the best way, the only way, to remove terrorism.
Heart Practice Listening
When you drop bombs on the enemy, you drop those same bombs on yourself, your own country.
Country Religious Enemy
Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the earth are two separate entities, the earth is only the environment. you are in the centre and you want to do something for the earth in order for you to survive. that is a dualistic way of seeing.
Inspirational Life Change
It's wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.
Alive Earth Wonderful
We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. so even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.
Inspirational Life Change
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.
Giving Elements Contemplating
The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.
Happy Fear Trying
  • Born: October 11, 1926
  • Occupation: Monk
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