Buddhist in Training |
Things that inspire me and strengthen my Buddhist practice. I am still learning but don't hesitate to ask me anything! |
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Notes"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." -
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Notes"Because you are alive, everything is possible."Thich Nhat Hanh Living Buddha, Living Christ
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meditation by robertisimus on Flickr.
“By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.” -Thich Nhat Hanh
(Source: buddhistintraining)
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Notes"Words and concepts are rigid and motionless, but reality is a steadily flowing stream. It is impossible to contain a living reality in a rigid framework."Thich Nhat Hanh, The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion
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Notes"When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you."Lao Tzu (via buddhistwitchery)
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Meditation is not to escape from society,
but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on.
Once there is seeing, there must be acting.
With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help.- Thich Nhat Hanh
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Notes"Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred."Thich Nhat Hanh
-A Vietnamese Buddhist monk who has written several books on mindfulness:
- The Miracle of Mindfulness
- Being Peace
- Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
- Be Free Where You Are
- Anger
- True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
- You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
And many other books.
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Notes"In the Christian tradition, we learn that Jesus is the Son of God. It means that through Jesus you can touch the ultimate dimension, the ultimate reality, the ground of being, the almighty. We also learn that Jesus is the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, he belongs to the historical dimension where there is being and non-being, birth and death, sameness and otherness, good and evil. Notions that make us suffer. These can the foundation of our fear, anxiety, and suffering. But Jesus is not only the Son of Man, he is also the Son of God. If we get in touch with Jesus deeply enough, then we can see this ultimate dimension. We have to see Jesus as both. In the Buddhist tradition, it is very clear that everyone belongs to the historical dimension and we also belong to the ultimate dimension. This is our nature and we can learn to transcend our notions."Thich Nhat Hanh (via wakeupandbefree)
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Notes"The Dharma is offered to you as a tool, not as an object of worship. […] If somebody gives you a sickle to cut the grass with, you cut it. You don’t put it on a shrine or in a special box."Thich Nhat Hanh (via gabrielayuso)
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NotesTo meditate does not mean to fight with a problem.
To meditate means to observe.
Your smile proves it.
It proves that you are being gentle with yourself,
that the sun of awareness is shining in you,
that you have control of your situation.
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Notes"There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is going somewhere important. Another man, standing alongside the road, shouts, “Where are you going?” and the first man replies, “I don’t know! Ask the horse!” This is also our story. We are riding a horse, we don’t know where we are going, and we can’t stop. The horse is our habit energy pulling us along, and we are powerless. We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war within ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others." -
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Notes"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."Thich Nhat Hanh (via wethinkwedream)
(Source: lazyyogi, via wethinkwedream)
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Notes"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, and sometimes your smile is the source of your joy."Thich Nhat Hanh (via tofugeneral)
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Notes"As you walk, you touch the ground mindfully, and every step can bring you solidity and joy and freedom. Freedom from your regret concerning the past, and freedom from your fear about the future."Thich Nhat Hanh (via usgroovykids)
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“Life is available only in the present moment.”— Thich Nhat Hanh
