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Thich Nhat Hanh, Call Me by My True Names
You, the richest person on Earth,
who have been going around begging for a living,
stop being the destitute child.
Come back and claim your heritage.
We should enjoy our happiness
and offer it to everyone.
Cherish this very moment.
Let go of the stream of distress
and embrace life fully in your arms.
Embrace life fully
Thich Nhat Hanh, Call Me by My True Names
I need you to listen to me.
No one has listened to me.
No one understands my suffering,
including the ones who say they love me.
The pain inside me
is suffocating me.
It is the TNT
that makes up the bomb.
I need you to listen to me
Thich Nhat Hanh, Call Me by My True Names
Daybreak
does not resemble a new page in a book.
It is a symphony to rebirth,
with its full array of sounds and colors.
Each dawn is an ode
to twenty-four brand new hours.
Daybreak does not resemble a new page
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
Mindful eating is an important practice. It nourishes awareness in us. Children are very capable of practicing with us. In Buddhist monasteries, we eat our meals in silence to make it easier to give our full attention to the food and to the other members of the community who are present.
Mindful eating is an important practice
Thich Nhat Hanh, Call Me by My True Names
I know to love is to respect.
And reverence
is the nature of my love.
To love is to respect
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When our mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love. When your beloved is suffering, you need to recognize her suffering, anxiety, and worries, and just by doing that, you already offer some relief.
When our mindfulness embraces those we love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
For our dialogue to be open, we need to open our hearts, set aside our prejudices, listen deeply, and represent truthfully what we know and understand. To do this, we need a certain amount of faith. In Buddhism, faith means confidence in our and others' ability to wake up to our deepest capacity of loving and understanding. In Christianity, faith means trust in God, the One who represents love, understanding, dignity, and truth.
For our dialogue to be open
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for him is there. Jesus called this "loving your enemy." When you are able to love your enemy, he or she is no longer your enemy. The idea of "enemy" vanishes and is replaced by the notion of someone who is suffering and needs your compassion.
When you look deeply into your anger
Thich Nhat Hanh, Cultivating the Mind of Love
Look at the flowers, butterflies, trees, and children with the eyes of compassion. This is a deep practice, taught in the Lotus Sutra. The energy of compassion in you will transform life and make it more beautiful. Compassion is always born of understanding, and understanding is the result of looking deeply.
Compassion is always born of understanding
Thich Nhat Hanh, Creating True Peace
Bodhicitta is our great aspiration to wake up, to transform our suffering into compassion and serve all beings as a bodhisattva — a person of great compassion. You can make this great vow every day and give rise to the Mind of Love within yourself.
Serve all beings as a bodhisattva