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Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
When there are wars within us, it will not be long before we are at war with others, even those we love. The violence, hatred, discrimination, and fear in society water the seeds of the violence, hatred, discrimination, and fear in us. If we go back to ourselves and touch our feelings, we will see the ways that we furnish fuel for the wars going on inside.
When there are wars within us
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
When we gather together to form a Sangha, we practice opening up the confines of our separate self and become a large body of love and understanding. We and our brothers and sisters are one. This idea of salvation is echoed in the Eastern Orthodox church, which has even more of a sense of togetherness — you can only be saved as a community.
You can only be saved as a community.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
When you hammer a nail into a board and accidentally strike your finger, you take care of the injury immediately. The right hand never says to the left hand, "I am doing charitable work for you." It just does whatever it can to help — giving first aid, compassion, and concern. In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, the practice of dana, generosity, is like this. We do whatever we can to benefit others without seeing ourselves as helpers and the others as the helped. This is the spirit of non-self.
We do whatever we can to benefit others
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
We can touch the living Buddha and we can touch the living Christ. We know that our body is the continuation of the Buddha's body and is a member of the mystical body of Christ. We have a wonderful opportunity to help the Buddha and Jesus Christ continue. Thanks to our bodies and our lives, the practice is possible.
We can touch the living Buddha
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
Jesus said, "Wherever two or three are gathered in My name, there I am." In Buddhism, it takes at least four person practicing together to be called a Sangha. That allows the Sanghakarma, the legal procedure for making decisions in community life, to be possible.
The legal procedure for making decisions in community life
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
The living Christ is the Christ of Love who is always generating love, moment after moment. When the church manifests understanding, tolerance, and loving-kindness, Jesus is there. Christians have to help Jesus Christ be manifested by their way of life, showing those around them that love, understanding, and tolerance are possible. This will not be accomplished just by books and sermons. It has to be realized by the way we live.
The living Christ is the Christ of Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
If you only satisfy yourself with praising a name, even the name of Jesus, it is not practicing the life of Jesus. We must practice living deeply, loving, and acting with charity if we wish to truly honor Jesus.
We must practice living deeply, loving, and acting with charity We must practice living deeply, loving, and acting with charity
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
When Jesus said, "I am the way," He meant that to have a true relationship with God, you must practice His way. In the Acts of the Apostles, the early Christians always spoke of their faith as "the Way." To me, "I am the way" is a better statement than "I know the way."
The early Christians always spoke of their faith as "the Way."
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
I try to practice in a way that allows me to touch my blood ancestors and my spiritual ancestors every day. Whenever I feel sad or a little fragile, I invoke their presence for support, and they never fail to be there.
I invoke my ancestor's presence for support
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
We seem to take refuge in our work in order to avoid confronting our real sorrow and inner turmoil. We express our love and care for others by working hard, but if we do not have time for the people we love, if we cannot make ourselves available to them, how can we say that we love them?
We seem to take refuge in our work