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Mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat HanhThe Mind of Enlightenment
Bodhicitta (Sanskrit) is the mind of enlightenment, beginner’s mind. When we’re inspired by the desire to practice and transform our suffering so we can help the many people around us who suffer, the mind of that moment is very beautiful. It’s a mind of a...
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Promise me, Promise me this day, Promise me now, While the sun is overhead Exactly at the zenith, Promise me: Even as they Strike you down With a mountain of hatred and violence; Even as they step on you and crush you Like a worm, Even as they dismember and...
The Energy of Mindfulness, True Love by Thich Nhat Hanh
Understanding is the fruit of meditation. When we practice deep looking directed toward the heart of reality, we receive understanding, we receive the wisdom that makes us free. If there is deep pain within you, meditate. Meditating is not trying to run away, trying...
How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh #2
Digging Deep p66 Practicing loving kindness meditation is like digging deep into the ground until we reach the purest water. We look deeply into ourselves until insight arises and our love flows to the surface. Joy and happiness radiate from our eyes and everyone...
How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh #1
Heart Like a River, Page 8 If you pour a handful of salt into a cup of water, the water becomes undrinkable. But if you pour the salt into a river, people can continue to draw the water to cook, wash, and drink. The river is immense, and it has the capacity to...
Watering the seeds in the ground of love
You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the art of gardening. In each one of us, there are flowers and there is also garbage. The garbage is the anger, fear, discrimination, and...
Internal Knots, Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh
In Buddhist psychology, the word samyojana refers to internal formations, fetters or knots. When someone says something unkind to us, for example, if we do not understand why he said it and we become irritated, a knot will be tied in us. The lack of understanding is...
You and your object of love cannot be two, Teachings on Love, TNH
Ask with your whole body and mind… Ask the person who causes you the most suffering these questions: “Who are you who brings me such pain, who makes me feel so much anger and hatred?” To understand you have to become one with your beloved, and also with your so-called...
The Buddha’s Teachings on love
The Buddha's teachings on love are clear. It is possible to live 24 hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love. The Four Immeasurable Minds are strong concentrations (samadhi): the concentration...
