If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able to take care of others. You must have love and patience before you...

Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create...

It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.

From ‘Creating True Peace’ by Thich Nhat HanhTo better understand the practise of protection, please study the Five Mindfulness Trainings in Chapter 3, particularly the third, sexual responsibility. By practising the Third Mindfulness Training, we...

Love has no meaning without understanding

Whether we have happiness or not depends on the seeds in our consciousness. If our seeds of compassion, understanding, and love are strong, those qualities will be able to manifest in us. If the seeds...

*Breathing in, I know this is my in-breath.Breathing out, I know this is my out-breath.*It’s very simple, but very effective. When we bring our attention to our in-breath and our out-breath, we stop thinking of...

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

Anywhere we go, we will have our self with us; we cannot escape ourselves.

To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets...

We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own...

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. But that is the most that hope can do for us – to make some hardship lighter. When I think deeply...

Only this actual moment is life.

I vow to ingest only items that preserve well-being, peace, and joy in my body and my consciousness… Practicing a diet is the essence of this precept. Wars and bombs are the products of our...

When you are a young person, you are like a young creek, and you meet many rocks, many obstacles and difficulties on your way. You hurry to get past these obstacles and get to the...

We talk about social service, service to the people, service to humanity, service to others who are far away, helping to bring peace to the world – but often we forget that it is the...

The person who suffers most in this world is the person who has many wrong perceptions, and most of our perceptions are erroneous.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

I have lost my smile,but don’t worry.The dandelion has it.

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.

Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well....

We know very well that we have ancestors. But our ancestors are not only human. We have animal ancestors; we have plant ancestors; and we have mineral ancestors. Our human ancestors are still very young....

To stop the drug traffic is not the best way to prevent people from using drugs. The best way is to practice the Fifth Precept and to help others practice. Consuming mindfully is the intelligent...

Mindfulness is the awareness of what is going on in us and around us in the present moment. It requires stopping, looking deeply, and recognizing both the uniqueness of the moment and its connection to...

The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.

Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.

When we talk about the theology of ‘God is Dead,’ this means that the notion of God must be dead in order for God to reveal himself as a reality. The theologians, if they only...

Without suffering, there’s no happiness. So we shouldn’t discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tenderness.

This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.

If you abandon your two glasses of wine, it is to show your children, your friends, and your society that your life is not only for yourself. Your life is for your ancestors, future generations,...

What you are looking for is already in you…You already are everything you are seeking.

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not...

Impermanence and selflessness are not negative aspect of life, but the very foundation on which life is built. Impermanence is the constant transformation of things. Without impermanence, there can be no life. Selflessness is the...

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Compassion is a verb.

There is nowhere to arrive except the present moment.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding.

When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There...

Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all...

The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.

But work is life only when done in mindfulness. otherwise, one becomes life the person “who lives as though dead.” We need to light our own torch in order to carry on. But the life...

If I don’t understand you, I may be angry at you, all the time. We are not capable of understanding each other, and that is the main source of human suffering.

We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to run off into...

Understanding and love aren’t two separate things, they’re just one.