Thich Nhat Hanh híres idézetei
Thich Nhat Hanh Idézetek a szeretetről
Eredeti: The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Eredeti: I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight...I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.
Thich Nhat Hanh Idézetek a békéről
Eredeti: If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.
Eredeti: The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
Eredeti: Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
Thich Nhat Hanh idézetek
Eredeti: If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
„Van, hogy a mosolyod forrása a boldogságod, de van, hogy a boldogságod a forrása a mosolyodnak.”
Eredeti: Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
„Te magad csoda vagy, és bármihez nyúlsz csodává válhat.”
Eredeti: You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.
„A mindennapokon kívül nincs megvilágosodás.”
Eredeti: There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.
Eredeti: In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Eredeti: People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
Eredeti: To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
Eredeti: Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself – if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself – it is very difficult to take care of another person.
„Minden pillanatban több lehetőségünk van, mint amennyinek tudatában vagyunk.”
Eredeti: We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Eredeti: Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.
Eredeti: Your true home is in the here and the now. It is not limited by time, space, nationality, or race. Your true home is not an abstract idea. It is something you can touch and live in every moment. With mindfulness and concentration, the energies of the Buddha, you can find your true home in the full relaxation of your mind and body in the present moment. No one can take it away from you. Other people can occupy your country, they can even put you in prison, but they cannot take away your true home and your freedom.
Eredeti: In April, we cannot see sunflowers in France, so we might say the sunflowers do not exist. But the local farmers have already planted thousands of seeds, and when they look at the bare hills, they may be able to see the sunflowers already. The sunflowers are there. They lack only the conditions of sun, heat, rain and July. Just because we cannot see them does not mean that they do not exist.
Eredeti: Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and then go to the other side and describe the suffering being endured by the first side.
Thich Nhat Hanh: Idézetek angolul
Forrás: The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
“The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.”
Forrás: Living Buddha, Living Christ
Forrás: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
Forrás: Stepping into Freedom: Rules of Monastic Practice for Novices
Forrás: Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teachings from the beloved Zen teacher
Forrás: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.”
Forrás: Living Buddha, Living Christ
Forrás: Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment
Forrás: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
Touching Peace (1992), p. 1. Parallax Press ISBN 0-938077-57-0
Változat: The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
Forrás: Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living
Forrás: Living Buddha, Living Christ
“One included all, and all were contained in one.”
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991) Parallax Press ISBN 81-216-0675-6
Quoted in Engaged Buddhist Reader: Ten Years of Engaged Buddhist Publishing (1996) by Arnold Kotler, p. 106
Cultivating the Mind of Love (2005) Full Circle Publishing ISBN 81-216-0676-4
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
Forrás: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life