Nhat Hanh

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to ...

The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of ...

When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. Th ...

I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. ...

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and ...

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are ...

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your j ...

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take ...

I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of a ...

It's normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get ca ...

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have ...

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no sep ...

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

When you have enough understanding and compassion in you, then that amount of understanding and comp ...