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Quotes About Mindfulness

The virtuous mind themselves.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Angry words backfire upon the speaker.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Mindfulness is the capacity to shine the light of awareness onto what's going on here and now. Mindfulness is the heart of meditation practice.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
The person who suffers most in this world is the person who has many wrong perceptions, and most of our perceptions are erroneous.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
EMBRACING SUFFERING If we let the suffering come up and just take over our mind, we can be quickly overwhelmed by it.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
A single wise word bringing peace to the listener is worth more than a thousand speeches of empty words.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
The good certainly cling to nothing. They do not talk aimlessly, concerned with personal gains. The wise, whether experiencing comfort or discomfort, show neither elation not depression.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Wise men mold their own character.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Do not be concerned with what others have or have not done. Observe your own actions and inactions.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Harmony and One-ness with all living beings.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize its source of food, we are already on the path of emancipation.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
In a family, if there is one person who practices mindfulness, the entire family will be more mindful.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Life is enhanced and ultimately perfected by inward development.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
We practice so that each moment of our life becomes real life. And, therefore, when we meditate, we sit for sitting; we don't sit for something else.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Those who fail to distinguish the nonessential from the essential and the essential from the nonessential will, in feeding all wrong thoughts, fail to attain the essential.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to receive others' viewpoints. When we look into the heart of a flower, we see clouds, sunshine, minerals, time, the earth, and everything else in the cosmos in it. Without clouds, there could be no rain, and there would be no flower. No
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
We have to establish ourselves in the here and now in order to truly eat. All through the meal, we should really be here with the people at the table. As we chew our food, we should really be here with what we are eating. We can get deeply in touch with the food, which is a gift from the earth and sky.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
In what spirit is this explanation given? Without being caught up in signs, just according to things as they are, without agitation.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Committed to Improving the State of Every Heart.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
When our mind is calm, it reflects reality accurately, without distortion. Breathing, sitting, and walking with mindfulness calms disturbing mental formations such as anger, fear, and despair, allowing us to see reality more clearly.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Jesus Christ is still manifesting himself in many thousands of ways. He is manifesting himself all around you. We need to be alert in order to recognize his manifestations. If you are not mindful or attentive, you will miss him because you will miss his manifestations.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh