Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh
Thích Nhất Hạnh; born as Nguyen Xuan Bao on October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist. He lives in Plum Village in the Dordogne region in the south of France, travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. He coined the term "Engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. A long-term exile, he was given permission to make his first return trip to Vietnam in 2005...
NationalityVietnamese
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 October 1926
CountryVietnam
Nhat Hanh quotes about
- peaceful
- cooperation
- illusion
- done
- world
- unconditional-love
- forbidden-love
- return
- meditation-practice
- anchors
- walking-meditation
- silence
- understanding
- just-listen
- kingdoms
- kingdom-of-god
- available
- buddhism
- acceptance
- deep-love
- community
- meditation
- awakening
- satanic
- personal-growth
- mindfulness
- moments
- peace-is-every-step
- needs
- safe
Without understanding, your love is not true love. You must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs, aspirations, and suffering of the one you love.
All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding to violence with violence resolves nothing; it only escalates violence, anger and hatred. It is only with compassion that we can embrace and disintegrate violence. This is true in relationships between individuals as well as in relationships between nations.
If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.
To live in the present moment is a miracle.
Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life.
Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.
We are often sad and suffer a lot when things change, but change and impermanence have a positive side. Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible... If your daughter is not impermanent, she cannot grow up to become a woman. Then your grandchildren would never manifest.
With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.
The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable... Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature of an enlightened person. They are the four aspects of true love within ourselves and within everyone and everything.
Life is only available in the present moment.
To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.
We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.
I vow to live fully in each moment.
Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.