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
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
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 know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.
Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.
A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this.
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.
Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in 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.