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As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.
When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness
I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me.
Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.
Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us.
To take good care of yourself and to take good care of living beings and of the environment is the best way to love God.
If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love
We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.
The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.
To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.
By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and compassion.
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
At first glance, that might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that's precisely the point.
An oak tree is an oak tree. That is all it has to do. If an oak tree is less than an oak tree, then we are all in trouble.
We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.
Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life.
We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.
Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom.
It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.
Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.
Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.
Let us not be afraid of decreasing. It is like the moon, we see the moon increasing and decreasing, but it is always the moon.
Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life.
If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.
Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we have peace and joy?
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.
As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
The most important thing that we can do for the healing of our world is to hear inside ourselves, the sounds of the earth crying.
People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.
Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves.
Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.
Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.
To be free, first of all, is to be free from wrong views that are the foundation of all kinds of suffering and fear and violence.
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.
With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born.