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“I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.”

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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese-French monk, writer, and peace activist. Born on October 11, 1926, he is a prominent figure in the Zen Buddhist tradition, known for his simple yet profound teachings and advocacy for peace. more

“Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we have to cultivate, and negative habit energies that we have to recognize, embrace and transform. The energy with which we do these things is mindfulness.”

Happiness Joy Energy Peace Practice Depends Habit Mindfulness Negative Embrace Recognizing Transforming Peace And Happiness

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“What is most important is to find peace and to share it with others. To have peace, you can begin by walking peacefully. Everything depends on your steps.”

Important Peace Steps Share Depends Walking Finding Peace

Book:The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation

Source: The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation

“If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.”

Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition

“We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war with ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.”

War Running Time Sleep Struggle Habit Always Running

Book:The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

“If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.”

Ifs Thinking Running Happiness Peace Being Happy Somewhere Else Peace And Happiness Always Running

Book:Walking Meditation

Source: Walking Meditation

“Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.”

Looks Mean Home Realizing Meditation

Book:Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

“It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.”

Suffering Words Of Wisdom Permanent Impermanence Permanence

Book:The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

“Your presence is a miracle.”

Miracle Your Presence

Book:True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

Source: True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

“The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize what feeds it, we are already on the path of emancipation.”

Ifs Knows Looks Said Suffering Know How Path Emancipation

Book:Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“To be or not to be is not the question. The question is whether you can transcend these notions.”

Notion Be Or Not To Be

Book:Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

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