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What you are looking for is already in you. You might have an inferiority complex and think that all you have in you is suffering. That is not true. You must get beyond the thought ‘I am nothing. I am made up only of suffering. I should go look for a teacher who can save me.’ You already are everything you are seeking. Do not try to become something else.
Thich Nhat Hanh (via a-modishrocker)
If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
Thích Nhất Hạnh (via nothingnotnothing)
Many people regard Buddhism as a religion, but if we say that it is a way of life, we may be closer to the truth.
Life is the art of bringing happiness to others and ourselves. If we ourselves are not happy, we cannot make others happy, and if others are not happy, we cannot be truly happy either.
To practice the art of bringing happiness to ourselves and others, we need to have faith and confidence in something that we find true and beautiful, that accords with the truth, and that can be a foundation for true and lasting happiness.
Because we need such faith, Buddhism is also called a religion.
Faith here does not mean faith in a creator god or a metaphysical first principle, the existence of something of which we cannot really prove.
Faith here means confidence in something beautiful and true that can bring about happiness and that we can actually touch.
-Thich Nhat Hahn
You are free to be here, in touch with life, not manipulated by the ghouls of suffering from events that are over and done.
Thich Nhat Hahn (via hoopadelic)
Peace can exist only in the present moment. It is ridiculous to say “wait until I finish this, then I will be free to live in peace.” What is “this”? A diploma, a job, a house, the payment of debt? If you think that way, peace will never come. There is always another “this” that will follow the present one. If you are not living in peace at this moment, you will never be able to. If you truly want to be at peace, you must be at peace right now. Otherwise, there is only “the hope of peace some day”.
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart (via ex-girlfriend)
Suffering persists because we nourish the feelings that cause it
Thich Nhat Hanh (via travelswithmyyogamat)
Gemini - Explosions (Remix)
Original song by Ellie Goulding
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