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Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ˈtɪk ˈnjʌt ˈhʌn/; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk ɲɜ̌t hɐ̂ʔɲ] ( listen); born as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.

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When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our spiritual heritage, we will avoid the kind of alienation that is destroying society, and we will become whole again. . . . Learning to touch deeply the jewels of our own tradition will allow us to understand and appreciate the values of other traditions, and this will benefit everyone.

Blood, Jewels, Society, Spiritual, Whole

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

Calm, Deeply, Look, Mean, Peaceful, Spiritual

There are many levels of Christianity. There are many notions about God. To believe that God is a person is just one of the notions of God that you can find in Christianity. So, we should not say that there is one Christianity. There are many Christianities.

Believe, Christianity, God, Levels, Person

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.

Buddhist, Philosophy, Seed, Strong, Suffering

Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.

Action, Bring, Happiness, Look, Looks

When you are a young person, you are like a young creek, and you meet many rocks, many obstacles and difficulties on your way. You hurry to get past these obstacles and get to the ocean. But as the creek moves down through the fields, it becomes larges and calmer and it can enjoy the reflection of the sky. It's wonderful. You will arrive at the sea anyway so enjoy the journey. Enjoy the sunshine, the sunset, the moon, the birds, the trees, and the many beauties along the way. Taste every moment of your daily life.

Life, Moves, Moving, Ocean, Sky, Sunset

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

Buddhist, Children, Day, Engaged, Green, Motivational

Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.

Flower, Heart, Joy, Peace, Shining, Turns

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.

Anger, Eat, Fear, Future, Orange, People

The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?

Care, Moment, Substance, Take, Way

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Future, Gone, Live In The Moment, Mindfulness, Past, Present

When you have a stomach ache you don't tell your stomach to go away.

Ache, Away, Going Away, Stomach

People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is the only faith that contains the truth, violence and suffering will surely be the result.

Believe, People, Suffering, Tightly, Truth, Violence

But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.

Compassion, Energy, Kindness, People, Way

In April, we cannot see sunflowers in France, so we might say the sunflowers do not exist. But the local farmers have already planted thousands of seeds, and when they look at the bare hills, they may be able to see the sunflowers already. The sunflowers are there. They lack only the conditions of sun, heat, rain and July. Just because we cannot see them does not mean that they do not exist.

Farmers, Hills, Peace, Rain, See, Spring

We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle

Compassion, Deed, Happiness, Heart, Thought

Because if the manifestations that happen in the present moment are beautiful and good, their continuation in the future will be also good and beautiful.

Beautiful, Beauty, Future, Good, Happen, Moments

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Happiness, Happy, Life, Peace, Peaceful, Success

Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.

Inspiration, Meditation, Moment, Offering, Practice, Presence

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.

Friend, Peaceful, People, Tea, Time

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