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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 our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us.

Belief, Beliefs, Notion, Offered, Reality, Remove

There is a paradise of form and colors in the world. And because you have eyes still in good condition, you can get in touch with the paradise. So when I become aware of my eyes, I touch one of the conditions of happiness. And when I touch it, happiness comes.

Aware, Color, Conditions, Eye, Happiness, World

Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means,. . . awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world. If we get in touch with the suffering of the world, and are moved by that suffering, we may come forward to help the people who are suffering.

Eye, Forward, Life, Mean, Reality, Touch

Freedom is the real foundation of happiness.

Foundation, Happiness, Inner Peace, Real

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Beautiful, Beauty, Life, Smile

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Awareness, Like, Live In The Moment, Shine On, Shining, Transformed

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

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Abandon, Needs, Reveal, Views

You need the practice of mindfulness to bring your mind back to the body and establish yourself in the moment. If you are fully present, you need only make a step or take a breath in order to enter the kingdom of God. And once you have the kingdom, you don't need to run after objects of your craving, like power, fame, sensual pleasure, and so on. Peace is possible. Happiness is possible.

God, Mind, Order, Peace, Practice, Running

The miracle is to walk on the earth.

Earth, Miracle, Walk, Walks

With understanding, those we love will certainly flower.

Flower, Garden, Love, Understanding

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Body, Breathing, Buddhist, Dwelling, Know, Mind

You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the art of gardening. In each one of us there are flowers and there is also garbage. The garbage is the anger, fear, discrimination, and jealousy within us. If you water the garbage, you will strengthen the negative seeds. If you water the flowers of compassion, understanding, and love, you will strengthen the positive seeds. What you grow is up to you.

Art, Beloved, Buddhist, Love You, Positive, Take

Many people think excitement is happiness. . . . But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Happiness, Peace, Buddhism, Peaceful, True

We may not have done anything but when we are relaxed, when we are peaceful, when we are able to smile and not to be violent in the way we look at the system, at that moment there is a change already in the world.

Change, Done, Looks, Peaceful, System, Violent

You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are. . . transforming and continuing in a different form at every moment.

Different, Kind, Light, Moment, Words, Yoga

I will practice coming back to the present moment. . . not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past or letting anxieties, fears, or cravings pull me out.

Regret, Past, Practice, Sorrow, Fears, Drag

Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action.

Consume, Consuming, Determination, Industry, Mean, Meat Industry

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.

Emancipation, Feeds, Looks, Path, Suffering

If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything.

Awareness, Buddhist, Deep, Everything, One Thing

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