Thich Nhat Hanh
Expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, and prolific author in both Vietnamese and English.
The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition, chasing after desires, spending time with people of poor character, and being satisfied with only a shallow understanding of the teaching.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Thich Nhat Hanh is a real poet.
The leaf and his body were one. Neither possessed a separate permanent self. Neither could exist independently from the rest of the universe.
Your first love has no beginning or end. Your first love is not your first love, and it is not your last. It is just love. It is one with everything.
When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are practicing, and she may even apologize.
A great spiritual leader whose influence can help us find a living peace in everything we do. Thich Nhat Hanh's words connect inner peace with the need for peace in the world in a compelling way.
[Thich Nhat Hanh's practices] do not have any affinity with or any foundation in traditional Vietnamese Buddhist practices.
Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
It's wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.
Going vegetarian may be the most effective way to fight global warming. Buddhist practitioners have practiced vegeterianism over the last 2000 years. We are vegetarian with the intention to nourish our compassion towards the animals. Now we also know that we eat vegetarian in order to protect the earth...
Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.
You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.
I know Thich Nhat Hanh, and am privileged to call him my friend...
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.
[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal inner peace and peace on earth.
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way.
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.
This would be a notably auspicious year for you to bestow your Prize on the Venerable Nhat Hanh. Here is an apostle of peace and non-violence, cruelly separated from his own people while they are oppressed by a vicious war which has grown to threaten the sanity and security of the entire world.