A non-Self blog dedicated to the beauty of Nature, and the teachings of the Buddha on the beauty of the Nature of Mind. If you have a favorite quote, or would like me to attempt to pair a picture with a quote of your suggestion, please send me it through the “Ask” link (at the top). The pictures I use here, many are not of my own. Please do not attempt to sell these pictures as they are not yours. Appreciate them for what they are.Tumblr (3.0; @peaceinnature)http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunvnv4vN91qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful…How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural—you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”</p> <p>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/13014919987http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/13014919987Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:06:06 -0500buddhismquotethich nhat hanhsmilesufferinglove<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunv3grUWD1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth… This is the real message of love.” </p> <p>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12970136343http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12970136343Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:07:06 -0500buddhismquotethich nhat hanhlove<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunv1tinNj1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you </p> <p>don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not </p> <p>doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or </p> <p>less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have </p> <p>problems with our friends or family, we blame the other </p> <p>person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will </p> <p>grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive </p> <p>effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason </p> <p>and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no </p> <p>reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you </p> <p>understand, and you show that you understand, you can </p> <p>love, and the situation will change” </p> <p>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12927440092http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12927440092Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:08:06 -0500buddhismquotethich nhat hanhloveunderstandingmindfulness<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunungIkNA1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”</p> <p>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12883772956http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12883772956Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:06:06 -0500buddhismthich nhat hanhquotesuffering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunu9kG4U41qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”</p> <p>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12838595759http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12838595759Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:11:05 -0500buddhismthich nhat hanhquotessmilejoy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luntxwWZLP1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” </p> <p>- Thich Nhat Hanh</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12793745728http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12793745728Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:01:08 -0500buddhismthich nhat hanhquoteacceptance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu58qq174p1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. … Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?” </span></p> <p><span>- Thich Nhat Hanh</span></p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12328638547http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/12328638547Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:06:26 -0400quotesthich nhat hanhbuddhismnegativepositive<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsv13o3v5D1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Meditation is not an goal or achievement. Meditation has no seeking or desire. In meditation we become aware of our desires and goals. If some one is seeking any goal through meditation then it is another game of mind and not worth pursuing it.</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11278122378http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11278122378Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:11:48 -0400buddhismmeditationsolitudequotelandscape<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsrewoKZvu1r499bzo1_r1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote>Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, or who said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.<br/><br/>- Buddha</blockquote></p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11193581711http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11193581711Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:52:52 -0400buddhismbuddha<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsodfwNFgn1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash—at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the “newness”, the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.</p> <p>- Thomas Merton</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11127485915http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11127485915Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:55:08 -0400buddhismquotelandscapestarssolitudemerton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsk3wirtQ61qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.</p> <p>- Gotama Buddha</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11029189127http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/11029189127Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:38:41 -0400buddhismquotebuddhameditation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsawdttrh61qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth. Stop talking and thinking and there is nothing you will not be able to know.</p> <p>- Zenji</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10817005566http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10817005566Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:17:53 -0400buddhismzenquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5h98nlUD1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>To Live in the Mind is to live in Misery. Mind itself is misery and Meditation is the way to go beyond this misery and live each moment in Bliss.</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10700819673http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10700819673Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:03:08 -0400buddhismquotemeditation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls19er7bky1qmlf8xo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10605402405http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10605402405Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:13:44 -0400buddhabuddhismbuddhist<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1gehxJ2g1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”</p> <p>— Rumi</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10604637767http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10604637767Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:54:16 -0400buddhismquoterumilove<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvqpnWZ7G1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Isolation is aloneness that feels forced upon you, like a punishment. Solitude is aloneness you choose and embrace. I think great things can come out of solitude, out of going to a place where all is quiet except the beating of your heart.</p> <p>- Jeanne Marie Laskas</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10482462210http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10482462210Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:51:23 -0400buddhismquotesolitudealone<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrsc07Oof01qjnq1ko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There is no shame in seeking help.</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10410961331http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10410961331Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:40:54 -0400buddhismhelpcuteanimal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrs1nzzLrl1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p><span> <p>“Now this, monks, is the Noble Truth of dukkha: Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair are dukkha; association with the unbeloved is dukkha; separation from the loved is dukkha; not getting what is wanted is dukkha. In short, the five clinging-aggregates are dukkha.”</p> <p>- SN 56</p> </span></p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10404742157http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/10404742157Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:57:35 -0400buddhismquotedhammadukkhasuffering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr7se2fzkj1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who tries to eat a little, honey smeared on the edge of a knife. The amount is by no means sufficient to appease his appetite, but he runs the risk of wounding his tongue.</p> <p>- Gautama Buddha</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/9995613021http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/9995613021Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:01:06 -0400buddhismbuddhaquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr7s4wcv0W1qjnq1ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.</p> <p>- Gautama Buddha</p>http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/9960947763http://peaceinnature.tumblr.com/post/9960947763Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:19:44 -0400buddhismyogabuddhaquotepicture