“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.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

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“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.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

“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.”  - Thich Nhat Hanh

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“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.” 

- Thich Nhat Hanh

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you  don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not  doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or  less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have  problems with our friends or family, we blame the other  person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will  grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive  effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason  and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no  reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you  understand, and you show that you understand, you can  love, and the situation will change”  - Thich Nhat Hanh

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“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you 

don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not 

doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or 

less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have 

problems with our friends or family, we blame the other 

person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will 

grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive 

effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason 

and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no 

reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you 

understand, and you show that you understand, you can 

love, and the situation will change” 

- Thich Nhat Hanh

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

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“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”  - Thich Nhat Hanh

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“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” 

- Thich Nhat Hanh

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.

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.

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. - Thomas Merton

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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.

- Thomas Merton

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. - Gotama Buddha

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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.

- Gotama Buddha

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. - Zenji

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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.

- Zenji

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.

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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.

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