"Many people cannot allow themselves the time to sit and do nothing but breathe. They consider it to be uneconomical or a luxury. People say 'time is money.' But time is much more than money. Time is life. The simple practice of sitting quietly on a regular basis can be profoundly healing. Stopping and sitting is a good way to focus on mindful breathing and nothing else." #ThichNhatHanh #Dharma#Mindfulnes #PlumVillage#Capitalism#EngagedBuddhism @engagedbuddhism @dharma @plumvillage
How to practice during the coming Authoritarianism. Thich Nhat Hanh getting real about the experience of war and how to survive and practice Dharma when the sh¡t goes down. What atrocities has he and the Vietnamese people experienced through all those years? What kind of karma have we created? How inexplicably intertwined are the US and Vietnam? When the bombs were dropping and the villages were being destroyed, could he have ever imagined the Beloved Community he would be so instrumental in building?
However innumerable beings are, I vow to meet them with kindness and interest.
However inexhaustible the states of suffering are, I vow to touch them with
patience and love.
However immeasurable the dharmas are, I vow to explore them deeply.
However incomparable the mystery of interbeing, I vow to surrender to it freely. #ThichNhatHanh
"Thich Nhat Hanh has established a tradition, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, of offering the sangha a simple poetic couplet in calligraphy that can inspire and nurture our mindfulness practice throughout the year.
"Thich Nhat Hanh has established a tradition, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, of offering the sangha a simple poetic couplet in calligraphy that can inspire and nurture our mindfulness practice throughout the year."
Spacious mind, inclusive heart: contemplations for the new year 🐲
I wish this kindness for all of us, welcoming our diversity & learning from each other. Thank you all for being here, esp my #ActuallyAutistic & #neurodivergent friends & those who care for us. We’re learning together.
"The bad things, don't do them.
The good things, try to do them.
Try to purify, subdue your own mind.
That is the teaching of all buddhas." - #ThichNhatHanh
"Many of us are caught in the internet because it is a source of information. Glued to a screen, we hardly look up when our loved one calls to us. Yet right here is a source of information, flesh and blood." - Sr Diệu Nghiêm in Dharma Talks / Six Mantras of True Love
The third is the practice of responsible sexual behavior in order to protect individuals, couples, families and children. https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings
Recognizing the diversity of human experience, I am committed not to discriminate against any form of gender identity or sexual orientation.
The Five Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha.
The second training is to practice social justice, generosity, not stealing and not exploiting other living beings. https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings
Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression, I am committed to practicing generosity in my thinking, speaking, and acting.
I invite the Buddha to breathe. I invite the Buddha to sit. I don’t have to breathe. I don’t have to sit.
Buddha is breathing. Buddha is sitting.
I enjoy the breathing. I enjoy the sitting.
Buddha is the breathing. Buddha is the sitting.
I am the breathing. I am the sitting.
There is only the breathing. There is only the sitting.
There is no-one breathing. There is no-one sitting.
"Still, war rages in Gaza. There is no ceasefire on either side. Massive destruction and death persist, and thousands of Palestinians are daily displaced on foot, carrying with them only what they can from the ruins of their lives."
"A living being,
a breathing being,
earth, water,
fire, air,
space and consciousness.
Evolving, dissolving,
for the good of the world,
for the good of all." - Bhikshuni True Virtue in "The Bodhisattva Path" https://www.parallax.org/product/the-bodhisattva-path/
2/ "When anger is manifesting in me, I am determined not to speak. I will practice mindful breathing and walking in order to recognize and look deeply into my anger...."
"I am determined not to spread news that I do not know to be certain and not to utter words that can cause division or discord."
These words from the 4th of the 5 #Mindfulness Trainings help us to think before we write, or boost, or favor a post.