Nhat Hanh Quotes About Monk

Quotes about: Monk

• Compassion is a verb.

  Nhat Hanh

  Sympathy, Wisdom, Compassion

• If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.4, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist.

  Nhat Hanh

  Breathe, Monk, Activist

• During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes within the circle of monks, i think they might also be of use in our households and in our society.The first practice is Face-to-Face-Sitting.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Thinking, Years

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

• In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.

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  Buddhist, Opportunity, Offering

• One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, People, Parent

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March, 2010.

• 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.

  Nhat Hanh

  Teaching, Character, People

  "Old Path White Clouds". Book by Thich Nhat Hanh, 1987.

• Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Heart, Buddhism

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Bell Hooks, www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

• I would not be happy if I had not become a monk.

  Nhat Hanh

  Monk, Ifs

  "Thich Nhat Hanh | Interview by Oprah Winfrey, courtesy of Super Soul Sunday". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.awaken.com. August 29, 2013.

• I would not be happy if I could not become a monk. They call it the beginner's mind - the deep intention, the deepest desire that a person may have. And I can say that until this day, this beginner's mind is still alive in me.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mind, Desire, Beginners

  "Oprah Talks to Master Thich Nhat Hanh,the beloved buddhist Vietnamese monk:The Oprah's Exclusive Interview". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, onmogul.com.

• To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

  Nhat Hanh

  Healing, Practice, People

  "Oprah Talks to Master Thich Nhat Hanh,the beloved buddhist Vietnamese monk:The Oprah's Exclusive Interview". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, onmogul.com.

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