When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. The abbot is like a father and other monks are like your big brothers, your small, younger brothers. It is a kind of family. Nhat Hanh abbotatmospherebig share on social
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 healmonkpeople Change image and share on social
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? Nhat Hanh bloomdealmake Change image and share on social
Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof. Nhat Hanh doubthelpfulhigh Change image and share on social
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. Nhat Hanh actionbuddhistculture share on social
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work. Nhat Hanh beginbodycapacity Change image and share on social
If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person. Nhat Hanh chancecompassionday Change image and share on social