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
One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas. Nhat Hanh buddha Change image and 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
The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance. Nhat Hanh breakbuddhafelt share on social