Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
You will say and do mean and cruel things when you believe that you are the only one who suffers and that the other person does not suffer at all.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
If you know how to practice mindful breathing, smiling, and walking meditation, it is certain that you will find relief in five, ten, or fifteen minutes.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
In old times, servants of kings and queens always had to have a mirror, because whenever anyone was presented to the emperor, they had to be perfect in their appearance. So for the sake of formal etiquette, people would carry a pouch with a small mirror inside. Try it. Carry a mirror with you and look at it to see what state you are in. After you h
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Please tell me all your suffering, all your pain. I am here, really listening.” And if you know how to go back to her, to him, and listen like that every day for five or ten minutes, healing will take place. When you climb a beautiful mountain, invite your little child within to climb with you. When you contemplate the beautiful sunset, invite him
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You need to sustain your mindfulness for a certain amount of time in order for the flower of anger to open herself.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
The dharma is in you, but it also needs to be watered, in order to manifest and become a reality.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Mindfulness contains the energy of concentration, understanding, and compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
From time to time, we stop chewing and get in touch with the friends, family, or sangha—community of practitioners—around us. We appreciate that it is wonderful to be sitting here chewing like this, not worrying about anything. When we eat mindfully, we are not eating or chewing our anger, our anxiety, or our projects. We are chewing the food, prep
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As enlightenment grows in you, confusion and ignorance will have to withdraw. It will not only influence your thinking, but also your body and your way of living.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Embrace your anger with a lot of tenderness. Your anger is not your enemy, your anger is your baby. It’s like your stomach or your lungs. Every time you have some trouble in your lungs or your stomach, you don’t think of throwing them away. The same is true with your anger. You accept your anger because you know you can take care of it; you can tra
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