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Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
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Life in this world is both painful and miraculous. The Buddhist traditions of the Southern schools stress the painful side, while the Buddhist traditions of the Northern schools help us realize and appreciate the marvels of life.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Seeing that there is a precious jewel in our pocket, we give up every attitude of craving or coveting like one who is deprived. Seeing that we are lions, we do not long to nurse from a mother deer. Seeing that we are the sun, we give up the candle’s habit of fearing the wind will blow us out. Seeing that life has no boundaries, we give up all impri
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We are aware that we have the opportunity to practice meditation and that there is no moment as important as the present one. Calmly abiding in the present moment, immense joy arises.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
In just four breathing exercises, we can realize the oneness of body and mind. Breathing is an excellent tool for establishing calmness and evenness.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
“When the practitioner can abide in meditative stability without being distracted and can investigate every dharma, every object of mind that arises, then the second Factor of Awakening will be born and developed in him, the factor of investigating dharmas. When this factor is developed, it will come to perfection. “When the practitioner can observ
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The eighth method aims at the transformation of the energy of feelings. By observing the true nature of any feeling, we can transform its energy into the energy of peace and joy. When we understand someone, we can accept and love him. Once we have accepted him, there is no longer any feeling of reproach or irritation against him. The energy of the
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You can pass half your life seeking riches and fame without ever holding your little toe between your fingers in awakened awareness.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
The intelligent practitioner knows how to regulate and master his or her breath, body, and mind, in order to enhance the power of concentration before proceeding in the work of observation to shed light. Meditation practice is nourishing for body and mind, and can also expand our vision. Expanded vision enables us to go beyond passionate attachment
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Only because we imprison ourselves in the idea of a small self do we create a state of darkness, narrowness, anxiety, and sorrow. According to our narrow view of a truly existing self, life is just my body, my house, my spouse, my children, and my riches. But if we can extend beyond every limit we have created for ourselves, we will see that our li
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The fourteenth method allows us to see that every dharma is already in the process of disintegrating, so that we are no longer possessed by the idea of holding onto any dharma as a separate entity, even the physiological and psychological elements in ourselves. The fifteenth allows us to arrive at the awareness of a great joy, the joy of emancipati
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