Interbeing
form. As Zen master Dogen says, “Flowers fall with our attachment, and weeds spring up with our aversion.”
Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
interbeing to describe how no thing can exist alone. Every thing lives in relation to all other things.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
I want to start with a quote from writer, activist, and teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. In Being Peace, he writes:
“If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in every sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for
Look deeply at yourself and you see the tree, the cloud, the rose and the squirrel in you.
Thich Nhat Hanh • No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
To be born means from nothing you become something; from no one you become someone. But nothing can be born from nothing. A flower is born from soil, minerals, seeds, sunshine, rain, and many other things. Meditation reveals to us the no-birth of all things. Life is a continuation.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Beyond Birth and Death
Right now we are more than just human beings. We are rice plants, tangerines, rivers, and air, because without these things we could not be. When you children look at rice plants, coconuts, tangerines, and water, remember that in this life you depend upon many other beings for your existence. These other beings are part of you. If you can see that,
... See moreThich Nhat Hanh • Old Path White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha
ourselves. In the flower we can see the sun, the compost, and the earth. One thing brings with it all other things. One thing is all things. When we practice looking like this, we will not complain about manas and how it is always causing us to suffer.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Understanding Our Mind: 51 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
