Sublime

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk who has been called the “world’s calmest man,” has spent a lifetime exploring how to live in kairos, albeit by a different name. He has taught it as mindfulness or maintaining “beginner’s mind.” He has written: “Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize

In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in France), whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people stop everything they are doing and breathe

In order to stop that mental discourse, we’re taught to recognize our in-breath and out-breath. To stop our thinking, we just dwell in our in-breath and our out-breath. Enjoying our in-breath and out-breath, we’re able to stop the mental discourse. And that is stillness.

“Meghiya, practice the contemplations on death, compassion, impermanence, and the full awareness of breathing: “To overcome desire, practice the contemplation on a corpse, looking deeply at the nine stages of the body’s decay from the time the breathing ceases to the time the bones turn to dust. “To overcome anger and hatred, practice the

Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows. —NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ

Ryokan,

Resting

What’s the point of doing nothing? 3:57

Thich Nhat Hanh

The art of being rather than doing, according to Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Many of us are over-scheduled. Even the lives of our children are over-scheduled. When we can allow ourselves to rest and relax, healing becomes possible. There is no healing without relaxation. In the

When the mind of compassion arises, we have to find ways to nourish and express it. When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon