Sublime

May I be loving, open, and aware in this moment. If I cannot be loving, open, and aware in this moment, may I be kind. If I cannot be kind, may I be nonjudgmental. If I cannot be nonjudgmental, may I not cause harm. If I cannot not cause harm, may I cause the least harm possible. Larry Yang

Our anger, anxiety and fear, for instance, are the ropes that bind us to suffering. If we want to be liberated from them, we need to observe their nature, which is ignorance, the lack of clear understanding. When we misunderstand a friend, we may become angry at him, and because of that, we may suffer. But when we look deeply into what has happened

Every time you give your internal formations a bath of mindfulness, the blocks of pain in you become lighter.

Over the years, in my darkest moments of despair, I would think of Thay or he would appear in my dreams, and my being would be imbued with his sense of love and trust.

it is important to take care of the them and do things that move the energy around in some kind of regular physical exercise, like tai chi or qigong, to help your body to heal. Parallax Press, a nonprofit organization, publishes books on engaged Buddhism and the practice of mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh and other authors.

They can be summarized in five stages:

“Pay special attention to observing your breath. Meditate on your body, feelings, mental formations, consciousness, and objects of your consciousness. Look deeply in order to see the process of birth, growth, and fading of every phenomenon, from your own body, emotions, mind, and objects of your mind.