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Be peace, don't just talk about it.

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Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace.
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Machine thinking is the opposite of mindfulness. If we're really engaged in mindfulness when walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of reality.
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Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.
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Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life.
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No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.
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If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow. You cannot separate lotus flowers from the mud. It is the same with understanding and love. These are two kinds of flowers that grow on the ground of suffering
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Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.
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I think, therefore I am ... not here.
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Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
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If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.
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When you love someone, the best you can offer is your presence.
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Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Each second of life is a miracle
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I would not be happy if I had not become a monk.
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Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.
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To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
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Sometimes we believe that happiness is not possible in the here and now, that we need a few more conditions to be happy. So we run toward the future to get the conditions we think are missing. But by doing so we sacrifice the present moment we sacrifice true life.
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