We can continue to learn generation after generation and now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.
From Thich Nhat Hanh
The situation the Earth is in today has been created by unmindful production and unmindful consumption. We consume to forget our worries and our anxieties. Tranquilising ourselves with over-consumption is not the way.
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way.
When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.
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