“Waking up this morning I smile. I have twenty-four hours to live. I vow to live them deeply and learn to look at the beings around me with the eyes of compassion.” – No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh
Category: Happiness Quotes
“If you want to experience what the end of suffering will feel like, it is in the here and the now with this breath. If you want nirvana, it’s right here. Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I smile.” – No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh
“We can condition our bodies and minds to happiness with the five practices of letting go, inviting positive seeds, mindfulness, concentration, and insight.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus
The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths are: there is suffering; there is a course of action that generates suffering; suffering ceases (i.e., there is happiness); and there is a course of action leading to the cessation of suffering (the arising of happiness). – Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus
“The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances. The sutras say, “Detachment is enlightenment because it negates appearances.’” – Bodhidharma
“If you have a stake in a particular outcome, you can’t afford a change of heart. The boundaries are drawn; everyone has chosen a side to be on. The ego insists that keeping your eye on the prize—meaning the result it wants—is all-important. But in detachment, you realize that many outcomes could be beneficial to you. You work toward the outcome you believe is right, yet you remain detached enough to shift when your heart tells you that you should.” – Deepak Chopra
“With an attitude of detachment from all objects of wealth, I have overcome miserliness.” – Tsongkhapa
“The recognition that ‘This, too will pass’, brings detachment and with detachment, another dimension comes into your inner space. Through detachment, as well as nonjudgment and inner nonresistance, you gain access to that dimension.” – Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
“When you are detached, you gain a higher vantage point from which to view the events in your life instead of being trapped inside them. You become like an astronaut who sees the planet Earth surrounded by the vastness of space and realizes a paradoxical truth: The earth is precious and at the same time insignificant.”- Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
“Being detached does not mean that you cannot enjoy the good that the world has to offer. In fact, you enjoy it more. Once you see and accept the transience of all things and the inevitability of change, you can enjoy the pleasures of the world while they last without fear of loss or anxiety about the future.”- Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
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