Thich Nhat Hanh
Honouring the truth and profound wisdom and light of beloved Thich Nat Hahn
“This body is not me; I am not caught in this body, I am life without boundaries, I have never been born and I have never died. Over there the wide ocean and the sky with many galaxies All manifests from the basis of consciousness. Since beginningless time I have always been free. Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take my hand and wave good-bye. Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before. We shall always be meeting again at the true source, Always meeting again on the myriad paths of life.”
― No Death, No Fear
“When we are angry, what do we usually do? We shout, scream, and try to blame someone else for our problems. But looking at anger with the eyes of impermanence, we can stop and breathe. Angry at each other in the ultimate dimension, we close our eyes and look deeply. We try to see three hundred years into the future. What will you be like? What will I be like? Where will you be? Where will I be? We need only to breathe in and out, look at our future and at the other person’s future.
Looking at the future, we see that the other person is very precious to us. When we know we can lose them at any moment, we are no longer angry. We want to embrace her or him and say: “How wonderful, you are still alive. I am so happy. How could I be angry with you? Both of us have to die someday, and while we are still alive and together it is foolish to be angry at each other.”
The reason we are foolish enough to make ourselves suffer and make the other person suffer is that we forget that we and the other person are impermanent. Someday when we die we will lose all our possessions, our power, our family, everything. Our freedom, peace, and joy in the present moment is the most important thing we have.”
― No Death, No Fear
I pray that with his passing that all of humanity will be blessed by his presence, see with his vision and insight and may all delusion, ignorance and arrogance burn in the refining fire of compassion and loving kindness. May all beings awaken to the truth and be enlightened. May peace be contagious again upon this earth
‘Peace is Every Step’
May all of our beloved human family be uplifted into the Buddha field of love.
Thank you Thay, Thank you, Thank you
Mooji dedicated this beautiful guided meditation to
From Beginning-less Time, I Have Always Been Free ~ Guided Meditation in Honour of Thich Nhat Hanh
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