Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one, however, say that I have borrowed by philosophy from the French Revolution. I have not. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my Master, the Buddha.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel.

The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice.

When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.

That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.

Ah-rah-han, the first Buddhist apostle of Burma, under the patronage of King Anan-ra-tha-men-zan, disseminated the doctrines of atheism and taught his disciples to pant after annihilation as the supreme good.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration.