Archive for May 2024
YOU ARE MUCH MORE THAN THIS BODY
For those that are very interested in meeting up with their ‘transcended’ loved ones… “someday“…Please find Solace knowing you can connect right now in every moment.Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh explains: By now you may already begin to see that we are not limited to our physical body, even while we are alive. We ‘inter-are’…
Read MoreALIVE OR DEAD?
“Zenfully Quool Quotes”… Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh ~ When we look at an oak tree, it may be difficult to imagine that it grew out of an acorn. Is that acorn still alive? If it is, then why can’t we see it? Or does the acorn no…
Read MoreSignlessness: A Cloud Never Dies
YOUR LIFE SPAN IS LIMITLESS When we speak about a “date of birth” or “time of death,” these are really just notions. To say we have a “life span” is also just a notion. These labels and signs are conventional designations that are useful at the level of relative truth, but they’re not the ultimate…
Read MoreThe Conundrums About Life, Death, “Reincarnation”
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh answers the conundrums about Life, Death, “reincarnation” and whatever one misbelieves happens after this life: ~ In the beginning,I had certain ideas about mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism.After ten years of practice, I had a much better understanding.Then after forty or fifty years,my insight and understanding had become even deeper. ~We…
Read MoreTwo Kinds of Buddhism
~ Zenfully Quool Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh ~ We can speak of two kinds of Buddhism: popular Buddhism and deep Buddhism. Different audiences need different kinds of teachings, so the teachings should always be adapted in order to be appropriate to the audience. ~ This is why there are thousands of different points of…
Read MoreWe Should Never Accept Anything On Blind Faith
If we do not allow our beliefs to evolve, if we do not maintain an open mind, we risk waking up one day to discover that we have lost faith in what we once believed. This can be devastating. As practitioners of meditation, we should never accept anything on blind faith, regarding it as an…
Read MoreNOTHING IS LOST
There are those who believe that an eternal self continues to exist after the body disintegrates. We could call this belief a kind of “externalism. Others believe that after death there is nothing. This is a kind of “nihilism.” We need to avoid both these extremes. The insight of impermanence and interbeing tells us…
Read MoreA Natural Way to Perpetuate Love and Inspiration
~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~ When we can free ourselves from the idea of separateness, we have compassion, we have understanding, and we have the energy we need to help. —————————————————————- rog note: The love and inspiration we give others Goes thru us first. A natural way to perpetuate Love and inspiration. ———————————————————————-“Zenfully Quool Quotes”…Currently…
Read MoreWe Are A Whole Lineage
Every time I offer incense or prostrate before the altar in my hermitage, I do not do this as an individual self but as a whole lineage. Whenever I walk, sit, eat, or practice calligraphy, I do so with the awareness that all my ancestors are within me in that moment. I am their continuation.…
Read MoreThere Are No Solitary Beings
There is a biologist named Lewis Thomas, whose work I appreciate very much. He describes how our human bodies are “shared, rented, and occupied” by countless other tiny organisms, without whom we couldn’t “move a muscle, drum a finger, or think a thought.” Our body is a community, and the trillions of non – human…
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