“Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh YOUR DREAM IS NOW We have the tendency to think there is a means, a path, to realizing our dream, and that we realize our dream at the end of the path. But in the spirit of Buddhism, as soon […]
“Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh In Plum Village we have organized retreats for Israelis and Palestinians. Back in the Middle East, their lives may be a daily struggle to survive. There is always something to do and not a moment to stop. But when they
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“Zenfully Quool Quotesâ€Currently featuring “The Art of Livingâ€By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh BEING AND DOINGMy name, Nhat Hanh, means “one action.â€I spent a long time trying to find out which action this was.Then I discovered that my one action is to be peaceand to bring peace to others. We have a tendency to think
“Zenfully Quool Quotesâ€Currently featuring “The Art of Livingâ€By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh BEING BUSINESS-LESSMaster Lin-Chi exhorted his students to be “business-less.â€It means to not be getting busy all the time,to be free from busyness.If we can be business-less,we can touch the spirit of aimlessness in our daily life,not being carried away by our desires,
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh YOU ARE ENOUGH The renowned ninth-century Chinese Zen master Lin-Chi taught that “humans and buddhas are not two,†and declared, “There is no difference between you and the Buddha!†He was saying that you are already enough. We don’t need
 “Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh We may be able to see the wonders around us and yet still doubt that we ourselves are a wonder too. We feel inadequate. We’re yearning for something else, something more. We are like a saucepan wandering around looking for
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 “Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh HEAVEN ON EARTHFor some of us, our highest dream is to go to a heaven or,if we are Buddhist, to a “Pure Land†after we die.We believe this life is somehow insufficient and unsatisfactoryand that we can touch only the
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes†“The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness helps us arrive in the present moment to see and hear the wonders of life— to see and hear God. If there is a spiritual crisis in the twenty-first century, it is that we have not put God in the right
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“Zenfully Quool Quotesâ€Currently featuring “The Art of Livingâ€By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Enter into a deep relationship with the present momentthat embraces limitless time and limitless space.The past and the future are right here in the present moment.God, nirvana, the cosmic body, are available.The moment becomes an eternal, fulfilled moment. Where is your father,
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes† “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh We have been running for thousands of years, and that is why it is difficult to stop and encounter life deeply in the present moment. Learning to stop may sound easy, but in fact it takes training. I remember one morning contemplating
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Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.
After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.
Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.
We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.
