Citaten Tich Nhat Hanh

hieronder en paar bekende citaten van Thich Nhat Hanh

Boeken van Thich Nhat Hanh

De Vijf aandachtsoefeningen van Thich Nhat Hanh

Zen Boeddhisme

Buddha kreeg de volgende vraag voorgelegd: "Welke meditatie beoefenen u en uw leerligen?
Hij antwoorde: "we zitten, we lopen en we eten."
De vraagsteller merkte op: "Maar mijnheer , iedereen zit, loopt en eet."
Boeddha vertelde hem: "Als we zitten, wéten we dat we zitten. Als we lopen, weten we dat we lopen. Als we eten, weten we dat we eten."

Meestal verliezen we onszelf in het verleden of worden we weggevoerd naar de toekomst. Als we aandachtig zijn en in direct contact met het huidige ogenblik, verdiept zich ons inzicht in wat er in en om ons heen gebeurt, waardoor we geleidelijk vervuld worden van instemming, vreugde, vrede en liefde.

Bij elke inademing breng ik rust in mijn lichaam.
Bij elke uitademing glimlach ik.
Ik blijf in het moment van nu
en ervaar het grote wonder van dit moment.

Als je denkt dat vrede en geluk ergens anders zijn en je rent er achteraan, zul je nooit aankomen. Alleen wanneer je beseft dat vrede en geluk hier in dit moment beschikbaar zijn, zul je in staat zijn je te ontspannen.
In het dagelijks leven is er zoveel te doen en zo weinig tijd. Je voelt je misschien gedwongen de hele tijd te rennen. Stop er gewoon mee! Raak de diepste grond aan van het huidige ogenblik en je zult ware vrede en vreugde aanraken.

Buddhist Monk Thich Huyen Quang passed away

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of ailing health. He was 87.

The leader of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam died of multiple organ failure a day after being transferred from a hospital to his monastery at his request, said Penelope Faulkner of the International Buddhist Information Bureau in Paris, which speaks for the outlawed church.

An outspoken proponent of religious freedom and human rights, Quang had long been confined to the Nguyen Thieu Monastery in the southern province of Binh Dinh.

“He was a real pioneer, and that’s why Vietnam kept him isolated and they wanted to keep him out of the way,” she said. “He kept determined to the very end.”

The church’s deputy leader, Thich Quang Do, 80, broke out of house arrest at his monastery in Ho Chi Minh City to be at Quang’s side when the patriarch was hospitalized, Faulkner said. Do held a prayer service after Quang’s death and plans to oversee a funeral scheduled for next week, she said.

Buddhist monk Thich Minh Tuan said Quang’s followers are preparing a “simple but solemn funeral” and he will be buried at the pagoda.

“He passed away very peacefully with many of his followers at his bedside,” Tuan said.

State-controlled media over the past few days have accused Do, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and other senior members of the banned church of attempting to use Quang’s death for “personal political gains.”

The Buddhist sect was effectively banned in 1981 when it refused to merge with the state-sponsored Buddhist Church of Vietnam.

Vietnam’s Communist government allows only a handful of officially approved religious groups to worship, outlawing all other sects.

Despite the longtime standoff with the government, there were signs of a thaw in relations in 2003 when Quang had an unprecedented meeting with then-Prime Minister Phan Van Khai in Hanoi.

But six months later, the government launched a new crackdown after the Unified Buddhists held a meeting to elect a new church leadership. Quang and Do were accused of possessing official papers with national secrets.

Since then, both monks were mostly confined to their respective monasteries, their followers say. The government denied they have been under house arrest.

Buddhism is the primary religion among Vietnam’s 86 million people. The government has also clashed with other religions in recent years, mostly for political activities. It has sentenced Roman Catholics, Protestants and followers of other religions to lengthy jail sentences.

Side zonsondergang

Back from Turkey, very hot ......35 degrees every day. Or more.
Went to Heaven Beach at Side, on the turkish Riviera

Back at home I have to acclimatise to 15 degrees and rain. Aahh..