Finding Our True Home Quotes

“For example, the sound of the telephone can make us irritated and anxious. That is the sound of the telephone which comes as a result of past actions and afflictions. If, however, we practice and acknowledge the sound of the telephone as a bell of mindfulness, then when the telephone rings we shall know how to bring our mind back to our breathing, smile, and make our mind and body peaceful.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Finding Our True Home: Living in the Pure Land Here and Now

“The original reality of Amitabha is our own Dharma body, It shines out brightly everywhere, in the South, North, East, and West, It is like the autumn moon that lies in the high, vast sky, In the silence of the night its brilliance shines far over the ocean.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Finding Our True Home: Living in the Pure Land Here and Now

“Mindfulness always has to be mindfulness of something; it has a subject and an object and is continuous. Mental attention or mindfulness is one of the basic mental formations that can be continuously present. Knowing this, we will be very careful in what we choose to be the object of our mindfulness and to what we give our attention.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Finding Our True Home: Living in the Pure Land Here and Now

“When we walk with solidity and freedom, and when mindfulness of our breathing brings us solidity, freedom, peace, and joy, then the Pure Land is there right away.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Finding Our True Home: Living in the Pure Land Here and Now