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LIVING BUDDHA, LIVING CHRIST
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The teaching of Jesus is His living body, and this living body of Christ manifests itself whenever and wherever His teaching is practiced."
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"According to Mahayana Buddhism, the Buddha is still alive….If you are attentive enough, you will be able to hear his teachings from the voice of a pebble, a leaf, or a cloud in the sky."
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"All of life is a reflection of God, the infinite source of holiness."
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"The most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us – our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states…When we have peace within, real dialogue with others is possible."
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"The seed of the Kingdom of God is within us. If we know how to plant that seed in the moist soil of our daily lives, it will grow and become a large bush on which many birds can take refuge."
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"Everything is linked to the presence of God in every moment."
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"One flower is made of the whole cosmos."
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"You are interrelated to everyone and everything…your every act is linked with the whole of humankind and the whole cosmos."
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"There has never been a human being who is not alive with God's own life breath." Brother David Stendl-Rast, O.S.B., foreword
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"The bread we eat is the whole cosmos."
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"When love and compassion are present, understanding deepens."
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"When we look into the heart of a flower, we see clouds, sunshine, minerals, time, the earth, and everything else in the cosmos in it….In fact, the flower is made entirely of non-flower elements; it has no independent, individual existence. It 'inter-is' with everything else in the universe."
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"In Christianity, faith means trust in God, the One who represents love, understanding, dignity, and truth."
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"When you pray with all your heart, the Holy Spirit is in you, and as you continue to pray, the Holy Spirit continues in you. You do not need to do anything else."
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"The birth of every child is important, not less than the birth of a Buddha. We, too, are a Buddha, a Buddha-to-be, and we continue to be born every minute."
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"We are all mothers of the Buddha because we are all pregnant with the potential for awakening. If we know how to take care of our baby Buddha by practicing mindfulness in our daily lives, one day the Enlightened One will reveal himself or herself to us."
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"In Buddhism, faith means confidence in our and others' abilities to wake up to our deepest capacity of loving and understanding."
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"There is the Buddha within ourselves, who transcends space and time. This is the living Buddha, the Buddha of the ultimate reality, the one who transcends all ideas and notions and is available to us at any time."
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"When we are mindful, touching deeply the present moment, we can see and listen deeply, and the fruits are always understanding, acceptance, love, and the desire to relieve suffering and bring joy."
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"When we look into and touch deeply the life and teaching of Jesus, we can penetrate the reality of God. Love, understanding, courage, and acceptance are expressions of the life of Jesus."
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"We human beings can be nourished by the best values of many traditions."
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"We have different roots, traditions, and ways of seeing, but we share the common qualities of love, understanding, and acceptance. For our dialogue to be open, we need to open our hearts, set aside our prejudices, listen deeply, and represent truthfully what we know and understand."
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"The practices of prayer and meditation help us touch the most valuable seeds that are within us, and they put us in contact with the ground of our being."
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"When people appreciate each other as brothers and sisters and smile, the Holy Spirit is there."
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"You are not separate from other beings or the environment. This understanding cannot be merely intellectual. It must be experiential, the insight gained by deep touching and deep looking in a daily life of prayer, contemplation, and meditation."
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