It's Wonderful To Be Alive

If You Come To Plum Village In The Summertime, You See Many Lotus Flowers. Without The Mud The Lotus Flowers Cannot Grow. You Cannot Separate Lotus Flowers From The Mud. It Is The Same With Understanding And Love. These Are Two Kinds Of Flowers That Grow On The Ground Of Suffering

Our Walking Is Not A Means To An End. We Walk For The Sake Of Walking.

Words And Thoughts Concerning Compassionate Action That Are Not Put Into Practice Are Like Beautiful Flowers That Are Colorful But Have No Fragrance.

Each Thought, Each Action In The Sunlight Of Awareness Becomes Sacred.

In Order To Be Loved, We Have To Love, Which Means We Have To Understand.