Thich Nhat Hanh

Blogs 1. Do you have a monkey mind? You may have heard the phrase monkey mind. What does it mean? The monkey mind is constantly busy moving from one idea to another. it is the conversation in our head, the worrying, the judging, the listmaking. there is nothing wrong with having a monkey mind, often we need to assess multiple things at one time. for example reading a person's body language while listening to their words and then flicking back to their powerpoint presentation. However, the…

Buddhism, a serene and peaceful religion inspired by the teachings of Siddhartha, preaches non-violence and pushes the ultimate goal of both internal and external happiness for all. After introduction in the nineteenth century, many of their beliefs have been integrated in society and can be seen in aspects of animal rights, and peace views. One is able to adopt this religion freely, without having to convert which interesting enough, has truly shaped and allowed Buddhist ideas to become…

and they will be free of pain helps them to bear the current labour pains with courage. “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today” Thich Nhat Hanh Hope is a feeling that something good is going to happen. It is confidence that God is at work and that changes are going to happen in the future. It is an essential ingredient for both physical and mental well-being. If you expect that…

His years spent abroad and his interracial marriage gave him credibility in the antiwar movement. “He helped authenticated the predominantly white peace movement through his racial presence.” He worked along-side Thich Nhat Hanh to educated the American people about the United States’ interference in Vietnam. He worked to help society understand the government’s mentality of white superiority when it came to the militaristic efforts in Vietnam. Browne believed that African…

After reading many books from some of greatest philosophers such as Descartes, Plato, Chuang Tzu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wachowski Brothers the director of the Matrix and so forth, my mind is wondering with one big question that has been always rotating above my head during my philosophy and film class. That one big question is to define real, how do we define real? Is it merely real that we want to know about? How about the meaning of a true real? How do we know that we are really being in this world…