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No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
Thich Nhat Hanh

1 "God is our true nature….That is why if you know how to trust God, to trust your true nature, you will lose your fear and sorrow."

2 "The wave does not have to look for water because she is water. We do not have to look for God, we do not have to look for our ultimate dimension or nirvana, because we are nirvana, we are God."

3 "Nothing exists by itself. If we examine things carefully we will see that all phenomena, including ourselves, are composites. We are made up of other parts. We are made of our mother and father, our grandmothers and grandfathers, our body, our feelings, our perceptions, our mental formations, the earth, the sun and innumerable non-self elements. All these parts depend on causes and conditions. We see that all that has existed, exists or will exist is interconnected and interdependent."

4 "Do not underestimate yourself. Look around you a little bit and you will see continuations of the Buddha everywhere."

5 "The Buddha said that everyone has Buddha nature in them. Buddha nature is the ability to understand and touch our real nature….The Buddha invites you to be in touch with the wisdom that is already in you."

6 "If you look deeply, you will see that the whole cosmos has come together in order to help the flower to manifest. If you look deeply into a piece of carrot that you eat at lunch, you will see that the whole cosmos has come together in order to help manifest that piece of carrot."

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite