Think of the ocean and scoop up a glass of water.  That one glass of ocean is you: one person.  Pour the water back into the ocean and you become one with the sea. We are all one.

“We are all the leaves of one tree.
We are all the waves of one sea.”
–Thich Nhat Hanh

On the 22 of January 2022, Thay, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at the age of 95. RIP

Generate the energy of mindfulness and compassion in memory of spiritual teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.

Honour Thich Nhat Hanh: ‘Father of mindfulness’  in special ceremonial meditations, found here at Plum Village.

“This body is not me.

I am not limited by this body.

I am life without boundaries.

I have never been born,

and I shall never die.

Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,

manifestations from my wondrous true mind.

Since before time, I have been free.

Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,

sacred thresholds on our journey.

Birth and death are a game of hide-and-seek.

So laugh with me,

hold my hand,

let us say good-bye,

say good-bye, to meet again soon.

We meet today.

We will meet again tomorrow.

We will meet at the source every moment.

We meet each other in all forms of life.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Definitions

religious (rĭ-lĭj′əs) (adjective)

From Wordnik

~Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity.

~Of, concerned with, or teaching religion.

~Extremely scrupulous or conscientious.

Definitions

spiritual (adjective)

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

~Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural.

~Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul.

~Not concerned with material or worldly things.

~Of or belonging to a religion; sacred.