Thich Nhat Hanh has been a presence in my life, as a teacher and guide, for more than twenty years. In the last few years I began to doubt the heart connection I felt with him because we had never met or spoken to one another, yet his work was ever-present in my work....

‘When you sit, you’re sitting and when you stand, you’re standing, and there is no contradiction. The contradiction takes place in your mind when you make a distinction applying the past to the present.’ Gien Inour Roshi

‘Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement, it’s not should or shouldn’t; it’s saying: There's suffering; there's this feeling of pain; there's this feeling of anguish, there's a recognition of the way things happen to be as an individual being.’ Ajahn Sumedho

‘If you are careless about little things, you will accomplish nothing. Every- body — Wake up!’ Zen Master Hakuin

‘Having transcended all conceptual views, being pure and peaceful within, well liberated and independent, one goes beyond all attachment.’ The BuddhaUdāna Sutra

‘Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of liberation.’ The BuddhaUdāna Sutra