Thich Nhat Hanh on his mother, beyond death and fear

On Mother’s Day

I would like to share the following excerpts from
Thich Nhat Hanh’s book,“No Death, No Fear”  This is an ideal I strive for all the people in the world to feel this way about their own mothers.  I have read many of  his books and they all enriched my heart and soul.  Click here to browse through his book collection.

Excerpts from “No Death, No Fear” by Thich Nhat Hanh

I dreamed of my mother. I saw myself sitting with her, and we were having a wonderful talk. She looked young and beautiful, her hair flowing down. It was so pleasant to sit there and talk to her as if she had never died. When I woke up it was about two in the morning, and I felt very strongly that I had never lost my mother. The impression that my mother was still with me was very clear. I understood then that the idea of having lost my mother was just an idea. It was obvious in that moment that my mother is always alive in me.

I opened the door and went outside. The entire hillside was bathed in moonlight. It was a hill covered with tea plants, and my hut was set behind the temple halfway up. Walking slowly in the moonlight through the rows of tea plants, I noticed my mother was still with me. She was the moonlight caressing me as she had done so often, very tenderly, very sweet, wonderful!

Each time my feet touched the earth I knew my mother was there with me. I knew this body was not mine alone but a living continuation of my mother and father and my grandparents and great-grandparents. Of all my ancestors. These feet that I saw as “my” feet were actually “our” feet. Together my mother and I were leaving footprints in the damp soil.

From that moment on the idea that I had lost my mother no longer existed. All I had to do was look at the palm of my hand, feel the breeze on my face or the earth under my feet to remember that my mother is always with me, available at any time.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Peace, Joy and Love to You and Yours

Yukiko

Tich Nhat Hanh is a courageous, unstoppable Zen priest from Vietnam.

Studying and practicing  Buddhism is one way to learn to be fearless.

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