The practice of Zen ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body, speech, and mind — with mindfulness, to illuminate every leaf and pebble, every heap of garbage, every path that leads to our mind’s return home.


Thich Nhat Hanh

from the book Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

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