Quote from Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
by Thich Nhat Hahn
Parallax Press, Berkeley, California © 2006 256 pp.
depends on the quality
of the seeds
that lie deep in our consciousness.
"Whether we have happiness or not depends on the seeds in our consciousness. If our seeds of compassion, understanding, and love are strong, those qualities will be able to manifest in us. If the seeds of anger, hostility, and sadness in us are strong, then we will experience much suffering." (p. 45)