This is what we practiced together in our Sangha tody🙏❤️thanks to all who joined us🙏#peacefulpractice #buddhadharmasangha #nonharming #tamethemonkeymind #thichnhathanhquotecollective https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9wkr-nBrT/?igshid=112xkrlmc5yni

I love this poem! It’s so resonates with how the mind works. It’s by Kaveri Patel Patel and it’s one that I read at the last mindfulness retreat, at the start of the retreat, which is when the monkey mind tends to be most active. In mindfulness meditation we are learning how to train and tame the monkey mind. This is it truly a gift. Not to be caught up in all the stories, beliefs and opinions that often hurt us. We learn to see through the thoughts and to be with What’s arising without adding more layers to it. 🙏 #tamethemonkeymind #breathmeditation #lovingkindnessmeditation #noblesilencemeditation #mindfulnessretreat #compassion #awareness #clearseeing #opentolife https://www.instagram.com/p/BqxadwWn5xw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18rgkps6fhjch

All day errryday. #tamethemonkeymindwithbananas