![]() ![]() ![]() Therefore we should not identify our self with our body. It has not become nothing it has transformed it has become rain. When a cloud is no longer a cloud, it is not lost. This body is just a manifestation, like a cloud. ![]() In his book No Death, No Fear, Nhat Hanh explains how our true nature is the nature of no birth and no death because there is always a continuation, just like how a cloud transforms into rain: While we can identify the dates of his birth and death, Nhat Hanh often taught his students that people, and all things, do not truly die. And as many know, the Zen master peacefully passed away earlier this year on January 22 at his root temple, Tu Hieu Temple, in Hue, Vietnam. Thich Nhat Hanh-the beloved Vietnamese monk, peace activist, and poet-was born on Octoin central Vietnam. “I am a continuation like the rain is a continuation of the cloud.” -Thich Nhat Hanh ![]()
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