I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giv…

Nhat Hanh
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I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. ✨ Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation, p.61, Beacon Press
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I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. ✨ Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation, p.61, Beacon Press

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