At the time I wrote that small book [The Miracle of Mindfulness], I could not have imagined the effect it would have in the world. It has been translated into twenty-five languages, reprinted many times, distributed in countries throughout the world, and I still receive letters from people who have experienced tremendous transformations in their lives and work from reading this simple book and learning the practice of mindfulness. This shows that we are not able to measure or anticipate the full effect over time of the work we do. Our works, our actions, our every way of being are our emanation bodies that travel through the world widely and continue to have an effect on others for a long time.
–Thich Nhat Hanh, Opening the Heart of the Cosmos: Insights on the Lotus Sutra , 94-95, 2003
