you dont want more thinking ,cant you see its thinking that causes most of your problems - standstill in a comfortable upright position its an open eyed meditation you can find the stance on you tube lock your eyes onto a point off in the distance above eye level now just simply listen to your breath ,this quickly develops awareness which automatically develops the love in your heart , calms the body right down and sinks the chi this makes you fearless when you standstill you develop awareness happiness calmness and fearless ,the journey is an internal journey and standstill is the best way to make this journey
I think this person just meant that listening to Thay has made them look at life differently and contemplate different perspectives. I don’t believe their choice of words necessarily indicates that they don’t understand the value of silencing one’s mind or the benefits of meditation and stillness. Im glad peace and compassion have touched both of your lives. Eternally grateful for having received guidance from people like Thay.
LOL! I too find Thay's sweet presence and voice unbelievably calming and can easily fall aslepp. At the same time his words make me more awaake than ever! So grateful for this simple wisdom.
Wow. If I'm not mistaken Thay turned 86 on that particular day? And yet he still facilitates 2 hour long talks. Just goes to show that his practice served him well over the years!
Thank you Thây. My father passed away when I was 5 yo. I think you are my father interbeing. I will be honored to call you my father and make you prou to be your son🙏
If you have seen the spiritual path you are very lucky. Thank you teacher, Thank you Sanga. Thank you Buddha. I deeply appreciate this video being brought to us. I live in Fiji and this teaching for me is a treasure. We would be missing out so much if these videos were not available. Many thanks kind Sanga.
De todos os videos este é o melhor e o que mais me marcou. Num momento em que estou pensando em desembarcar do barco suas palavras me deram força e serenidade. Num momento de exaustao.
These conversations are such an amazing treasure. Thank you a million times for sharing them with all of us. I watch them again and again. Our beloved Thay has taught me so much.
Thank you so much for these talks. The Buddhist psychology fits perfectly with my work as a therapist. I am so thankful that I found meditation during the pandemic and a dear friend told me about our wonderful teacher He is a great gift to the world
I used to teach ACIM, however learning from Thay, there are a few mistake in A COURSE In Miracles. 1. Body and Mind are one. 2. "Ego" is not mentioned, if it was, Thay would say to embrace it, as like anger and fear, it is part of us.
Thay's insight / intervention is needed more now than ever before - he said his practice is not 'martial art' rather a peaceful pathway ... merciful guidance
Dear Thai, you teachings make us to seek and understand our true self by which we can find knowledge of the self. Thank for introducing the buddha and sharing you wisdom of healing the and the world 🌎 in total because we are the world. Thank also for introducing us to adeas of the sanga, being with the sanga always and stop running 🏃♀️ 🙏
I am a student of Christianity and recently, through the book, “The Rebirthing of God” by John Philip Newell, I have learned about Thich Nhat Hanh and, especially, Mindfulness practise. There is much synchronicity in all religions and for that I am enlightened and hopefully transformed.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Venerable Thay. This Dharma talk has been a great medicine to me, now I can understand more clear what is the meaning of DON'T feeding the seeds of suffering. I'm practicing step by step your Wonderfull teachings. Evangelina Cortes.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I love the part where Thay explain about don't give up, doesn't matter if you don't see clear hope in the situation your are living in. GREAT TEACHING TO ME. Evangelina Cortes.
I have read and listened to Thay for many years his peace loving kindness simplicity and contentment compassion is contagious love you Thay I know you are with us❤️
Thank you so much Venerable Thay. My Honor and Gratitude to you for the wonderful teachings you gave us -The Human Family- Love you for always Marvelous Teacher. EC.
Thank you so much Dear Thay. I love when you explain about the importance to understand the suffering of my mother and father because their suffering is my suffering. If I understand my suffering I understand their suffering. Great gift to me and honor to my parents memory. Evangelina Cortes.
I work with kids, so im trying to find ways to connect positively and constructively to others in order to be the best i can be for them. This talk is very inspiring in that regard.
Yes, he is unique - this talk is so loving kindness, as I have ever heard - and believe me, it comes as a great present to me, because I still suffer ! Namaste, thank You Thay !❤❤❤❤❤❤
For myself the embracing of my depression is the recognition that in a given moment I feel cut off from possibility, I have given up and have not gone back to myself. I feel lucky that I am able to recognize and go home to myself.
Beloved Zen Master You are Peace to this World 🌎 🙏 ❤ Thank you for helping me learn about going home. Your heart shines so bright 🌞 Love you always 💐💐💐💐💐💐🌎🌈❤❤❤❤
Much needed Sangha . Practiceners in my area are welcome to my teahouse 💗. My husband in his trailer next door will continue to speculate and read books while gardening.☺️❣️🌈 We are retired and fought against the war on drugs and for policy change of harm reduction. We worked early our life in providing medical marijuana to cancer and AIDS patients. My husband was away for years in prison. Now ii is much needed natural medicine for my glaucoma. 🌱
Thanks a lot Thay, your explanation on inter-be is great for me, because is profound but easy to understand, now; the practice is my total responsibility. My honor and gratitude to you. Evangelina Cortes.
Thanks a lot Venerable Thay. I've listened this marvelous class of you and I found more teachings that really help me a lot. Lotus for you. Evangelina Cortes.
@@fjames208 To read "suffering and happiness are the same" can be confusing without context. Here's a quote from his book, No Mud No Lotus "Happiness is possible right now, today-but happiness cannot be without suffering. Some people think that in order to be happy they must avoid all suffering, and so they are constantly vigilant, constantly worrying. They end up sacrificing all their spontaneity, freedom, and joy. This isn’t correct. If you can recognize and accept your pain without running away from it, you will discover that although pain is there, joy can also be there at the same time."
Such a poignant point about looking insde and understanding your self. How simple and yet so profound. All the answers are always inside. That is why it is so very important to start your own Inner Journey, so you actually can understand who you are and why ! The simple truth is most people are afraid to look inside and afraid to let go of the many illusions they live in daily. They are totally consumed in the illusions and do not realize they are living in a state of nonreality. I know this from helping thousands of people take those first few steps. Then the magic happens ! I am checking this fellow out a bunch and waiting for him to speak about the two worlds we all live in daily and have acces to. And then to mention there are other worlds as well in even higher consciuosness states. We can all go there rather easily. Most people are only aware of the lower state we call reality or the physical world or outer world. The daily working world. The Inner World has much different boundaries and limits that are in fact limitless. That is where all peace of mind, knowledge and understandig comes from.
Thay’s communication skills are sublime. Imagine being Vietnamese and teaching in English, Chinese and French… He could also speak Sanskrit, and Pali. He studied at the Princeton theological seminary in 1961. In 1962. He was appointed lecturer in Buddhism at Columbia University and also taught as a lecturer at Cornell University.
Thic dear were ever you are now I send you my gratitune ,appretiation and thanks for being& sharing with us all of this . It is helping so much I cannot express it in words but in my every day living 🤗
It's true that many, many couples give up on each other through lack of patience and sufficient compassion; they give up prematurely perhaps. So I can appreciate (what I think may be) Hanh's motivation for claiming that changing one's attitude is the key, not changing partners. It's not about changing the environment, but one's attitude - something I've heard from other Buddhist practitioners. Well, yes - up to a point. But there are times when patience and love are not enough: people often grow apart; they discover that their temperaments are too different; their values also may be quite different - something they learn much later in the relationship. Now sometimes open-heartedness, patience, compassion can salvage the relationship, but it would be naive to suppose that it would in all cases. Nor is there any cosmic law stipulating that two people OUGHT to remain together indefinitely. What many people are unwilling to acknowledge is that love doesn't last and that what binds them together (in many cases) are the children and family responsibilities. Even if they do love each other still, it doesn't necessarily follow that they should remain together. Moreover, just because you're willing to listen and open up, your partner will not necessarily do so as well. Speaking from experience, I'd say that many people would open up in turn, but not all. It's not your fault or responsibility if your partner doesn't. If the Buddha, a supposedly enlightened being, was dismissed and disliked by many, then it's perfectly understandable how others might not listen to us, irrespective of our spiritual development and good intentions. It's a complex issue - to be examined case by case. To make nice-sounding conciliatory generalizations, while laudable, is simplistic and naive. In another context, I can imagine a scenario in which it would certainly be appropriate to change environments. Let's imagine a 17 year old boy who wants to earn some money working at a factory. It's mind-numbing and repetitive work - but he agrees to do it for a while because he needs the money and is still too inexperienced to attain a better and more stimulating job. It would be dangerous to say in this case: "No, my boy, you can stay in that factory for the rest of your life; your dissatisfaction has its root causes in a negative attitude. It's not the environment or the job that's the problem; it's your attitude." Which is clearly nonsense - and dangerous nonsense. Staying at the factory would be intellectual suicide; it would kill his spirit. He'll need a job where he could one day utilize his creative intelligence (ideally speaking). While it's true there are situations in which more forbearance, more patience, more compassion on our part can mean the difference between heaven and hell, it's also sometimes true that staying in the same place would be idiocy and nothing more - limiting our options and opportunities for growth.
The notion of inter-being (being/non-being) is what I stumbled by is it transitional, growth but mindfulness is the answer I heard thank you Oh my Goodness. Reason I preferred being
"Interbeing means you cannot be by yourself alone. You have to co-be, inter-be, with everything else ... You carry Mother Earth, you carry the sunshine, you carry the rain, everything. This is not a 'me', this is a 'we'. We inter-are. If we remove the element of parents, ancestors, food, education, air, water, there is no 'us' left. So, 'we' means the whole cosmos." - Thich Nhat Hanh
People do want to know about life after dealth. If the conscious mind still goes on or not. What to know or expect. Recieve unsight, wisdom and training. Its part of the life and death process. People suffer loss of many kinds. Loss of loved ones brings us to these questions. Suffering of illnesses and death brings us to these questions. So we do turn to other religions or ways of life to gain insight on these issues. How to be a good person and have a good behavior should be taught in childhood through out the regular school system. Hard to transform broken adults. Also, living on a compound and out in the real world where you have to make a living is hard to follow any religious concept because no one is on the same page. You cannot reason with snakes and or the ignorant. So that leaves a huge problem for much of the world. Buddah was a rich hippie seeking to know life. He ran from his responsibilities yet was always protected and had the choice to ask home for anything. Just as many of the upper middle class/rich hippies did in the USA with their free love BS that tore at the traditional family unit even more. Having options changes the game also. 😘 Thank you for posting this lecture as it is very much on point. I have come into his teachings late but this stands to his legacy of teaching. I hope Thich recovers and lives many great years to come. Recovers his voice to lecture again. Maybe we will see another great writing. Best wishes and thank you for a life teaching personal responsibility and self empowerment. Everyone live in peace, live and let live. Everything is within you. Luke 17:31
1:11:20 So my definition of the kingdom of god is not a place where there is no suffering. The kingdom of god is a place where people know how to make good use of suffering in order to create understanding and compassion and love.
I am very grateful for the video 🙏 but, how to achieve the understanding of reasons that cause the suffering? Especialy when the soul pain appears suddenly and attack the entire mind and body. In such moments fairly hard to resist so called " inner monster". I feel weak in front of it. Im trying to get the insight while practising breathing and walking. However, its not too easy for me. Maybe im doing something wrong...
Thank You dear Sangha. This question seems like something of a trick question and somewhat implies a conflict in Buddhist teachings: if there is "no self" (Anatman) how can we try to end suffering. Firstly, Anatman, "no-self" requires definition. Anatman was Buddha's response to Atman (eternal, "divine?", beyond death), after inquiry, experience, searching and enlightenment. I believe Judeo-Christian cultures equate Atman with "soul", something which survives without a body or life. Buddha was reported as claiming that after searching the universe for "God(s)" he found no proof of their existence. Who has? I believe that Buddhism seems to imply a greater (God-like) self and a smaller, personal self. Perhaps Thich Nhat Hanh got into that later, as he said.
When one goes into no mind meditation (non duality) there is neither pleasure nor pain ,left or right good nor evil.Its the middle way. Also if one understands that,All is illusory" one is free. See the Ribhu Gita on RUclips.
I have a question. I am very linked to Buddhism spirituality and practice but I do not believe in reincarnation. That's why I was told by a buddhist monk (who I asked the question to), that I couldn't be a Buddhist unless I believe in reincarnation, because it is a major and fundamental principle in Buddhism. That was quite disappointing for me at that time but I coped with it and continued my practice anyway. Why listening to this video, the question came back to my mind : "Can I be a Buddhist even though I do not believe in reincarnation ?". I though about asking this question again to you. Thank you for your answer
No you were correct in the original idea of reality. There is no reincarnation because there is no death. The true nature of reality will explain this and why it is what it is, which is something only ourselves can truly experience if we are to bear the fruits of wisdom which will unlock the true potential of this realisation.
Thank you your voice is soothing and your wisdom knows no equal l I listened to u in jail and I listen to you now your words have made me think more.
you dont want more thinking ,cant you see its thinking that causes most of your problems - standstill in a comfortable upright position its an open eyed meditation you can find the stance on you tube lock your eyes onto a point off in the distance above eye level now just simply listen to your breath ,this quickly develops awareness which automatically develops the love in your heart , calms the body right down and sinks the chi this makes you fearless when you standstill you develop awareness happiness calmness and fearless ,the journey is an internal journey and standstill is the best way to make this journey
All the best to you.
@@Beekind799 What you stated is not true. You don't become fearless by sitting and doing nothing.
@@josephb4235 be quiet you fool,you know nothing about the internal world,i didnot say sit down and do nothing you fool,
I think this person just meant that listening to Thay has made them look at life differently and contemplate different perspectives. I don’t believe their choice of words necessarily indicates that they don’t understand the value of silencing one’s mind or the benefits of meditation and stillness. Im glad peace and compassion have touched both of your lives. Eternally grateful for having received guidance from people like Thay.
Ohh he’s so relaxing I listen at night to fall asleep who else does that
LOL! I too find Thay's sweet presence and voice unbelievably calming and can easily fall aslepp. At the same time his words make me more awaake than ever! So grateful for this simple wisdom.
Mind blowing. I’ve gone over this several times. Pure, simple truth telling.
Wow. If I'm not mistaken Thay turned 86 on that particular day? And yet he still facilitates 2 hour long talks. Just goes to show that his practice served him well over the years!
yeah that's his birthday if wikipedia is correct!
Thanks
A man displaying our most beautiful qualities in order to remind ourselves of what we truely are.
-Buddhism
Thank you Thây. My father passed away when I was 5 yo. I think you are my father interbeing. I will be honored to call you my father and make you prou to be your son🙏
Mine when l was so old there is not difference
If you have seen the spiritual path you are very lucky. Thank you teacher, Thank you Sanga. Thank you Buddha. I deeply appreciate this video being brought to us. I live in Fiji and this teaching for me is a treasure. We would be missing out so much if these videos were not available. Many thanks kind Sanga.
Hello my despair Yes Yes I am here
@@ritamorelli3869 hello darkness my old friend ~
He eases my soul.
De todos os videos este é o melhor e o que mais me marcou. Num momento em que estou pensando em desembarcar do barco suas palavras me deram força e serenidade. Num momento de exaustao.
Thua Kinh Thay and Sangha,
Happy continuation day and thank you for the continuation of our beloved Thay's teachings.
"A Cloud Never Dies" TNH 🙏🙏🙏❤
Thank you so much for this wisdom
I greatly appreciate you sharing this video of Thay.
Thanks for your teachings Thay. Thanks to the Plum Village for continuing to share his teachings.
Wonderful teaching: Don't exaggerate the pain! Great, great, great!!! Thank you so much Dear Thay. Evangelina Cortes.
These conversations are such an amazing treasure. Thank you a million times for sharing them with all of us. I watch them again and again. Our beloved Thay has taught me so much.
Thank you so much for these talks. The Buddhist psychology fits perfectly with my work as a therapist. I am so thankful that I found meditation during the pandemic and a dear friend told me about our wonderful teacher He is a great gift to the world
On my too
I used to teach ACIM, however learning from Thay, there are a few mistake in A COURSE In Miracles. 1. Body and Mind are one. 2. "Ego" is not mentioned, if it was, Thay would say to embrace it, as like anger and fear, it is part of us.
Dear Thay,
I desperately need this. You’re God send to me. Thank you. 🙏
Thay's insight / intervention is needed more now than ever before - he said his practice is not 'martial art' rather a peaceful pathway ... merciful guidance
I am so grateful for this way to receive this teaching and stay in contact with a gentle Thay💞 Love💗
Dear Thai, you teachings make us to seek and understand our true self by which we can find knowledge of the self. Thank for introducing the buddha and sharing you wisdom of healing the and the world 🌎 in total because we are the world. Thank also for introducing us to adeas of the sanga, being with the sanga always and stop running 🏃♀️ 🙏
I am a student of Christianity and recently, through the book, “The Rebirthing of God” by John Philip Newell, I have learned about Thich Nhat Hanh and, especially, Mindfulness practise. There is much synchronicity in all religions and for that I am enlightened and hopefully transformed.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Venerable Thay. This Dharma talk has been a great medicine to me, now I can understand more clear what is the meaning of DON'T feeding the seeds of suffering. I'm practicing step by step your Wonderfull teachings. Evangelina Cortes.
Thank you for sharing this may it resonate in many beings.
Thay, thank you. Thanks you shared your insight and wisdom with us. I know Buddha's teaching because of you. My supreme Bodhisattva🙏
As a new practitioner this talk helps a lot to get more insight. I realize to practice all the time during what ever you do. Thank you very much
Old practitioner..43 minutes ago 💜
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I love the part where Thay explain about don't give up, doesn't matter if you don't see clear hope in the situation your are living in. GREAT TEACHING TO ME. Evangelina Cortes.
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I have read and listened to Thay for many years his peace loving kindness simplicity and contentment compassion is contagious love you Thay I know you are with us❤️
Thank you so much Venerable Thay. My Honor and Gratitude to you for the wonderful teachings you gave us -The Human Family- Love you for always Marvelous Teacher. EC.
Thich Naht Hanh is a great inspiration.
U do it..or learn English 🤔
Wonderful teaching of Practicing Mindfulness walk.. breathe.. talk.. eat..and so on to transform from suffering to generating happiness and joy..❤️🙏👍
A beautiful soul May God bless his teaching for ever 😇🙏❤️
Thank you so much Dear Thay. I love when you explain about the importance to understand the suffering of my mother and father because their suffering is my suffering. If I understand my suffering I understand their suffering. Great gift to me and honor to my parents memory. Evangelina Cortes.
‘Love is made of understanding’ 💚
I work with kids, so im trying to find ways to connect positively and constructively to others in order to be the best i can be for them. This talk is very inspiring in that regard.
I am so grateful to have been able to learn from Thây despite having never met him. Thank you Thây & thank you Plum Village.
Wonderful talk... Thank you deeply Thay
Yes, he is unique - this talk is so loving kindness, as I have ever heard - and believe me, it comes as a great present to me, because I still suffer ! Namaste, thank You Thay !❤❤❤❤❤❤
For myself the embracing of my depression is the recognition that in a given moment I feel cut off from possibility, I have given up and have not gone back to myself. I feel lucky that I am able to recognize and go home to myself.
Now you can died in peace
Thank you for sharing this with the public. It was so beautiful.
Wisdoms that can be applied and practised. That’s what so wonderful about him.
Forever grateful for the wisdom you left us and still give us.🙏🏾🙏🏾
Beautiful May God bless his soul 🙏❤️😇
Thank you for sharing this with us
Thank You Thich Nhat Hanh!! ❤😁
True happiness is made of understanding and love, GREAT GREAT GREAT TEACHING. Thank you very much Venerable Thay. Evangelina Cortes.
Beloved Zen Master
You are Peace to this World 🌎 🙏 ❤
Thank you for helping me learn about going home.
Your heart shines so bright 🌞
Love you always
💐💐💐💐💐💐🌎🌈❤❤❤❤
Wonderful teachings.
Thank you very much Thich for sharing all your wisdom with us.
🙏🙏
Great definition of The Kingdom of God Dear Thay. I love you. Your wisdom is amazing! Evangelina Cortes.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼 such a wonderful teaching and path. The cloud is snowing here today ❤️
Thank you 🙏 📿
อนุโมทนาสาธุค่ะท่าน
Much needed Sangha . Practiceners in my area are welcome to my teahouse 💗. My husband in his trailer next door will continue to speculate and read books while gardening.☺️❣️🌈 We are retired and fought against the war on drugs and for policy change of harm reduction. We worked early our life in providing medical marijuana to cancer and AIDS patients. My husband was away for years in prison. Now ii is much needed natural medicine for my glaucoma. 🌱
Thank you Thay. Love you.
Thanks a lot Thay, your explanation on inter-be is great for me, because is profound but easy to understand, now; the practice is my total responsibility. My honor and gratitude to you. Evangelina Cortes.
Thank you. A true Buddha of the 21st century. Even the cameraman is entranced by him 1:44:00
Hard to believe Thay is 83 years old in this presentation. ❤
much appreciated ❤️🙏🏻🤍
Thankyou So Much 💜🙏💛
Thank you Venerable Thay. Your wisdom is -in my opinion- A WONDERFUL GIFT TO THE HUMANKIND. Evangelina Cortes.
Thanks a lot Venerable Thay. I've listened this marvelous class of you and I found more teachings that really help me a lot. Lotus for you. Evangelina Cortes.
Suffering and happiness are the same, one cant be without the other - Thich Nhat Hanh
Not at all, it's like water and oil are the same..of course not
I don't think so
@@fjames208 To read "suffering and happiness are the same" can be confusing without context. Here's a quote from his book, No Mud No Lotus "Happiness is possible right now, today-but happiness cannot be without suffering. Some people think that in order to be happy they must avoid all suffering, and so they are constantly vigilant, constantly worrying. They end up sacrificing all their spontaneity, freedom, and joy. This isn’t correct. If you can recognize and accept your pain without running away from it, you will discover that although pain is there, joy can also be there at the same time."
@@cheezheadz3928 true
Thank you
Such a poignant point about looking insde and understanding your self. How simple and yet so profound. All the answers are always inside. That is why it is so very important to start your own Inner Journey, so you actually can understand who you are and why ! The simple truth is most people are afraid to look inside and afraid to let go of the many illusions they live in daily. They are totally consumed in the illusions and do not realize they are living in a state of nonreality. I know this from helping thousands of people take those first few steps. Then the magic happens !
I am checking this fellow out a bunch and waiting for him to speak about the two worlds we all live in daily and have acces to. And then to mention there are other worlds as well in even higher consciuosness states. We can all go there rather easily. Most people are only aware of the lower state we call reality or the physical world or outer world. The daily working world. The Inner World has much different boundaries and limits that are in fact limitless. That is where all peace of mind, knowledge and understandig comes from.
Wonderful on a Christmas afternoon.
Thay’s communication skills are sublime. Imagine being Vietnamese and teaching in English, Chinese and French… He could also speak Sanskrit, and Pali. He studied at the Princeton theological seminary in 1961. In 1962. He was appointed lecturer in Buddhism at Columbia University and also taught as a lecturer at Cornell University.
Merciiii
🙏🙏🙏
Bless that there would be no war,anywhere,ever!!!
Music to my ears..🎼🎵🎶🎸
Happy Continuation day!
Wonderful
Awesome!
Thankyou So Much For This Insight. 💚
Thic dear were ever you are now I send you my gratitune ,appretiation and thanks for being& sharing with us all of this . It is helping so much I cannot express it in words but in my every day living 🤗
🙏 Teacher Thay
wow, amazing! so true ❤
Yes, the second arrow is excessively painful. THANK YOU DEAR THAY for your medicinal teachings. Evangelina Cortes.
I like being able to control my emotions to think more clearly and heal How to handle is what I need
Thank you teacher. Yes just spending time in talking is useless , practicles train us inside-out
Thank you dear Thay, I love when you say, please don't exaggerate. Evangelina Cortes.
This is the only chance we have to change the direction of the world. It cannot be for money
It's true that many, many couples give up on each other through lack of patience and sufficient compassion; they give up prematurely perhaps. So I can appreciate (what I think may be) Hanh's motivation for claiming that changing one's attitude is the key, not changing partners. It's not about changing the environment, but one's attitude - something I've heard from other Buddhist practitioners. Well, yes - up to a point. But there are times when patience and love are not enough: people often grow apart; they discover that their temperaments are too different; their values also may be quite different - something they learn much later in the relationship. Now sometimes open-heartedness, patience, compassion can salvage the relationship, but it would be naive to suppose that it would in all cases. Nor is there any cosmic law stipulating that two people OUGHT to remain together indefinitely. What many people are unwilling to acknowledge is that love doesn't last and that what binds them together (in many cases) are the children and family responsibilities. Even if they do love each other still, it doesn't necessarily follow that they should remain together. Moreover, just because you're willing to listen and open up, your partner will not necessarily do so as well. Speaking from experience, I'd say that many people would open up in turn, but not all. It's not your fault or responsibility if your partner doesn't. If the Buddha, a supposedly enlightened being, was dismissed and disliked by many, then it's perfectly understandable how others might not listen to us, irrespective of our spiritual development and good intentions. It's a complex issue - to be examined case by case. To make nice-sounding conciliatory generalizations, while laudable, is simplistic and naive.
In another context, I can imagine a scenario in which it would certainly be appropriate to change environments. Let's imagine a 17 year old boy who wants to earn some money working at a factory. It's mind-numbing and repetitive work - but he agrees to do it for a while because he needs the money and is still too inexperienced to attain a better and more stimulating job. It would be dangerous to say in this case: "No, my boy, you can stay in that factory for the rest of your life; your dissatisfaction has its root causes in a negative attitude. It's not the environment or the job that's the problem; it's your attitude." Which is clearly nonsense - and dangerous nonsense. Staying at the factory would be intellectual suicide; it would kill his spirit. He'll need a job where he could one day utilize his creative intelligence (ideally speaking). While it's true there are situations in which more forbearance, more patience, more compassion on our part can mean the difference between heaven and hell, it's also sometimes true that staying in the same place would be idiocy and nothing more - limiting our options and opportunities for growth.
Thank you for with love.
Namo Amitabha Buddha
The notion of inter-being (being/non-being) is what I stumbled by is it transitional, growth but mindfulness is the answer I heard thank you Oh my Goodness. Reason I preferred being
"Interbeing means you cannot be by yourself alone. You have to co-be, inter-be, with everything else ... You carry Mother Earth, you carry the sunshine, you carry the rain, everything. This is not a 'me', this is a 'we'. We inter-are. If we remove the element of parents, ancestors, food, education, air, water, there is no 'us' left. So, 'we' means the whole cosmos." - Thich Nhat Hanh
Perfect testimony is recorded in the comments ♥️
People do want to know about life after dealth.
If the conscious mind still goes on or not. What to know or expect.
Recieve unsight, wisdom and training.
Its part of the life and death process.
People suffer loss of many kinds. Loss of loved ones brings us to these questions.
Suffering of illnesses and death brings us to these questions.
So we do turn to other religions or ways of life to gain insight on these issues.
How to be a good person and have a good behavior should be taught in childhood through out the regular school system.
Hard to transform broken adults.
Also, living on a compound and out in the real world where you have to make a living is hard to follow any religious concept because no one is on the same page.
You cannot reason with snakes and or the ignorant.
So that leaves a huge problem for much of the world.
Buddah was a rich hippie seeking to know life. He ran from his responsibilities yet was always protected and had the choice to ask home for anything. Just as many of the upper middle class/rich hippies did in the USA with their free love BS that tore at the traditional family unit even more.
Having options changes the game also. 😘
Thank you for posting this lecture as it is very much on point.
I have come into his teachings late but this stands to his legacy of teaching.
I hope Thich recovers and lives many great years to come. Recovers his voice to lecture again. Maybe we will see another great writing.
Best wishes and thank you for a life teaching personal responsibility and self empowerment.
Everyone live in peace, live and let live.
Everything is within you.
Luke 17:31
1:11:20 So my definition of the kingdom of god is not a place where there is no suffering. The kingdom of god is a place where people know how to make good use of suffering in order to create understanding and compassion and love.
That may be the most logical and beuatiful description of Heaven that I have ever heard.
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I am very grateful for the video 🙏 but, how to achieve the understanding of reasons that cause the suffering? Especialy when the soul pain appears suddenly and attack the entire mind and body. In such moments fairly hard to resist so called " inner monster". I feel weak in front of it. Im trying to get the insight while practising breathing and walking. However, its not too easy for me. Maybe im doing something wrong...
When we be able to see God💕🙏🌈❤💋
35:29 father 38:07 depression feed love, feed depression
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Love!
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Thank You dear Sangha. This question seems like something of a trick question and somewhat implies a conflict in Buddhist teachings: if there is "no self" (Anatman) how can we try to end suffering. Firstly, Anatman, "no-self" requires definition. Anatman was Buddha's response to Atman (eternal, "divine?", beyond death), after inquiry, experience, searching and enlightenment. I believe Judeo-Christian cultures equate Atman with "soul", something which survives without a body or life. Buddha was reported as claiming that after searching the universe for "God(s)" he found no proof of their existence. Who has? I believe that Buddhism seems to imply a greater (God-like) self and a smaller, personal self. Perhaps Thich Nhat Hanh got into that later, as he said.
When one goes into no mind meditation (non duality) there is neither pleasure nor pain ,left or right good nor evil.Its the middle way. Also if one understands that,All is illusory" one is free. See the Ribhu Gita on RUclips.
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Thank you so much Thay )
[ 59:03 ] *Walk* Warping *Spacetime*
I have a question. I am very linked to Buddhism spirituality and practice but I do not believe in reincarnation. That's why I was told by a buddhist monk (who I asked the question to), that I couldn't be a Buddhist unless I believe in reincarnation, because it is a major and fundamental principle in Buddhism. That was quite disappointing for me at that time but I coped with it and continued my practice anyway. Why listening to this video, the question came back to my mind : "Can I be a Buddhist even though I do not believe in reincarnation ?". I though about asking this question again to you. Thank you for your answer
No you were correct in the original idea of reality.
There is no reincarnation because there is no death.
The true nature of reality will explain this and why it is what it is, which is something only ourselves can truly experience if we are to bear the fruits of wisdom which will unlock the true potential of this realisation.