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Taking Good Care of Our Habit Energies - Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh

30 November 1999
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Taking Good Care of Our Habit Energies

Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on July 16, 1997 in Plum Village, France.

© Thich Nhat Hanh

Dear friends,

Welcome to the Summer Opening in Plum Village. Who is three years old? Who is less than three years old? I would like to introduce to you Bao-tich who is four years old. He just celebrated his birthday two days ago. Here is Bao-tich. This is his second year in Plum Village to practice. Can you turn around? He came last year and he practiced very well. He was so happy, so this year he came again. Bao-tich is his name. It means the store of jewels. I am very happy that he is here. He has a great time being in Plum Village. He came about ten days ago and I had the opportunity to drink tea with him and to play with him. I am very happy when I am surrounded by young people. They look like flowers to me, very fresh, very innocent, and I wish that the young people will stay with us for the whole retreat, thirty days.

The Answer to Fear is Understanding

30 November 1999
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bell hooks interviews Thich Nhat Hanh

bell hooks: I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love. The civil rights movement was such a wonderful movement for social justice because the heart of it was love loving everyone. It was believing, as you taught us yesterday, that we can always start anew; we can always practice forgiveness. I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.

What I'm trying to understand is why are we moving away from this idea of a community of love. What is your thinking about why people are moving away from love, and how we can be part of moving our society towards love?

The Peace of the Divine Reality

30 November 1999
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I would like to share with you a poem, written by a friend who died at the age of twenty- eight in Saigon, about thirty years ago. After he died, people found many beautiful poems he had written, and I was startled when I read this poem.

The Practice of Looking Deeply

30 November 1999
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The Practice of Looking Deeply

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh All authentic practices of the Buddha carry within them three essential teachings called the Dharma Seals. These three teachings of the Buddha are: impermanence, no self and nirvana. Just as all-important legal documents have the mark or signature of a witness, all genuine practices of the Buddha bear the mark of these three teachings.

This Is What War Looks Like - An interview with Thich Nhat Hanh

30 November 1999
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This Is What War Looks Like - An Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh The abuse at Abu Ghraib prison is what happens when we abandon compassion and allow our animal nature to take over.

Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tick-Not-Han) has been a spokesperson for peace and human rights since the 1960s, when his activism to end the Vietnam War inspired Martin Luther King Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. He has been living in exile from his native Vietnam since 1966, and calls Plum Village, a meditation retreat centre he founded in the south of France, his home. He conducts retreats throughout the world on "engaged Buddhism," nonviolence, and mindfulness, and has written more than 100 books. In an email interview with Beliefnet, he offered his thoughts on the prison abuse scandal.

Today We're Performing a Miracle

30 November 1999
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Dear friends, let us enjoy breathing in and out with the bell.

My dear friends, suppose someone was holding a pebble and threw it in the air and the pebble begin to fall down into a river. After the pebble touches the surface of the water, it allows itself to sink slowly into the river. It will reach the bed of the river without any effort. Once the pebble is at the bottom of the river, it continues to rest. It allows the water to pass by.

I think the pebble reaches the bed of the river by the shortest way because it allows itself to fall without making any effort. During our sitting meditation we can allow ourselves to rest like a pebble. We can allow ourselves to sink naturally without effort to the position of sitting, the position of resting.

What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden

30 November 1999
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Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks about how listening is the first step towards peace

You Can Use a Knife to Kill or You Can Use a Knife to Chop Vegetables

30 November 1999
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You Can Use a Knife to Kill or You Can Use a Knife to Chop Vegetables
An Israeli soldier asks about the use of force during a question and answer session with Thich Nhat Hanh on November 29th, 2001.

Reprinted with permission from "I Have Arrived, I Am Home" by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press).

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Taking Good Care of Our Habit Energies - Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Answer to Fear is Understanding

The Peace of the Divine Reality

The Practice of Looking Deeply

This Is What War Looks Like - An interview with Thich Nhat Hanh

Today We're Performing a Miracle

What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden

You Can Use a Knife to Kill or You Can Use a Knife to Chop Vegetables