Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks

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Creating Loving Relationships Sep 01, 2013

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August 30, 2013. 91-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the final dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. Topics How to love - Four Elements of True Love (also known as Unlimited Mind or the Four Brahma Viharas) Maitri (loving kindness) - capacity to offer well being and happiness. Karuna (compassion) - capable of removing the pain Mudita (joy) Upeksha (equanimity or inclusiveness) Continue instructiom on the exercises of mindful breathing (#9-#16) 9: Recognize every mental formations 10: make the landscape of the mind beautiful - gladdening the mind. Watering good seeds. True Diligence (four aspects) 11: concentrate our mind on the mental formation 12: liberating the mind 13: contemplating impermanence 14: contemplating non-craving 15: nirvana 16: letting go Three Doors of Liberation (emptiness, signlessness, aimlessness) http://youtu.be/lY6MfxIbtKw

The Art of Suffering Retreat – Question and Answer Session Aug 31, 2013

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August 29, 2013. 117-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is a session of questions and answers during the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. Children Why do people get so angry sometimes and their hearts filled with anger? Why do people have to suffer? What do you have to do to have a calm mind? Teens If you could live your life again, would you choose the same path? My sister (a monastic aspirant) has been staying with the monastics and it's been hard for me. How do I practice non-attachment? What made you decide to become a monk? What is the hardest thing that you practice? How have you detached from your strongest attachments in life? Can we be fast and mindful, especially with sports? Adults A father who has suffered greatly from violence - his son died at Sandy Hook Elementary. What could have happened differently? What could we have done differently? Another parent shares about the teen child who died from leukemia. Her question is whether or not she can ever truly be happy again. If you were Obama's spiritual advisor, what would you tell him? Referring to Syria. UN disarmament negotiator. How can we approach young men who are recruited by groups like Al Qaeda that can offer so much? How to practice joyfully with physical limitations? How do I forgive myself because of trusting someone who sexually abused him as a child? A question on depression and anxiety. http://youtu.be/WcddKkjJG9g

Let Freedom Ring Aug 30, 2013

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August 28, 2013. 105-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the third dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. Topics Today President Obama invites us to "Let Freedom Ring" on the 50th anniversary of the MLK speech at the Lincoln Memorial. How do we realize the dream of King? Thay's dream of being a student Being a bell master Establishing a meditation hall in the home Thay's dream is to build a sangha. Harmony. Sisterhood. Brotherhood. Nonviolent action and war in Vietnam MLK, Thay, and Vietnam Why self- immolation is non-violent Beloved Community = Sangha Building Building sangha in France. In exile. Mindfulness today The Four Kinds of Nutriments http://youtu.be/xqyi0hpiZrM

Looking Deeper into our Minds Aug 29, 2013

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August 27, 2013. 101-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the second dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. Topics Tea meditation - a cloud in my tea A cloud in the calligraphy Working with strong emotions Smile to our anger Mindfulness is to embrace and calm Happiness and suffering Four Noble Truths Ill being and well being Second and Fourth as Path and Nutriments Interbeing of pairs of opposites Right View Right Thinking The notion of self (Diamond Sutra) Right Mindfulness Right Concentration Right Speech Right Action http://youtu.be/bAbTMS-WEgM

Beginning Our Practice of Mindfulness Aug 28, 2013

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August 26, 2013. 87-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the first dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. We begin with two chants from the monastics. Topics Why do we want to practice breathing-in and breathing-out? We don't have to suffer and we can produce the energy of joy. First exercise of mindful breathing Walking in the kingdom is an end in itself Three Energies: Mindfulness, Concentration, Insight Second exercise of mindful breathing Third exercise of mindfulbreathing - aware of body Fourth exercise of mindful breathing - relax body Fifth exercise of mindful breathing - producing joy Sixth exercise of mindful breathing - producing happiness Seventh exercise of mindful breathing - aware of painful feeling Eighth exercise of mindful breathing - embrace painful feeling Store and mind consciousness with mental formations Teaching of The Second Arrow Five Universal Mental Formatioms (Contact, Attention , Feeling , Perception, Volition) Five Particular Mental Formations (intention, resolution, mindfulness, concentration, and insight) http://youtu.be/RVYnN8mBejY

Orientation to the Practice Aug 26, 2013

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August 25, 2013. 108-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the orientation talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. Peace, happiness, and love are skills we can learn. The art of happiness and the art of suffering. We suffer less if we learn how to suffer. With this start, we are reminded to take care of our happiness and our suffering. Following the introduction, the monastics chant the name of Avalokiteshvara. Following the chant, Thay turns the orientation over to two senior monastics who orientate the retreatants on the practice. http://youtu.be/Yo_El5mr1tY

True Love and the Three Doors of Liberation Aug 25, 2013

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August 16, 2013. 82 -minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the fifth dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Happy Teachers will Change the World. Topics Third Mindfulness Training - True Love Four Elements of True Love The Kingdom of God is Here and Now Nirvana is the true nature Three Doors of Liberation (Concentrations) Man is made of non-man elements - Deep Ecology Ancestors are alive Birth and death The Three Jewels Sangha http://youtu.be/Og4w_KzAdqU

Will Thay Sing us a Song? Aug 25, 2013

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August 15, 2013. 102-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the fourth dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Happy Teachers will Change the World. We begin with two chants from the monastics followed by a session of questions and answers. Children Will you tell us of a struggle you've had and how meditation and the bell helped you to overcome it? Recalling the dream in an earlier talk this week, how did it make you feel when the secretary said yes to you and not to the other person? Will Thay sing us a song? What made you want to become a zen master? Teens What is the difference between joy and happiness? My father causes much suffering and doesn't practice right view. I have lots of resentment I am fearful. How do I transform my suffering to peace and joy when he has hurt me so much? How did mindfulness help you in your life? How can I bring the practice to life for the ones I love without forcing it on them, especially those who have sexual misconduct or doing drugs? Adults A question about engaged Buddhism. In the list of 51 mental formations, shame is identified as a wholesome formation. Can you explain this? A question about hope. Fear and anger in society and future of human race and the planet. Another question on the future. With favorable climatic conditions ending, how do we balance kindness/mindfulness for future generations and with present people? A question about ending a relationship. What do you do when there isn't an ability to leave a toxic relationship? How do we transform if we're not strong enough in our practice? Also concerns about financial stability beyond the relationship. A question from a person who can't overcome her suffering. The pain seems insurmountable. The question comes with some question on how to continue living. http://youtu.be/sJbxMVfXr1o

The Tea Inside the Calligraphy Aug 23, 2013

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August 14, 2013. 118-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the third dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Happy Teachers will Change the World. We begin with two chants from the monastics. Topics The cloud in the tea Teaching on no birth, no death The tea inside the calligraphy The Four NobleTruths Interbeing - ill being and well being Nothing can survive without food The noble (eightfold) path that leads to well-being The Four Kinds of Nutriments Sutra of the Sons Flesh Right View Mental Formations - the Five particulars Being and non-being No birth and no death Right Thinking Right Speech Right Action http://youtu.be/CDGBJYenn34

Introducing the Four Objects of Mindfulness Aug 22, 2013

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August 13, 2013. 91-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the second dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Happy Teachers will Change the World. We begin with two chants from the monastics. Talk for children Story of a dream Thay had 20-years ago. A dream of being a young university student with a famous teacher. A music class. This is followed by a teaching on how to be a good bell master. Main Talk Topics Practicing mindfulness in a meeting Establishing space in the home for practice Slow walking to arrive Mental formations Four Objects of Mindfulness (body, feelings, mind, objects of mind) Selective watering (True Diligence) Eating meditation http://youtu.be/Fr0VxPVIy7k

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