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Heartfelt questions and compassionate responses on how to cultivate mindful, healthy, and balanced relationships rooted in understanding and love.

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8m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How Can We Hold Our Despair When Military Action Is Escalated
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
20m
Chapter January 3, 2002 • English
How Can I Nurture Love and Understanding in a Long-Distance Relationship?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
5m
Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
Where Do I Draw the Line in Difficult Relationships?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
16m
Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
How Can I Learn to Love Myself
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
5m
Chapter May 3, 2012 • French
How Can I Free Myself from the Grip of a Painful Past?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Frère Pháp Linh, Sœur Chân Không
4m
Chapter May 3, 2012 • French
I am Afraid of Love, How Can I Open My Heart to Love?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Frère Pháp Linh, Sœur Chân Không
11m
Chapter June 6, 2006 • English
Addressing the Pain of Loneliness and the Desire for Partnership
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
9m
Chapter April 9, 2000 • English
How Do I Care for Burnout in Myself and in the Workplace?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
9m
Chapter August 28, 2003 • English
How Can I Bring The Mindfulness of a Retreat Into Busy Daily Life and Be Mindfully Busy?
From the talk "Protecting and Serving: Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
5m
Chapter August 28, 2003 • English
How Can I Stay Grounded in Mindfulness When My Colleagues Are Cynical?
From the talk "Protecting and Serving: Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
3m
Chapter June 3, 1998 • English
How Can I Overcome My Achievement Addiction At Work?
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
10m
Chapter July 12, 2009 • English
How Do I Integrate Mindfulness Into a Productivity-Driven Workplace?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
16m
Chapter August 25, 2006 • English
While Using Our Minds at Work, How Do We Stay Rooted in Being?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
25m
Chapter August 11, 1999 • English
How Should I Handle My Feelings of Loneliness As a Single Person Living Alone?
From the talk "Summer Retreat Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
14m
Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
How Can I Connect With My Ancestors As an Adopted Child?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
7m
Chapter June 20, 2006 • English
How Can I Find Peace in My Eating Habits
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
11m
Chapter June 7, 2000 • English
How Do I Hold a Loved One Close When Our Different Religious Practices Pull Us Apart?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
6m
Chapter August 25, 2006 • English
How Do I Give My Teenage Son Space While Still Offering Love and Guidance?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
5m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How Do I Practice Joyfully With Physical Limitations and Pain As We Grow Older?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
9m
Chapter July 12, 2009 • English
Is It Ever Okay To Use Violence To Protect Yourself Or Loved Ones?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
7m
Chapter October 31, 1999 • English
Can Mindfulness Training Be Brought Into Elementary and High Schools To Prevent Violence?
From the talk "Business Retreat Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
13m
Chapter July 12, 2008 • English
How can I guide my rebellious teenage daughter without feeling exhausted?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
9m
Chapter September 28, 2013 • English
Should the Sangha organize civil disobedience to stop war and violence?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Đẳng Nghiêm, Sister Dang Nghiêm
6m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How do we practice transforming inherited seeds of depression and mental illness?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
19m
Chapter August 6, 2001 • English
Without diplomas or titles, how can I contribute to society?
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
19m
Chapter July 30, 2014 • English
How do I recognize and take care of suffering, particularly loneliness, in a healthy way?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2014, Session Number Four" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Question, Sangha Member, Thầy Pháp Linh, Phil Bluckert, Sister Chân Không
17m
Chapter June 6, 2004 • English
How can I Embrace My Christian Spiritual Roots Despite Past Pain
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
15m
Chapter August 15, 2012 • English
How can I help my child who spends too much time on electronic games?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
4m
Chapter June 14, 2014 • English
How do you understand the process of surrendering to God's will?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Twenty-One-Day Retreat 2014, Session Number One" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister True Dedication
11m
Chapter April 9, 2012 • English
What is engaged Buddhism and its vision for the future?
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
11m
Chapter September 28, 2013 • English
How can the practices of the Sangha influence societal structures like government to promote more healing and less suffering?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Đẳng Nghiêm, Sister Dang Nghiêm
10m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
Why do people get so angry sometimes when they don't even mean to get angry?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
9m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
What Is the Hardest Thing for Thay To Practice?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
6m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
After losing my nineteen-year-old daughter to leukemia, is it possible to truly be happy again?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
5m
Chapter July 12, 2009 • English
How to heal anxiety and phobia and transform unwholesome seeds?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
11m
Chapter June 3, 1998 • English
Transforming and embracing afflictions in practice
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
8m
Chapter April 29, 2003 • English
How to handle intimacy and passion in relationships?
From the talk "Italy Retreat - Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
23m
Chapter June 14, 2000 • English
Nourishing Relationships and Freshness Within the Family
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
8m
Chapter August 1, 2013 • English
How can I get to sleep quickly when I need to wake up early?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2013, Session Number Four" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic, Interpreter
3m
Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
How should one handle feeling unheard?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
10m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How can we engage young men in post-conflict zones to turn away from violence and embrace peace?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
1h 27m
Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Đẳng Nghiêm, Sister Dang Nghiêm September 28, 2013 • English

Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat

In this session of questions and answers the following questions were asked:

By the teens and young adults:

  • How do you deal with depression?
  • How is it possible for humankind to achieve world peace?
  • How can I help a friend experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts?
  • How can I help someone who has suicidal thoughts?
  • How can I help a friend control his anger?
  • What do you do when you are stuck between two paths in your life?

By the adults:

  • What is the Buddhist perspective on mental illness, specifically personality disorders, and how can families help?
  • How can one practice letting go of the fear of dying?
  • What is the essence of true love and how do we connect to it?
  • How should we address the consumption of non-ethical products in our Sangha given economic constraints?
  • How can we remove ourselves from a toxic environment when we are deeply rooted in it with family and friends?
  • Should the Sangha organize civil disobedience to stop war and violence?
  • How can the practices of the Sangha influence societal structures like government to promote more healing and less suffering?

Written questions:

  • Am I qualified to offer walking meditation at my wellness center?

This session of Questions and Answers was organised during the Healing Ourselves, Healing the World retreat in the year 2013. Thay offered this talk at the Magnolia Grove Monastery, Mississippi in the United States.