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Thich Nhat Hanh · February 14, 1999 · Plum Village, France
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We begin with a reference to a recent Dharma discussion regarding relationship difficulties, metaphorically referred to as the problem concerning Angelina and David.

  1. Why does Angelina have to leave David and endure the pain involved in doing so?
  2. Is expressing anger towards others a healthy step out of depression before reaching the stage of embracing and transforming it?
  3. What is real forgiveness when a partner leaves with a best friend in a painful way?
  4. How can one help realize that a relationship which looks polite and correct on the surface actually reflects a deep, hidden anger?
  5. Does Buddhism teach that being born poor is the result of doing something bad in previous lives?
  6. How can one maintain clarity on the decision to leave an unhealthy relationship when there is a strong yearning to go back despite the lack of trust?
  7. How is suffering overcome when there is a perception that a teacher has abandoned or forgotten the student in the past?
  8. What is the appropriate response when a partner commits to a shared spiritual path but then changes their mind and leaves?
  9. Is it useful and possible to practice twenty-four hours a day while being a wife and a mother of four children?
  10. How should one handle the situation when witnessing someone beat a child in a supermarket or on the street?
  11. How is it possible to get in contact with a son who does not answer a smile and has an incapacity to talk?
  12. Why does one go to a partner in the first place and what benefit is received from them?
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