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Dharma discussion Thầy Nghiêm & Thầy at Tại Thiền temple, and Book Presentation

Thich Nhat Hanh · October 16, 1997 · New York, United States

The sound of the bell serves as a call to return to the true home and the safe island of mindfulness, where afflictions dissolve and the flower of peace blooms. Mindfulness is the energy of holiness, defined as the capacity to be fully present and alive in the moment. This presence allows for the transformation of anxiety and sorrow into a state of calm and stability.

The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment is a foundational text in Chinese Buddhism, particularly within the Chan and Huayan schools, and has been the subject of 12 extensive historical commentaries. It features a dialogue between the Buddha and 12 Bodhisattvas regarding the path to Buddhahood. The essence of the teaching is summarized in two lines:

Using the illusory to relinquish the illusory.
Realizing that which is an illusion is itself awakening.
By recognizing the impermanent nature of the world, practitioners can change affliction into wisdom and anger into compassion.

Applying these teachings to daily life involves looking deeply into the nature of suffering to find the way out. Mindful breathing is used to restore essential qualities through four specific visualizations:

Flower: to restore freshness.
Mountain: to restore solidity.
Still water: to restore calm and reflect things as they truly are.
Space: to feel free from all afflictions.
Complete enlightenment is already within each person, revealing itself whenever one touches the seeds of peace and love through the breath.

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The Bell and the Safe Island

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Fragrance that Guards the Mind

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A Welcome Woven with Gratitude

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Complete Enlightenment and Its Living Dialogue

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Three Years, Forty Applauses a Night

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Two Names on One Cover

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Impermanence Opens Every Door

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Breathing Song and the Energy of Presence

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Sutra as Companion to Real Suffering

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