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"Embracing Pain with the Patience of the Earth"
This short teaching is excerpted from the full Dharma talk “Be Patient Like The Earth” given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on July 18, 1999, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France.
“We’ve been in pain. There are days we stay up all night. Our heart feels like it breaks into pieces. It’s because that person is not nice to us. Their words show that there’s no love, gratitude, nor appreciation in their heart. They betray us and are unfaithful time after time. And our heart bleeds. And we’ve been in pain because of them for years. So what are we supposed to do now? The answer is we have to practice like the earth.”
“The earth doesn’t discriminate. Whether the things people give the earth are defile or immaculate, foul-smelling or fragrant, the earth receives it all equally without attachment or aversion. It contains and embraces all. It accepts all.”
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