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From Tolerance to Walking Meditation: Mindfulness Dialogues with Young People
Today, reading of questions from children and teenagers on the following topics:
- Moving from tolerance to acceptance (and forgiveness)
- The nature of true love
- The afterlife and awakening
- Integrating meditation into the school environment
- Impermanence and anger, especially in the face of a parent’s anger
Then, advice for anchoring mindfulness at home: write to Thay about your joys and your suffering (at school, in the family) to nourish communication and receive appropriate teachings.
Instructions for the practice of the bell:
- Choose a bell with a rich and gentle sound
- Set up a small breathing room with cushions, a flower, and the bell
- Before inviting the bell: take three deep breaths and recite the gatha
- Make a half-sound as a warning, then wait 5–7 seconds to prepare
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Invite the bell to sound three times, practicing with each sound:
• Inhale, saying “I listen, I listen”
• Exhale, saying “this wonderful sound brings me back to my true home”
Practice of walking meditation:
• Each step is a miracle: one step = one in-breath, one step = one out-breath
• Hơi thở là dây neo: the breath is the anchor that keeps us in the present moment
• Walk like a prince or a princess, stopping to speak or to think – one thing at a time
• Touch the “kingdom of God” here and now, together in the sangha, thanks to mindfulness and concentration.