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Healing our Relationships: Public Talk
August 26, 2012. 137-minute Dharma talk given in English, with consecutive German translation, during a Day of Mindfulness at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Waldbröl, Germany. A day of mindfulness is a day of practice so that we can live each moment of our life very deeply. Anyone can generate the energy of mindfulness, bringing our mind home to our body. There are many wonders of life, and mindfulness is always mindfulness of something—drinking your tea. This can bring freedom, joy, and happiness.
A couple of sweet moments occur when a local church bell is ringing and then a rain downpour. Every moment can be a pleasant moment; a miracle happens when you breathe in mindfully. We can stop our thinking every time we hear the sound of the bell. Enjoying the here and the now is the address for the Pure Land of the Buddha.
The talk offers instruction on listening to the bell, walking meditation and the country of the present moment, true communion and eating meditation. It explores mindful listening and mindfulness of suffering: many of the things we do in life are to cover up our suffering; how do we help each other to suffer less? The chant of Avalokiteshvara can help touch suffering with mindfulness. When we listen to the chant, we should sit, listen, and try to stop our thinking, allowing our body to relax.
If a relationship has become difficult, there is always a way to transform it. In order to heal a relationship, you must heal yourself. The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing can help us heal ourselves.
10:00 Mindfulness of breathing
24:00 Alive in the Kingdom of God
29:30 Listen to the sound of the bell
30:00 Mindfulness of listening
36:00 The here and the now is the address of our true home
39:00 I listen, I listen
47:00 Sound of the bell
54:00 Walking meditation
01:01:00 To be alive is the greatest miracle
01:07:00 Eating meditation
01:15:10 Explanation of the Chanting of Namo Avalokiteshvara
01:20:00 Chanting
01:57:34 The end of chanting
02:01:00 Guided sitting meditation
02:09:00 Mindfulness movement
02:15:00 Our relationship
02:20:00 Relax our body and handling our emotion
02:29:00 Loving speech and deep listening
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