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House of Commons Talk & Questions
House of Commons Talk & Questions
Thich Nhat Hanh
· March 27, 2013
· United Kingdom
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Thich Nhat Hanh addresses a gathering at the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, hosted by Action for Happiness. He speaks on the necessity of generating love and compassion to heal suffering, particularly for the younger generation, and introduces the practice of mindful breathing and the insight of interbeing to transform suffering into happiness.
- How can a business based on financial desire be helped to be less desirous and more happy without being considered unsuccessful?
- How can those driving transformational change balance awakening themselves with helping others, and is a collective awakening possible in time to avoid environmental and social collapse despite government resistance?
- How can a young person addicted to drugs or alcohol find love for themselves when their actions cause self-hatred?
- What advice is there for politicians and educators on how best to spread mindfulness and motivate children to learn its benefits?
- How can the difference between consciousness and observing consciousness within the five aggregates of clinging be explained?
- How can humans overcome the fear of the future lived through the past when previous love, compassion, and reconciliation have been betrayed?
- How can teachers and children come to recognize each other’s suffering without causing extreme embarrassment?
- What exactly is meant by the instruction to understand our suffering?
- Given the negative signs regarding the environment and leadership, what will trigger a spiritual revolution and the understanding that change is necessary?
- What is the place of competition in this philosophy and belief?
- Is there a compassionate way to help trigger awareness in those who are suffering but are unwilling to begin the journey or talk about their pain?
- Could the famous bell in this building be used to help the noisier members come back to themselves and practice loving speech?
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Mind my saying, sir, that you are a young eighty-six, that you were born and bred in Vietnam, lived through the terrible times, had your university education mainly in the United States—Princeton, Cornell, and other places—was a lecturer, that you established in the late fifties, early sixties, in Vietnam, the School of Youth for Social Services, and then later in the United States, not very much later, you started the Order for Interbeing.
And indeed if I may say so, for a man as pacific and reflective and calm, you have an extraordinary activism. Indeed, I believe you are the author of the phrase, “engaged Buddhism,” and I confess to not being an expert in the different types of Buddhist following. I know that you are a Zen Buddhist, but we all know that you're a man of quite extraordinary influence, I think it's as good a word as any.
You founded Plum Village in France, which still thrives in the Dordogne, and most of the… I'm going to call you brethren, but that wouldn't do at all. What would be a collective word? Monastics. Monastics. That sounds like a glue. Anyhow, you insist. You are surrounded by your monastics.
And all I can say, sir, is that there is a great longing to hear what you have to say, not least because you speak against the age. Richard and I, in the House of Lords, spend our time in a frenzy of activity. This is a world dominated by a self-centered materialism. We are going quietly mad in the Western world, and your way of mindfulness and reflectiveness and what you might call revitalizing immobility is one that we desperately need to learn. And with that, I hand over to you, and at the same time, I apologize that I've got to go and vote in the House of Lords, but I will be back, sir, and hand over in fact to Richard Layard who will chair this meeting. Thank you.
Thank you. As you can see, I'm not going to vote. I have something more important to do, which is to say a few more words. Because I think that to most of us, this is quite an amazing experience and opportunity. As we all know, Thay is one of the leading spiritual teachers in the world, a huge figure that we probably never thought we would meet. And it's wonderful to have this opportunity to hear his wisdom and to actually put questions to him and discuss with him the things which really matter in life.
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