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How to Handle Strong Emotions
This talk details pebble meditation, a practice originating in America 30 years ago, enjoyed by children and adults alike. Children can lead it with a bell and four pebbles representing a flower, mountain, calm water, and freedom. Mindfulness practices like breathing and walking preserve beauty and vitality. Embrace suffering mindfully, akin to holding a crying baby tenderly, to transform and ease pain. Understanding suffering leads to compassion, fostering healing and happiness. The Four Noble Truths reveal the path to end suffering and cultivate joy. Through compassionate listening and loving speech, relationships mend, fostering peace and connection. Retreats encourage gentle speech, releasing tension, and healing relationships. Understanding interconnectedness, like lotus flowers needing mud, reveals joy amidst suffering. Thai Buddhism offers a complete path to happiness, urging young people to spread this wisdom.