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I Have Arrived I Am Home
July 28, 2012. 93-minute recording given at Upper Hamlet, Plum Village by Thich Nhat Hanh. This is the sixteenth dharma talk of the Summer Opening and we are beginning the fourth and final week of the retreat. Understanding of suffering. Compassionate listening. Embracing suffering brings relief. What are the monastics doing when they are chanting the name Avalokiteshvara? Listening to the bell. Deep listening. Let peace and mindfulness penetrate into you. How do you feed your happiness? Where is your true home? The Buddha proposed sixteen exercises of mindful breathing. What are the first four exercises? How can we use this for walking mindfully? This is applied Buddhism in our daily lives.
The talk includes monastic chanting, such as the Heart Sutra in French and Praising the Three Jewels. It covers topics like the Buddha in Stone, Buddha in Flesh, the Wisdom of Non-Discrimination, and the practice of not running away from suffering. Thich Nhat Hanh discusses the concept of “No suffering no happiness,” and the importance of mindful movement and breathing. He emphasizes that the lotus flower cannot sprout on the marble, illustrating the interconnectedness of all things with “This is because that is.”
Mindfulness is highlighted as the energy that helps you to be established in the here and the now, focusing on what is going on in your body, feelings, mind, and the object of your mind. The country of your true home is the present moment, and mindful breathing and walking are essential practices. The talk concludes with the importance of applying walking meditation every time you walk and taking refuge in the sangha as a practice.
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