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Mindfulness: The Path to Our True Home
Thầy begins this talk by reminding us that deep listening to the bell brings us to our true home—which is the present moment, the here and the now. Only in the present moment can we find the Kingdom of God, the Pure Land of the Buddha, which is where peace and healing reside. We invite all our ancestors—spiritual and genetic—to listen to the bell with us.
We can arrive in the Kingdom through mindful breathing and mindful walking. We live only in the present moment, not in the past or the future. With each step we take in mindful walking, we affirm, “I have arrived. I am home.” In the Kingdom, we are truly free.
The three energies of mindfulness, concentration, and insight are equivalent to the Holy Spirit. As we walk mindfully, we may say, “In the ultimate, I dwell.” This means our nature is one of no birth and no death.
With mindful eating of a small piece of bread, we become connected to the entire cosmos.
This is the seventh of thirteen talks given during the Summer Opening retreat in the year 2013. Thầy offered this talk at the Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France.