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My Home is Here and Now
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Thầy teaches the importance of understanding our suffering, and how to use mindfulness to take care of our suffering. Various Plum Village practices are described that help generate the energy of mindfulness, and help us come back to our true home, where we can heal and transform ourselves: chanting Avalokiteśvara, stopping and listening to the sound of the bell, walking meditation, mindful breathing. All these practices can be done anywhere and help us heal and make peace, joy and happiness possible.
Thầy teaches us how to do walking meditation with the gāthā, “I have arrived. I am home. In the here. In the now. I am solid. I am free. In the ultimate, I dwell.” Each step helps us come back to the present moment, free from the past, and free from worries about the future.
Understanding our suffering is very important and is the heart of the Buddhist teaching. Using the energy of mindfulness, we get in touch with our suffering. Also, as meditation practitioners, we should train ourselves in how to generate peace, happiness, and joy.
This is the first of thirteen talks given during the Summer Opening retreat in the year 2013. Thầy offered this talk at the Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France.