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Non-Locality Teaching
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June 10, 2012. 102-minute dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh from Lower Hamlet in Plum Village during the 21-Day Retreat with the theme The Science of the Buddha. The talk is given in English and this is the seventh dharma talk (of 15). We begin with two chants: Les Vision Profond (French) and Hien Tien Thanh Tinh (We are Truly Present). Interbeing of the entire cosmos. The flower is interacting with the entire cosmos.
Topics covered include suffering and happiness, being and non-being, and the Fourth Mindfulness Training - deep listening. Thich Nhat Hanh discusses how many people have money but are not happy, and the importance of generating compassion. He emphasizes that those with the energy of mindfulness may be afraid to embrace their suffering, and highlights the essential practices of breathing, sitting, walking, and cooking in mindfulness.
He explains the concepts of ill-being and well-being, relating them to the first and third noble truths, respectively. The second noble truth is the making of suffering, and the fourth is the path leading to well-being. Understanding suffering brings compassion, and happiness is born from understanding and compassion. The foundation of love is understanding, and to love someone, one must understand their suffering.
Thich Nhat Hanh also touches on the organic nature of happiness and suffering, the need for happy people in the world, and the Fourth Mindfulness Training, which involves loving speech and compassionate listening. He explains that using loving speech can open others’ hearts and heal both oneself and others.
He delves into the teachings of non-locality, the concept of svabhava (own being), and the idea that nothing has a separate existence. There is action but no actor, and breathing but no breather. The eyes are not the seer; they are merely one condition among many that make seeing possible. The talk concludes with a meditation on a flower and references to Ratnaprabhuta Buddha.
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