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Nourishing the Inner Buddha – From the Three Jewels to the Noble Eightfold Path

Thich Nhat Hanh · July 23, 2009 · Plum Village, France · Audio Only

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Three Jewels

The Buddha: the capacity to understand suffering and to love, present in each person as a “little Buddha” that we nurture through sitting meditation and mindful walking.
The Dharma: the teaching of the Buddha in three forms—written, spoken, and living—which guides us to transform suffering into peace, love, and understanding.
The Sangha: an authentic community that practices the Dharma, radiating peace, brotherhood, and mutual support.

Each jewel carries the other two and manifests through interdependence: “the Buddha cannot be without the Dharma,” and so on.

The Noble Eightfold Path

Right Thought – oriented toward understanding and love
Right Speech – full of understanding and love
Right Action – to protect, support, and help
Right Livelihood – to preserve the planet and live simply
Right Effort – to water the “good” seeds within
Right Mindfulness – to return to the present moment, to celebrate life
Right Concentration – to penetrate reality for liberation
Right View – deep vision of interbeing, the foundation of global ethics

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Nourishing the Buddha within

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The Three Forms of the Dharma

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Letting the Dharma grow

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Taking refuge in the Sangha

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Right Thinking, Right Speech, and Right Action

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