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Public Talk: Mindfulness and Inner Peace
Public talk by Thich Nhat Hanh at the World Forum Theatre, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 28 2012, sponsored by the Mindful Living Foundation. After a guided sitting meditation and chanting “Namo Avalokiteshvara,” Thay introduces mindfulness and inner peace: inner peace is possible and mindfulness helps us take care of our body, feelings and perceptions. Mindfulness is always mindfulness of something; there is a practice called mindfulness of suffering. Our suffering has often been ignored and the energy of mindfulness can help touch our suffering.
Thay presents exercises of mindful breathing from the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing—“I have arrived, I am home,” listening to the bell, coming back to our body—and reminds us that we don’t need to be Buddhist in order to breathe in and breathe out. He shows how to handle joy, happiness and suffering, likening the practitioner to an organic gardener. Understanding and love are a lotus that grows from the mud of suffering; understanding is the foundation of love. Because suffering and happiness are no longer an individual matter, inner peace will arise by taking care of our body and perception; “a flower cannot be by itself.”
The talk includes a short teaching on the Four Noble Truths and Right View, and concludes with a song offered by Sr. Chan Khong.
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