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Q&A on Dreams, Gratiude, Sangha Building, Developing compassion
During the 2004 Rainy Season Retreat at Deer Park Monastery (January 4 – March 14), the monastic and lay community gathered in the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall for a 76-minute Dharma talk on Wednesday, January 28, 2004. This session is devoted to questions and answers from retreat attendees:
- A dream and a sacred story—“practice means enjoyment”—raised by an author of children’s books.
- How to remain in the Pure Land and cultivate merits: Sister Dang Nghiem asks about continuing as a monastic and what offerings monastics can bring. Thầy speaks on the three kinds of offering—money, Dharma, and non-fear—and the four kinds of pleasures.
- Sangha-building and conflict: where individual practice meets collective practice, harmony within the Sangha, the seven steps of reconciliation, and using the Vinaya to build a lay Sangha.
- Working with children and adults with severe disabilities: handling the negativity that arises and whether to include it when writing about their experiences.
- Engaged action: our role and contribution in reducing suffering, especially through social-justice work.
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