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Questions & Answers
April 9, 2012. 118-minute recording given at The University of Nottingham by Thich Nhat Hanh. The sangha is on the UK and Ireland Tour and this is the question and answer session for the Cultivating Happiness Family Retreat. After the monastics do chanting, the questions begin about 12-minutes into the recording. A good question can help many people, so we should ask a question of the heart.
Questions from the children include: If feels as if my mother treats my brother better than me; how can I make it feel fair? Have you ever hurt someone on purpose? Where do get ideas for your books? When you started learning meditation, did you suffer? What is it like in Plum Village? From your point of view, why is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?
Questions from teens and adults include: Do you have a special object? What are the benefits of being a monk? What are your views on assisted suicide? Is there a difference between engaged Buddhism and applied Buddhism? What is consciousness? Mind? How can I build confidence without external substances? How do I help a family with four children whose father committed suicide? What is the importance of dreams? What is the role of competition within mindfulness? How can we be free in our thinking?
Thich Nhat Hanh responds to the question, “Have you ever hurt someone on purpose?” by explaining that by lack of mindfulness and ignorance, he has hurt others unintentionally. He emphasizes that there was no intention to make others suffer, and he always regrets such actions, vowing to be more careful and mindful in the future.
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