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Thich Nhat Hanh · June 6, 2006 · Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France Not yet reviewed

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How can I handle the intense heartache that comes from longing for a partner?

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How do you structure your thinking in daily life? When you think, do you meditate at the same time?

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When the urge to run away arises during practice, what should I do?

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What is the difference between feelings and mental formations, and how do we embrace suffering without suppressing it?

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How can I decide whether my profession—such as law or politics—conflicts with right livelihood?

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Is the sense of humor one of the fifty-one mental formations, and how should we use it?

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I’m at college mainly for my father’s sake, yet I feel drawn to a spiritual life—how should I proceed?

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While helping one friend I kept thinking about another—why did sadness arise, and how can I stay present?

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I feel anger and helplessness at the violence my country inflicts—what am I not understanding?

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“Looking deeply” is often mentioned, yet hard to grasp—what exactly does it mean?

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Is it really possible to transmute the fundamental inner conflict that seems rooted in human existence?

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