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Questions and Answers
June 7, 2012. 99-minute dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh from New Hamlet in Plum Village during the 21-Day Retreat with the theme The Science of the Buddha. The talk is given in English and this is the fifth dharma talk (of 15). This is an excellent session of questions and answers.
Questions:
- What is the difference between feelings and mental formations?
- Is euthanasia okay? Is it Right Action? Can we relieve physical pain?
- How do I practice with the teaching of inferiority and equality complexes?
- How can we support our dharma teacher when they are not so skillful?
- How do I practice with the last four exercises from the sutra on the full awareness of breathing?
- Question on consciousness and impermanence.
- What happens to the mind after the body dies?
- How can you take refuge in the sangha if you don’t trust? How can we build trust?
- Severe mental illness, such as bipolar, requires medicine to balance emotion. Can you clarify this as it relates to the practice?
The session includes contemplations before chanting, the Heart of Perfect Understanding, and an introduction to the questions and answers session. Specific questions address feelings and mental formations, the ethics of euthanasia in cases of severe pain, understanding and practicing with the teachings on inferiority and equality complexes, supporting a local dharma teacher, reconciling the impermanence of consciousness with traumatic experiences, the possibility of the mind existing without the body, building trust within the sangha, and the relationship between strong emotions, meditation, and medical treatment for severe mental disorders.
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