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Thich Nhat Hanh · April 15, 2009 · Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France

Thay introduces the session by suggesting the practice of gathas to accompany daily actions like hearing the bell, turning on the computer, or driving.

  1. How do we practice looking deeply into objects of mind and mental formations?
  2. What skillful means can be used to share the practice with friends outside without facing their prejudices regarding Buddhism or cults?
  3. How can one love without attachment?
  4. How can we sincerely invest ourselves in social or political engagement without falling into the trap of the ego, arrogance, or perfectionism?
  5. How can we open up and respond to our aspirations when the world within us holds us back or casts blame upon us?
  6. What is the relationship between the spiritual path and sexuality, and why is the latter sometimes perceived as a danger?
  7. How can we embrace and help a very young child whose manifestations of suffering are not socially accepted?
  8. Does the determination to protect life in the First Mindfulness Training extend to approving therapeutic obstinacy?
  9. How can we train ourselves to breathe consciously while speaking to avoid getting lost in idle chatter?
  10. How can we purify the unconscious of the nocturnal world when the body experiences parallel suffering during sleep?
  11. How can we build a Sangha in harmony with organic farming?
  12. How can we make the world of physical sensations and traumatic memories of the body more explicit compared to conceptual emotions?
  13. Why did the Buddha leave his life as a prince for a life as a monk?

The session closes with the presentation of the book “Chanting from the Heart” and a mention of Martin Luther King and the “Beloved Community” in connection with Barack Obama.

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