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Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat

Thich Nhat Hanh · September 28, 2013 · Magnolia Grove Monastery, United States
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In this session of questions and answers the following questions were asked:

By the teens and young adults:

  • How do you deal with depression?
  • How is it possible for humankind to achieve world peace?
  • How can I help a friend experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts?
  • How can I help someone who has suicidal thoughts?
  • How can I help a friend control his anger?
  • What do you do when you are stuck between two paths in your life?

By the adults:

  • What is the Buddhist perspective on mental illness, specifically personality disorders, and how can families help?
  • How can one practice letting go of the fear of dying?
  • What is the essence of true love and how do we connect to it?
  • How should we address the consumption of non-ethical products in our Sangha given economic constraints?
  • How can we remove ourselves from a toxic environment when we are deeply rooted in it with family and friends?
  • Should the Sangha organize civil disobedience to stop war and violence?
  • How can the practices of the Sangha influence societal structures like government to promote more healing and less suffering?

Written questions:

  • Am I qualified to offer walking meditation at my wellness center?

This session of Questions and Answers was organised during the Healing Ourselves, Healing the World retreat in the year 2013. Thay offered this talk at the Magnolia Grove Monastery, Mississippi in the United States.

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