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Thich Nhat Hanh · April 14, 2010 · Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France · Audio Only
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The Sangha is gathered in the Upper Hamlet, in the Assembly of Stars Meditation Hall, on April 14, 2010.

  1. How can we educate adolescents in a blended family who are caught up in the consumer society and react negatively to meditation?
  2. For an alter-globalization activist feeling great aversion toward the capitalist system, how can one act without suffering excessively, and is it possible to have compassion for a system?
  3. In a couple’s life, how do we handle love and letting go, tell the other person that we do not feel they are present, and should we save the relationship at any cost?
  4. Do animals, plants, and minerals have a soul, and are they aware of inter-being?
  5. Facing the political conflicts in Thailand, how can a journalist remain neutral when every statement risks being interpreted as taking sides?
  6. What are the concrete ways to handle sexual energy according to the Mindfulness Trainings, and how can we support each other in this practice within the Sangha?
  7. What does the Order of Interbeing represent in Europe today, and what paths should be followed so that a study group on the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings can flourish harmoniously?
  8. What are the keys to loving oneself and having confidence in oneself as well as in life?
  9. When one does not have children, what is the view on cellular transmission, and of whom does one become the ancestor?
  10. Is working for the army, even in a security role, compatible with the practice of the Five Mindfulness Trainings and Right Livelihood?
  11. How can we plan for the future while remaining in the present moment, find Right View in a job involving suffering, and accept the present when a loved one is dying?
  12. Since fusion relationships create suffering, can you elaborate on the concepts of inter-being and personal identity?
  13. How can I support a friend who is suffering from anxiety while caring for her mother at the end of life, while protecting myself from this suffering?
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