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Questions and Answers Plum Village Monastic Retreat

Thich Nhat Hanh · September 16, 1999 · United States · Audio Only
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We are at Kim Son Monastery, on September 16, 1999, at 8 p.m., beginning the question-and-answer session.

  1. In relation to family, how can we receive support and encouragement from our loved ones, especially from our parents?
  2. When someone causes us so much suffering that we want to leave the community, how can we overcome those difficulties in our hearts?
  3. How can our practice become a way of life, rather than something we perform as an act?
  4. In monastic life, how can we have appropriate and effective measures to protect each other and avoid entanglements between the male and female communities?
  5. Is there any aspect of doubt about the quality of one’s personal practice that is healthy or beneficial?
  6. When speaking the truth in the community but being ridiculed, scolded, or suppressed, should we continue to nurture the energy to speak the truth, or should we remain silent for our own well-being?
  7. At Kim Son, there are a few people who have committed serious offenses—challenging the abbot, threatening monks and nuns, stealing money—is it correct to tolerate and endure such behavior?
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