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Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2013, Session Number Four
Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2013, Session Number Four
Thich Nhat Hanh
· August 1, 2013
· Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France
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In this session of questions and answers the following questions were asked:
By the children:
- What can I do so that my brother and I don’t hurt each other with fighting and arguing?
- How can I avoid getting too stressed at school?
- Why did you choose to make Plum Village?
- How can I get myself to sleep quickly when I have to get up early?
- If there is an end to the world, do you think everything else also ends?
By the teens and young adults:
- How do you feel when you are deep in meditation?
- Have you developed theories of the universe?
- How can one be a more mindful student?
By the adults:
- How can I combine the smiling culture of Plum Village with the non-smiling culture of Japanese Zen practice?
- How can the teachings help the people of Spain where unemployment is very high and we have a political crisis?
- Can a person be mindful and still be connected to smartphones and social media? How does it affect deep listening skills?
This is the fourth of four Questions and Answers sessions organised during the Summer Opening retreat in the year 2013. Thầy offered this session at the Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France.
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Good morning, dear Sangha. Today is the 1st of August in the year 2013. We are in the Assembly of Stars Meditation Hall of Lower Hamlet, Plum Village. Today we have a session of questions and answers. The children will have the chance to ask a few questions, maybe five. And then the teenagers will have their turn to ask the questions. And then the young adults and the rest of us. The children will have the chance to ask their questions, maybe five. And then the teenagers, and then young adults, and after that, the rest of us adults.
And we know that a good question always benefits many people. That is why we shall ask only the question of our heart, a question that has to do with our practice, a question that has to do with our suffering, happiness, difficulties. And those of us who have such a question are invited to come up here and sit with Thầy, around Thầy. And they will take turns to sit on that chair so that everyone can see him or her. And the tradition is that before we ask a question, we breathe in deeply three times with the sound of the bell. Everyone is breathing together so that we can create that powerful collective energy of mindfulness and peace that helps everyone. You may ask your question in French or English or Vietnamese or German. And if you ask your question in Chinese or Spanish, then you have to bring your own translator.
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