Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2014, Session Number One

Thich Nhat Hanh · July 9, 2014 · Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France

In this session of questions and answers the following questions were asked:

By the children:

Is it necessary to speak to convey our feelings?
What is happiness?
Where does the spirit go after death?

By the teens and young adults:

How can we help reduce the suffering of animals effectively?
How can one be in touch with beauty while experiencing chronic pain?

By the adults:

How do we practice in the face of escalating violence, such as in Palestine?
What is the force or intuition felt during mindfulness and peace?

Written questions:

Do you feel old?

This the first of four Question and Answer sessions organised during the Summer Opening in the year 2014. Thầy offered this session at the Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France.

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Introduction to the Question and Answer Session

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Is it necessary to speak to convey our feelings?

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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What is happiness?

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Sangha Member

Question

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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Why is there so much war?

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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Interpreter

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Question

Where does the spirit go after death?

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Sangha Member

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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How can we help reduce the suffering of animals effectively?

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Sangha Member

Question

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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Do you feel old?

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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How do we practice in the face of escalating violence, such as in Palestine?

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Sangha Member

Question

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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How can one be in touch with beauty while experiencing chronic pain?

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Sangha Member

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer

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What is the force or intuition felt during mindfulness and peace?

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Sangha Member

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Question

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Phap Linh

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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Sangha Member

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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