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Questions and Answers: Twenty-One-Day Retreat 2014, Session Number One

Thich Nhat Hanh · June 14, 2014 · Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France
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In this session of questions and answers the following questions were asked:

By the children:

  • How do we reduce the suffering of others without making them angry at us?

By the adults

  • How do you understand the process of surrendering to God’s will?
  • How can one help a friend in despair due to a troubled marriage?
  • How to transform guilt from not providing materially for a parent?
  • How to understand and practice to transform the equality complex?
  • How can we help people with cancer face deep fears of death and uncertainty?
  • How can I practise after the violent, sudden death of a loved one?
  • How can I support my grandchildren after a family suicide?]
  • What is your teaching on the death penalty?

Written questions:

  • How to understand and heal the suffering of our ancestors’ if we never knew them?

This the first of two Question and Answer sessions organised during the What Happens When We Die?, twenty-one-day retreat in the year 2014. Thay offered this session at the Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France.

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YouTube: Plum Village
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