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Thich Nhat Hanh · September 12, 2009 · Deer Park Monastery, United States · Audio Only
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The sangha is gathered at Deer Park Monastery’s Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall on September 12, 2009 during the retreat “The World We Are” for a Question & Answer session with Thich Nhat Hanh—first questions from children, then from adults.

  1. What is the most important thing I can do to bring more peace into the world?
  2. If you were crossing a busy street, would you make it across the crosswalk in time before the time ran out?
  3. What should you do if there’s two friends and one has something that matters to them and the other says that doesn’t matter?
  4. How can I be most effective in integrating Buddhism and science?
  5. Am I doing the right thing to see my family as a toxin under the Fifth Mindfulness Training and not be in their presence, or am I being unkind and uncompassionate by not allowing them in my life?
  6. How can we help my brother who has a gambling addiction get out of this addiction?
  7. How can I survive when my mother passed away and my divorce shook my roots, if I feel I cannot survive without my marriage and mother?
  8. How can I cultivate and nourish courage and fearlessness when I touch a wall of fear and compare myself to others?
  9. How can we practice true love after infidelity has been confirmed when one chooses to stay in the marriage?
  10. How can I bring the Five Mindfulness Trainings to my Catholic students and colleagues in a way that is not threatening to them?
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