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Buddhist Understanding of Reality

June 21, 2009 • English • Thich Nhat Hanh

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How can oil pulling be practiced as meditation, and what first steps help those who have suffered deeply?

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How can I know which seeds give rise to my actions and where thinking should stop?

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Is suicide really a “weak choice” for someone overwhelmed by suffering without practice?

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How can I help my French Order of Interbeing family resolve disagreements and find harmony?

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How do I converse with and heal my inner child who draws me back into past trauma?

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How can I practice impermanence, signlessness, and aimlessness as living concentrations rather than intellectual concepts?

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I always want things; if I don’t get them I want to die, and when I do get them joy lasts three days—what can I do?

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What does zen mean for young people in the digital age?

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How can compliments be received without inflating the ego?

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I long to comfort others yet need much support myself because of serious illness and near-blindness—how can these coexist?

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How can we love and protect a Sangha or person without grasping and choking the life out of them?

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My mindful walking is filled with repeated forgetfulness—am I practicing correctly?

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Closing remarks and preparation for tomorrow’s teaching

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