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Stepping into Freedom
From the Assembly of Stars Meditation Hall, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, on June 29 , 2014, during a day of mindfulness between the 21-Day Retreat and the Summer Opening, Thich Nhat Hanh offers an 80-minute Dharma talk on monastic life.
He begins with mindful breathing—whether to place attention at the tip of the nose or the abdomen—emphasizing stopping all thinking, being fully aware, and enjoying the here and now. He then guides mindful walking, showing how each step can touch the ground of reality, illustrated by a story of a 13th-century Vietnamese king who practiced deeply as a lay person.
The talk explores the triple training of mindfulness, concentration, and insight, elements of the Noble Eightfold Path and the Five Powers, and shows how mindfulness is embodied in the precepts: five for lay practitioners, fourteen for Order members, ten for novice monastics, 250 for monks, and 380 for nuns. Each precept “guarantees a zone of freedom.”
Drawing on the novice manual “Stepping into Freedom,” Thay explains its four parts—daily vinaya verses, the ten novice precepts, mindful manners, and a reminder of why one becomes a monastic—shares mindful manners for monastics, and speaks of the joy of reciting the precepts. He likens the commitment of ordination to a marriage, highlighting the sangha’s support that makes the monastic path a happy and beautiful way to realize the dream of helping others.
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