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Thich Nhat Hanh · May 5, 2004 · Plum Village, France · Audio Only Not yet reviewed

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The past is no longer there: conventional truth. Looking deeply, we discover that the present is made of only one substance, which is the past (and the future will be made of a substance called the present), disguised as the present. Firmly established in the present moment, we can touch and transform the wounds of the past, not lose ourselves in regret, make the past the object of our meditation and heal; it is the same for the future—without anxiety, by taking care of the present moment one hundred percent, we ensure a good future.

Impermanence opens the door to non-self, which reveals interdependence, emptiness, conventional designations, the middle way, and interbeing; these teachings are only instruments that must be burned with the flame of practice and wisdom (raft, snake, matchstick).

Śūnyatā, emptiness: empty of a separate “self,” the door of liberation
Animitta, signlessness: recognizing the same thing under different appearances
Apraṇihita, aimlessness: stopping the running, touching the fullness of the present moment

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In the present moment, we can touch the past and transform it

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The Insight of Nonself Heals Us of the Three Complexes

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The flower is full of the whole cosmos

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Conventional designations

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The Middle Way allows us to transcend being and non-being

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We do not need a self as the conductor of the body and consciousness

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The natural tendency is to have all information processed only by Store Consciousness

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The wisdom of nonself put into practice burns the notion of nonself

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The Raft and the Snake: Not Being a Victim of the Teaching

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Emptiness is Interdependence

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Signlessness: Wherever there is a sign, there is illusion

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Aimlessness: The Fullness of the Moment

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