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Winter retreat 2013/2014
The Path of Practice
The Path of Practice
Thich Nhat Hanh
· February 9, 2014
· Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France
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Dharma talk on February 9, 2014, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France. Applying the first 8 breaths in the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing to generate peace and happiness.
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Dear sangha, today is the 9th of February, 2014. We are sitting together in the Hall of a Thousand Stars in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, during the winter retreat of 2013-2014. Today is the last Dharma talk of this retreat.
Every morning in Upper Hamlet, Brother Phap Y comes to sit meditation very early. Brother Phap Y is one of the elder brothers who arrives earliest in the meditation hall. Brother Phap Y has been ill for many years, but his practice has been diligent and wholehearted. He truly cherishes the days that remain.
At every lunch in the dining hall, Brother Phap Ung sits on my right, and Brother Phap Y sits on my left. It is always like that at lunchtime. Usually, I serve food to both Brother Phap Ung and Brother Phap Y.
On the last day, the 6th, Brother Phap Y still came out to get breakfast. But at lunch, at eleven o’clock, he had some difficulty. And he left us very quickly. We should be happy for him.
In the past, when he was young, Brother Phap Y was a member of the Italian Communist Party. He struggled for his ideals and held a view of non-belief, not trusting in any deities. Later, he went to India and received novice ordination in the Tibetan tradition. When he came to Plum Village, Upper Hamlet, he arrived as a Tibetan novice monk.
He received full ordination in the Mahayana tradition of Vietnam. He practiced for many years, and later received the higher ordination and was also transmitted the lamp to become a Dharma teacher. Each time he traveled with the sangha to Italy to organize retreats, he was very happy. He guided the sangha on visits and excursions like an elder brother. There was one time he got upset with Sister Chan Khong. I don’t know what someone said, but he became angry with Sister Chan Khong.
Hearing about this, I wrote him a letter. Just one line. And I asked my attendant to bring it to Brother Phap Y in the monks’ residence. In
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