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Vietnamese Retreat Questions and Answers

Thich Nhat Hanh · January 1, 2002 · Plum Village, France

We gather together in Plum Village, France on May 3, 2002. The talk begins with an Ordination Ceremony receiving new members into the Order of Interbeing, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Plum Village. Following that is a Q&A session about difficulties and happiness in the practice.

The questions asked during the Q&A session include:

  • How to transform habit energies of gambling in a spouse when they promise to change but then relapse, causing the family suffering?
  • How can two sisters live together without fighting when conflict arises by the third day of meeting, even though we have tried to apply the practice of Beginning Anew?
  • How to withdraw a vow to cut off relations with the family uttered in anger and reconcile with loved ones?
  • How to use the eyes of compassion to look at life and embrace complex political and social trends as well as past crises?
  • How to ensure a spouse values the relatives of both sides of the family equally?
  • What to do to help mother transform the fear and insomnia stemming from a superstitious event in the past related to a white tablecloth?
  • How to write a letter to heal the sisterly relationship after past misunderstandings and avoidance, when the older sister is still angry and does not reply?
  • Is there a method to embrace feelings of compassion that are too strong when doing social work so as not to be choked up and to be able to continue the work?
  • How to ordain as a monk without causing suffering to a girlfriend who is very lonely and afraid of losing me?
  • Should I continue to attend family gatherings when I see the atmosphere there turning towards decadence and bringing suffering to me?
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