This is the eight Dharma talk of Thay from the Science of the Buddha Retreat, offered in the Upper Hamlet of Plum Village on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012.
00:57 Bell
02:18 Contemplation before chanting
02:57 Three Refuges
05:10 Les Trois Refuges
11:15 Three bells
12:39 The seven factors of enlightenment: Relaxation – ease (輕安), joy (喜), investigation (擇法)
19:40 Separate investigation of phenomena (相) and noumena (性) — [性相別觀]
25:20 The ultimate is free from the notion of being and non being
26:00 The Four Noble Truths (ill-being, the making of ill-being, the cessation of ill-being, the path leading to the cessation of ill-being)
27:50 Nirodha (the third noble truth) and nirvana, 無苦集滅道 the ultimate truth
34:26 Conditioned and unconditioned
38:38 The third noble truth is the noble eightfold path and the second noble truth is the ignoble path
40:10 The ground of right view that gave birth to the 5 mindfulness trainings
42:23 Bringing the practice to schools
44:40 We should train the trainer
47:19 The second noble truth can be described as nutriment (food)
51:30 Don’t intoxicate yourselves
53:13 Mindful consumption is the way
54:41 The sutra of Son’s Flesh (子肉經) , 4 nutriments, 1.Edible food
59:31 We should practice to eat in mindfulness
01:02:00 The second source of nutriment 2. Sensorial impression (books, magazine, internet)
01:05:10 Dear Thay, what should a journalist do when we hear terrible news in the early morning? – response to Indian Times’ journalist
01:11:00 Practice the 5th mindfulness training to protect ourselves
01:13:45 Walking meditation is a kind of consumption
01:14:40 Image of cow without skin
01:16:45 Mindful movements
01:24:40 The third source of nutriment is 3. Volition （思念）
01:28:20 The desire of a terrorist
01:31:03 Guardians in front of the gate of a temple in Asia, fierce and gentle
01:30:00 Siddhartha does not want to be a politician, he has desire to practice to transform himself. Good desire, a good volition.
01:35:25 The fourth source of nutriment 4. Consciousness (識),
01:39:00 The story of the mother of Mencius (Meng Zi – 孟子)
