The Universe is a Single Flower

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:19:01 — 36.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSFebruary 17, 2011. 78-minute Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh in the Assembly of Stars Mediation Hall at Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France. We begin with 8-minutes of chanting. This is the final dharma talk of the Winter Retreat before the Great Ordination Ceremony and… Continue reading The Universe is a Single Flower

The Girl Without a Button

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:11 — 34.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSFebruary 13, 2011. 76-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from New Hamlet, Plum Village. We begin with chanting – The Heart of Perfect Understanding in French and The Three Refuges in English. Sitting here, we try to look deeply at the other person. The… Continue reading The Girl Without a Button

The Arrow of Desire

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:31:55 — 42.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSFebruary 10, 2011. 92-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from the Dharma Cloud Temple, Upper Hamlet, Plum Village. We begin with 17-minutes of chanting and singing. Sources of happiness. Freshness of the morning air. Water from the tap. Mindfulness is the water and air… Continue reading The Arrow of Desire

Understanding is the Basis of Love

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:58:57 — 54.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSFebruary 2, 2011, on the Eve of the Lunar New Year of the Cat, in the New Hamlet of Plum Village. He reads poetry of Xuân Diu and talks of the beauty of fidelity in a relationship. Self-love is the foundational of love for another. We… Continue reading Understanding is the Basis of Love

Ten Days

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:25:01 — 38.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSJanuary 30, 2011. 85-minute Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh, from Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France. We begin with 7-minutes of chanting. Thay reads some Vietnamese Poetry and a love story that takes place during the Lunar New Year. Breathing in, I dwell on my… Continue reading Ten Days

We Are the Cloud

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:48 — 31.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSJanuary 23, 2011. 77-minute Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh, New Hamlet, Plum Village, France. We begin with 8-minutes of chanting. “Sitting in this meditation hall, we perceive that the clouds are floating high in the sky. But in reality we are surrounded by clouds;… Continue reading We Are the Cloud

The Sound of the Bell

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:17:40 — 35.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSJanuary 20, 2011. 77-minute Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh, from Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France The talk begins with a discussion on bell inviting. The first bell discussed is the large temple bell. We have fifty-four verses to recite while inviting the Temple Bell.… Continue reading The Sound of the Bell