Ten Days

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January 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 unborn
Breathing out, no birth and death

Speaks of dualistic views and uses God as the basis for the analysis. Learning to touch the unborn. This is it. Sudden enlightenment.

Today we learn two more particular mental formations. The first is about deep desire, expectation of waiting for something. Feeling very empty. Lack of something. It’s why we check our email. Thay uses a story from a 1995 (Vietnamese) short story to make the point. The title is Ten Days. Ten days of expectation. It’s quite a funny story about young love and waiting.

Drops of Emptiness.

The talk was given in Vietnamese with English translation and is available below (French and original Vietnamese audio are also available, as well as video version).

By Chan Niem Hy

Dharma Teacher.

4 comments

  1. Hello there – many thanks for continuing to give us these talks and notes, also for transcript of Thay’s dharma talk in the “Mindfulness Bell”, your efforts are much appreciated. Am wondering if you will be able to add the English audio for the talk given on 27 January, or if there’s a problem with this, as its not on Lang Mai either, although later ones are on there? Trish UK

  2. Thank you for adding this beautiful talk. They are nourishing for the heart and soul and enable me to offer an added dimension to my clients.

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