Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks

December 24, 2012. 118-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Upper Hamlet at Plum Village. The sangha is in the 90-day Rains Retreat (Winter Retreat) and this is the special Christmas Eve dharma talk (and the fourteenth dharma talk of the retreat with the theme Are You The Soulmate of the Buddha?) Begin with a teaching on listening to the chant. Learning to recognize our own suffering and the suffering of the other person. We can then generate compassion. The monastics then chant the name Namo 'valokiteshvaraya. The practice of going home is a very deep practice. We need the energy of mindfulness. We don't need a plane or train ticket to go home. There is a station - Radio NST - (non-stop thinking) and this doesn't help us arrive home. Walking and breathing allow us to arrive. The more you are mindful and concentratesd the more pleasant. Help you stop the thinking and the worrying. Just walk and heal. "I have arrived. I am home." This is the best dharma talk we have in Plum Village. We do not ha