A Beginners Mind for a Beautiful Future | Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2011-10-02 Magnolia Grove
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- The Sangha is gathered together at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi during the 2011 US Teaching Tour with the theme Cultivating the Mind of Love. This 115-minute dharma talk is from October 2, 2011. This is the last day of Magnolia retreat and may be a little difficult if listeners have not heard the talks from the previous days (see "2011 US Tour" playlist).
The beginners mind. It is a source of energy. A willingness to practice. And to serve others. We are not afraid of obstacles in order to realize our dream and our intention. Siddhartha had this beginners mind, and we can too. The mind of love is the beginners kind. During this retreat has allowed this to arise in our heart. Do we know how to continue this mind?
In Buddhism, there are two kinds of truth: conventional and ultimate. Thay explains how it is similar to what we see in science. We can learn to understand the true nature of reality. When we come to the ultimate truth, we can leave behind our notions of birth and death, suffering and happiness, being and non-being, etc. How can we do this? We cannot be an observer, we must try to be a participant. The Buddha’s insight received under the bodhi tree was to be relieved of all fear. This cannot be learned from notions and concepts.
We learn of Right View, another element of the noble path. Thay tells a story of Katyayana, a student of the Buddha, asking about Right View. A teaching of no-birth, being and non-being, as illustrated by a cloud. Right View is being able to transcend all these notions: being and non-being, birth and death, left and right, above and below, subject and object, etc. All pairs of opposites. We cannot remove one without the other.
Story of a grain of salt wanting to know how salty is the ocean to illustrate the subject of cognition and object of cognition. Being a participant to truly understand.
Talking to a flame to illustrate this teaching of being and non-being.
Thay writes these pairs of opposites on the board: birth and death, being and nonbeing, coming and going, sameness and otherness. All these must be transcended to see the true face of reality.
A teaching on interbeing and four more notions - self, man, living beings, and life span. Thay explains each as outiined in the Diamond Sutra. This Sutra teaches us that humans are only made of non-human elements. This is one of the oldest teachings in deep ecology. The Buddha too is comprised of non-Buddha elements. This is why bowing to the Buddha is not worshiping, but is a meditation.
We have been talking of Right View and dualism. We turn now to three other elements of the noble eightfold path that arise from Right View. Right Thinking can help us remove all discrimination. It is thinking that can produce understanding and compassion. It can heal the world. From these two we can then practice Right Speech. To restore and reconcile. This element includes our ability for deep listening. And then we turn to Right Action. Anything we can do with our body to protect and save. These three are all forms of action, starting with our thoughts. Thinking is already action. And we produce each of these every day. The philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said that man is the sum of his action. In Sanskrit, this is called karma. Everything we produce will continue us; it does not disappear. We are the author, and that is our continuation. If we can keep our beginners mind alive, surely we will have a beautiful future.
The other elements of the path, briefly outlined in this talk, are Right Livelihood, Right Diligence, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. This path can be seen very concretely in the Five Mindfulness Trainings. We also briefly learn of the Three Doors of Liberation - emptiness, signlessness, and aimlessness - in light of the retreat’s teaching.
We talk concludes with a couple of songs led by Sr. Chan Không.
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i don't want to idolise him because i don't think that is good practice but i have to say it is v difficult. because he is always so helpful, he exudes such presence and he has developed so much wisdom and compassion. Of course, love easily manifests in me when i listen to him speak and watch him teaching! And in these modern times, with these videos, it is like thay of the past can always be here in the present. I wish thay of the present moment good health and presence
He offers that bright and gentle countenance, what i think he'd say we all have to offer. i do wonder though if it's possible to shed the non-essential fear-coverings without really going for it, as a monk...i do recall though Lahiri Mahashaya lived as a householder, with a family, a non-ascetic life, yet he was a realized person in yoga. Maybe it's possible!
Ah... mesCheerios you literally took the words right out of my mouth! I feel the same way. But I think that is the power of one person truly transformed how they can inspire others who then become the flame that lights someone’s candle. Many blessings to you (and everyone else) reading, listening, and transforming🙏🏾
Thank for all the knowledge granted to us
Yeah, it is dangerous ground. We tend to idolize people and call them God. When I see Thay, I see the Buddha himself. But then again is nothing special. Because as Thay says: everyone has that nature inside of him/her.
But yeah, we are very lucky to be alive at the same time as Thay.
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Thank you, dearest teacher, your words continue to exist in the sea of love
My darling Venerable Thay. Because there is no birth, no death, we inter- are. I am the continuation of you. This makes my heart sing to know you are in me, and I in you. I bow to you in my heart, a flower in the garden of humanity, a wonder of wisdom.
You’re a gifted writer 👌
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Very amazing teaching which really makes you wake up. Thick is a special type of teacher!
I believe this Dhamma talk von Thay covering the whole deepstest philosophy of Buddhismus ever.
Thank you Thay!!! for helping me getting through the hardest time in
this moment of life.
RIP Brother Thay. We all love you
Thank you Thay for your legacy of your life of service, your wowdom & your wonderful Dharma talks to help us to understand the Buddhist teaching
His Dharma talk is like a river flows in me. I can listen to him all day long. I am so glad that I made my visit to Tu Hieu temple where he was ordained in Vietnam. I was hoping to get a glimpse of him last December, but I was late since he left to Bangkok. I pray Dear Teacher good health! Thank you for the wonderful books that you have also written. The books are also a tremendous help. I have been studying Buddhism here in Korea for 3.5 years now. Dear Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching on dependent arising, aka Inter-being, is definitely one of a kind. I finished studying several sutras here in Korea Buddhist School for two years and yet I haven’t discovered a modernized style of practice like the way Dear Teacher created. I believe his contribution to Modernized Buddhism is a landmark in history.
Thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing
"if you think you are an observer, completely outside of the object you observe, there is no hope that you can truly understand the object of your observation. You should try to become a participant"
Oh what joy that the conditions were sufficient for Ti to manifest for us in our lifetime. 🙏
I am so grateful that I came across this!
You are alive 🙏🏼🙏🏼🌺🌺🌺 with us. This is the correct path to Nirvana.
Thank you so much Venerable Thay. Humanity is blessed with your great teachings full of compassion, generosity, wisdom and much more. My honor and gratitude to you. Evangelina Cortes.
His voice is music to my soul!
Thank u for sharing such beautiful knowledge words of wisdom. God bless u. Thank u for praying for me. When will I see the light??? Love u unconditionally O DIVINE 🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏
THIS IS A WONDERFUL TALK We who are privileged to share it To benefit from all the wisdom of the Great teacher THAY Thank you so much I will be grateful for ever
I continue happily interbeing with Thay 🙏😊
Thank you Thai for your love and presence! You are eternal light.
I am late to finding Thay's teachings, but I am grateful to Plum Village for making this wisdom still available!!
When I listen to Thay speak, I often feel like laughing and crying at the same time.
Truly an extraordinary being, and the Plum Village institution gives me hope for humanity by sharing this wisdom with children and the young and old alike. Presence and mindfulness are, imo, the most important lessons one can learn to develop compassion and forgiveness, understanding, love, how to cope with loss and suffering, and all the best traits we can develop and manifest as humans.
His cloud analogy is brilliant. And what he is saying is backed up by physics: no energy can be destroyed or created, only transformed, according to one of the Laws of Thermodynamics.
However, there is energy that is not lost, but scattered, and systems tend to move toward less order and energy, again according to physics. Entropy and enthalpy.
I would love to have heard Thay speak on this, if he ever did...
Dear Thay, may you attain the supreme bliss of nirvana and be free of of all suffering of birth, for giving us this teaching, for giving peace to my mind, I searched for this for 23 years, and I do not have words to thank you. May the triple gem bless you. 🙏🙏🙏. tears of joy come, because for 23 years I cried I would never see the Lord Buddha, I was born late, why my eyes were not blessed, but when hearing the bliss of the dearest sangha, the dhamma, I pray for having received ears, and some intelligence to be able to perceive,
Wishing good health to the lecturer. May he teach for a long time for the benefit, enlightenment of all humans, living beings.
The best lecture (the essence) of Buddhism, ever. 🙏🙏🙏
I love you all. Thank you all. May we all be blessed by this divine love
Thanku plum village for spreading this wisdom in these difficult corona virus🦠😷 crisis, thanks a lot ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Such presence and clarity. Truth is always so beautiful.
I am so thankful for this wonderful man and Plum village. I cannot tell you how much peace of mind you have taught me.
With you in us, we surely will reach the other shore, without any doubt. Thank you so much.
You're my sunshine, thank you Thay.
Practical n universal contemporary dharma
Very grateful tht enable Buddhist in d world to access such wonderful n precious dharna conception
Thank You Plum Village.
Thank you so much Venerable Thay. Wonderfull teaching. I have a lot of homework to do, in order to penetrate deep into this knowledge. Amazing Teacher I love you for the eternity. Human Family is better because of your teachings. Thank you for giving us a Marvelous Community of Brothers and Sisters whom are continuing your legacy. All of them are my teachers. My Honor and Gratitude. EC.
I was lead to hear his wisdom...I am very grateful..we all need to understand his message
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
💗💕🌹💗🦋 my angel guru! Love and light. Grateful for this loving soul who teaches me how to live .... Blessings to all who are on the path🙏
Coming across this is priceless. Such clear teachings that lift you up and give you the tools to enjoy life
No coming, no going. No after, no before. I hold you close to me. I release you to be so free. Because I am in you and you are in me. Because I am in you and you are in me.💎
❤👣🙏🌻🌷 Thank you Thay
thich is like a 80 year old man who acts like my little baby brother. hes the best
He's 94
Beautiful song!!! Thank you very much great community. I really appreciate it. Evangelina Cortes.
🙏🏼🙏🏼I am fortunate and grateful to have encountered this teaching by Thay 🌷🌷
Such a beautiful talk and guidance....ended with a beautiful song which explains the truth in a nutshell...thank you for sharing!.
The BEST talk!
God bless you 🙌 Thay lots of love and blessings 🙌 🙏 ❤
I do live my life with the intention that I am living as a continuation of my dear Thay. It feels precious that my ancestors, and my teacher, are alive, walking with me through my days. Seeing the world through my eyes. It makes life ever more sacred to me.
So much wisdom, Many Many Thanks!
such a wonderful D-talk. so grateful
ティクナットハン禅師様、ご尊顔、お声を拝すると癒されます。感謝申し上げます。合掌。
Thank you for sharing your wisdom ❤
I love you Thay. ♥️🙏☀️
Beautiful Thay 🙏🙌🤝
His contributions to Buddhist thought and teaching, and easy way of expressing the path to enlightenment and peace to the world, comforting tens of millions of people from all walks of life and all religions, and discipling the hearts of countless people all over the world through his dharma talks and travels; is unparalleled in our time. He was nothing less than a living Buddha, a Christ figure who walked for a time among us. How lucky we were to know him and receive his example during our lifetimes. Thank you Thay 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻 we love you so
Thank you, Dear Thay
Oh I loves this continuation filled with compassion 🥰🙏
I know how salty the ocean. It brings compassion and understanding but also suffering. Realising that we're all here, coming here from love, connection and presence and how this creates suffering. Thank you Thich.
Such a beautiful soul. What a blessing to have lived as the same time as him and hear his wisdom. His words go straight to the heart ❤️
Thank you, dear Thay!
Good Morning Australia!🇦🇺Hello Friends around the 🌍🌎
Bowing and greeting Thâ-y🙏You’re here with us always!🔮
Sunflower🌻Adelaide SA🇦🇺Keep up with our wonderful voice🐯
Grazie di nuovo Master Thay and whole Plum Village Sangha again to share these so precious and special Contents, always timless and boundless..
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To have this kind of easy ways of teaching is only if you're gifted by nature , our God! Thick is a really amazing teacher. This is what we understand as, life after death. Even if he's not with us his work will be with us for a long time like Jesus Christ gave his life for the sake of our future.
Grazie Tante again, for these so precious and gentle Teachings..
A good Sunday Master Thay and You, whole Sangha as well,
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Love you always in my heart. Please come back to us soon. The Bell 🛎
Love the description of Right View
thank you
Father Thich Nhat Hanh Pleased Always Blessed and Pray for a Surname "TAN" around the World for their WEALTHS. Please pray for Jose Marie Manaois Tan and Joanna Manaois Tan for Slitting his Body from WORK and Causing DEATH. Thank you very much Father Thich Nhat Hanh. I love you very much 😘💕.
Today is Tuesday the 22nd February 2022 in Australia 🇦🇺
We have another seven days to enjoy summer times 🛎
Merci, Merci, Merci
🥰❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💯💥 Thanks!
Dear Thay. How much I wanted to meet you. Have to come to Plum Village one dayLove this song🕉️🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻
so brilliant ❤️
Cultivation of the Mind of Love 💕
There is no non- home or home. You are always home. Even what feels like non home is really home.
Such a valuable teaching. All should hear this understanding Thank You as the flame needed one more action to manifest itself by nature mans commune action is the missing element to manifesting peace and wellness. My question for meditation would be How?
Thank You 🙏
Basis of Budhism is reincarnation and law of karma . The necessity of Budhism is impermanence sufferings and concept of no soul . Budhism guides us to stay in human world and in heavens until final stage is attained 🙏🙏🙏
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Maybe" beginers mind" is inadequate .this teaching is extremly important,it contains the thruth that liberates anguished human being from fear death,old age,sickness, pain,old age.greetings from non- brasilien guy,living in Brasil.......this teachings teaching,should be taken seriously
Hello there beloved clouds 🤩🤗😁 24:00
Il “Sutra del Diamante” è un celebre breve sutra Mahayana che il Buddha conclude con un brano rimasto famoso. Dopo aver sostenuto che guadagnerebbe un maggior cumulo di meriti un “figlio o una figlia di buona famiglia” che recitasse una sola strofa di quattro versi di questo sutra rispetto a un Bodhisattva che, riempiti incalcolabili e immisurabili universi di sette tesori e li offrisse al Tathagata, ecco che viene espressa appunto una strofa di quattro versi:
Come le stelle, un difetto della vista, come lampada,
Un finto spettacolo, gocce di rugiada, o una bolla,
Un sogno un lampo balenante, o una nuvola,
Così si dovrà vedere ciò che è condizionato.
At this very scary time of our time, we need to have millions of That's (Thick Nhat Hanhs) who always tried to help people. Our leaders and politicians are so foolish and blind headed, they enjoy watching the slaughtering of millions of innocent people including kids and their mothers. That's why we all need to pray to God to defend our people from these cannibalists, who enjoy by the death of innocent people all over the world. God, help us!!
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So long GURU
Ty
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😍🙏☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🌿🌼🌿🌼🌈🌈🌈
có ai phụ đề được tiếng Việt không ạ, xin đa tạ.
Có thể trang web của họ có bản dịch.
Sarebbe possibile avere la traduzione in italiano in sovrainpressione? Grazie.
No sameness no otherness
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How do we stop the impulse for outbursts of bad speech. There is so much of it around. It ruins our experience online and in reality. It takes over our mind and leaks out of us in unexpected ways. Our world would be much better if we were guided toward good speech and communication.
Think of any good deed done by the person to us, or society who we think are bad
Increase your good deeds
Try to be kind to yourself
Once you kind to yourself to maximum then only we can be maximum kind to other
Does anyone else have trouble understanding these talks, or is it just me? Maybe I’m not enlightened enough 😇😔
No
no trouble at all. Last year I had sufficient trouble in my life to stop me for a while. I watched clouds. Especially little ones that seemed to have a personality and then changed, and then disappeared, before the next one came along. It was deeply educational.
NO I have no trouble understanding this teaching Please don't give up Be open to the teaching and you will appreciate and understand 🙏 It is well worth it 😀 trust me
I AGREE THAT IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO UNDERSTAND But there are so many things that we are having to accept because of scientific research and development CAN you UNDERSTAND Quantum mechanics Or Physics The idea that particles behave differently when they are being observed from when they are not observed If we depend on what we call our logical minds We will not be able to understand what scientific evidence has proved So you have to have an open mind
KANG SAY BEE JAVERN SIM JN YAN JERONE SIM.WEI JIE GINA TAN KAY ENG BE GREATLY BLESSED Q SAFETY N GOOD HEALTH PLSE. TQ
why are there always so many people coughing in his videos
Why does he refer to himself in the third person?
25:46
Ted talks
Close mic him plumb village
Cough cough cough room noise
1:03:40 thats the cutest shit ever seen
You forgot something about Jesus he is also a savior our savior all of us because when your family members our kids sell them selves/soul when they die Jesus saves them he's not called a savior for nothing do you guys save souls ? A little more respect for Jesus ❤ Jesus saves them when they die
tired of all the coughing and sneezing...
I love Tich's buddhist teachings. However, his understanding of Western philosophy is just lousy. That's why Ken Wilber and others say that "Buddha was half right". Bhuddism is great for dealing with subjective aspects of reality. But it's not enough for dealing with the whole of reality. There's "yin", but there's "yang" too. A great synthesis is needed.
Andre WN Have you come across any philosophy that embodies this synthesis you describe?
Can you explain how his understanding of western philosophy is incorrect please?
interesting notion: the flame exists because the conditions are almost all present. not sure about that, though it is poetic and very sweet.
Consider this, and tell me what you think:
Is a person who follows the dharma with perseverance and dedication going to improve?
But consider a hitman, and he drinks and does drugs and is really mean, and doesn't want to do any dharma...but all the conditions are there for him to become a great practitioner of the dharma, his free choice to stop all the negative stuff and take up mindfulness. Can we really say that he is therefore a great practitioner of the dharma even while being a hitman, drinking and doing drugs and being really mean, and doesn't want to do any dharma? We cannot say he is not a dharma practitioner ? An event's actual existence based on potential for it to happen?
Just to think; even this guy has a dark side. I imagine him bursting out in a 3-minute rant scaring the piss out of a group of 13 people who he relaxed in the first 37 minutes of the lecture, end then the damage comes.