@@jackstubbington387 You clearly do not understand the teaching.

first we need a teacher and then eventually we have to grow beyond the teacher and the teaching...into our own island. There are attachments formed with teachers and teaching -the attachments get more subtle as we unveil the true consciousness of who and what we are. Many people on a spiritual path never can exit this attachment to teachers and teachings, to be their own teacher.

What Thay is telling us is that we should take the approach of Krishnamurti. Seeking of truth is an an individual path, the teacher just points like the finger to the moon to show us the right direction to start walking.

Very educative. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to you.

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I just found him a month ago, can you suggest a book of his I should start with?

@@lindapelle8738 quite literally any. He has written 100 books .. have a browse online and choose one that resonates.

@@lindapelle8738 Hi Linda, Please start with "The miracle of mindfulness" - that is the best book to start for most people.

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In contrast to the Island, is the raging sea of Samsara. Relentless torment by the ups and downs.

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Thank you so much for doing!!! Bless you

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Like me just found him. A cloud never die ♥️

May you benefit greatly!!!

Same here, excited to continue with his teachings and also learn from his students comments❣️

Yes I also had heard of him and his teachings but only now learning of his passing two days ago, I have decided to look deeply into his teachings because I feel I need peace to come to me. I spend my life being very fearful of life. I love his soft and gentle voice and I am looking forward to discovering more about him and his teaching. Blessings and love to all.

@jSpiritusS7 Thank you so much for sharing your experience ❤️ I totally relate to this, I felt each word you wrote. I felt a wonderful positive Energy when you mentioned "let the presence do the speaking". This is it. Wonderful ❤

A lotus for you 🪷 A Buddha to be ✨️

@@lazitazen6882 I would like to share my practice as of late, which is, to dwell happily in the present moment. Even though at this moment my life is turbulent I can still find things to be grateful for and even though I may be going through the thick of it I can suffer with a smile on my face, knowing that this suffering is impermanent it looses some of its grip on my mind. Because when it comes down to it, the body knows how to suffer and it knows how to feel joy but it’s our mind that doesn’t seem to be able to recognize the subtle feelings that the body is trying to communicate. So we have to cultivate deep communion with our body. Like going to church and praying with god. That church is our body and our mind. Would we treat our loved ones with the type of disrespect we treat ourselves at times? I know I feel the shame of doing things that are not good for me because I know it affects my loved ones: if it wasn’t for my loved ones maybe I would not see the reflection of my actions and wouldn’t have the drive to change inwardly So gratitude for my loved ones and celebrating impermanence are the keys to being joyful even in the throws of a spell of pain 🙏🏼

@@lazitazen6882 having compassion for myself when I make mistakes is key to long term growth. I need to cultivate enough mindful energy so that when I’m in a state of weakness and my primitive brain chooses to take over I can trust that I will make the right choices and my best choices become better choices than they would have been without the mindfulness available. The practice isn’t to try and change the present moment no matter what the circumstances but to rather aim for a brighter future by slowly and steadily bathing in the flickering candle flame of our mindfulness energy and present moment awareness. Eventually we stop doing the things that cause us suffering because we know how good it feels to have peace and we don’t want to jeopardize that peace for ourselves but mainly because if we have the aspirations to be a bodhisattva than we wouldn’t be fulfilling that dream and that hurts more than anything 🙏🏼

which audiobook is recorded in his voice and how can we access it?

@@ritikarana4256 I wound up listening to half a dozen of his dharma talks... there are plenty of them - but I will look through the audio-books tonight and let you know...

I would also like to know, thank you

He taught you and you saved your life. 🙏❤

@@lindapelle8738 me too. Pls let me know when you know. Cheers. Rinaldi

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Thank you Janice

Thank you for sharing this

This seems so simple on the surface, but in reality it feels inexhaustably deep. Thank you. I want to investigate this work further.

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For me too!🤍

I have learned that if you wanted to meet him then the illusion is that you didn't.

Estás en mi corazón TICH NATH HANH con una impactante fuerza y poder, siento tu amor, luz y sabiduría, profundizo en mi Dharma mientras escucho con el corazón lo que tú tienes para mí, te Amo Thay permaneces vibrante en mi ser, me refugio en mi misma porque te tengo en mí en el Ahora

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