Embracing Suffering with Mindfulness | Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2013 07 22

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Mindfulness is always mindful of something: mindful breathing, mindful drinking tea, mindful washing dishes, mindful walking, mindful brushing teeth. Mindfulness helps us to know what is happening in our body, feelings, emotions, perceptions and what is happening around us. Mindfulness is a holy energy that has the power is heal. Mindfulness is the energy of the Buddha.
The energy of mindfulness brings the energy of concentration. When you are mindful of something, you are somehow concentrated on it. When you are mindful of your breathing, you are concentrated on your breathing and you are not thinking about something else. When mindfulness and concentration are there, insgiht is also there. Insight is a kind of right view, understanding and awakening. When you breathe in, you know you are alive. You know your ancenstors are still alive in you. That is an insight. That is already an awakening. Insight liberates you from confusion, anger and despair.
Mindfulness, concentration and insight are the heart of meditation practice. This morning we will practice mindfulness of breathing together with mindfulness of suffering. We breathe in and we recognize there is suffering in us. Many of us think it is not pleasant to get in touch with their suffering and they do not want to do that. You are afraid that you will be overwhelmed by the suffering within you. That is why we always want to run away from ourselves and the suffering within ourselves by consumption, like watching TV or drive somewhere.
Our practice is to go home and take care of the suffering inside of us and to transform it. With mindful breathing, we have the energy we need to recognize and embrace the suffering within us like a mother holding her baby tenderly.
Namo ‘Valokiteshrava chant starts at 26:15.
This is the first Dharma talk of the third week of the Summer Opening Retreat, held in Dharma Cloud Temple of Plum Village in the Dordogne, France, on Monday, the 22nd of July, 2013.

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@lukemulock251 2 жыл бұрын

This video transformed me; I was able to go inside and access my suffering and touch it and have compassion for my parents who transmitted their suffering to me because they were unable to transmute it themselves.

@whatdoyoulivefor735 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@goognamgoognw6637 2 жыл бұрын

great. Are you a single child ? That's much easier because you have tons of leverage on them, they will listen and be considerate. When you have siblings and you were not as lucky in life as them, some bad parents will shift their wrongdoing on the least successful child and do favoritism. In such a situation you know you're not being treated fairly it's hard to forgive as they will continue treating you as less worthy no matter what.

@jacobsmith7818 2 жыл бұрын

Wow my friend wow

@bethwitrogen7091 2 жыл бұрын

So happy for you! That heals your parents too & theirs too. Bless you!

@wansaicr 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobsmith7818 ., I I < I YA /! !,!! ?!!!!!!!! !!! '

@victoriaryan23 2 жыл бұрын

“When we don’t transform our suffering, we transmit our suffering to our children.” So true.

@Rosco-P.Coldchain 3 ай бұрын

That is so powerful to hear and I’m in the process of trying to transform mine ❤

@marinusvandenberg1431 2 ай бұрын

Tiers came unstoppable 🙏🏻❤️🕉️🕊️☮️ if you suffer know you are beloved, I love you ❤️ Heal the world ❤️🙏🏻🕉️ Thank you so much 🙏🏻❤️

@fabiolamindfulness 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you to the people who manage this channel, you are keeping Thay alive here for all of us to keep practising mindfulness and healing with his wisdom

@Gangrirawai 3 жыл бұрын

Long live Thay. You are a gift to the 21st century. I am from Tibet and grew up in India. Your words wisdom means a lot to me because you keep it so simple and powerful. Love and respect.

@cablenetworksystems 3 жыл бұрын

Yes prey for him, he is not well but I am sure he is not suffering, he is in a meditative state and now staying in vietnam as the current news. Will never able meet him but he is in my mind. And will be

@melodyst.claire5389 2 жыл бұрын

I carry you in my heart ❤ love you Thay 💞

@4LayersOfStrength 2 жыл бұрын

09-02-22 "...I am home." 😢😌

@chingkenneth1017 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@popcornnoble437 7 ай бұрын

Tay has transformed . He is in your spirit.

@hanliet 3 жыл бұрын

I have been searching for so long but since I have found you, I have not listened to anyone else. Thank you so much for the teaching you bring to us. I hope that I will be able to change and be a better person

@cablenetworksystems 3 жыл бұрын

It's not about a better person, it's about dealing with all the mental problem we assume to have and face. I listen to him when ever I am sad and when there is no help (as usual : ) ... this man helping me keep going and live. Prey for him as he is not well and currently living in vietnam

@barbarabibikechagia6350 3 жыл бұрын

All together we will make it. I'm sending you positive energy and I pray to find the courage and the strength to fight the difficulties of samsara🌼🙏🌼

@cablenetworksystems 3 жыл бұрын

@@barbarabibikechagia6350 I don't know but today I am feel little different and want to live for myself, only myself... thanks, I reciprocate the same feeling for you. Together we are really very strong 💪..

@kbmrigveda5419 2 жыл бұрын

❤ 🕊

@chaipotkosit 2 жыл бұрын

When I have listened to Thay about Avolokitechawara who listen to all suffering and embrace and heal. It just came into my mind my father 's suffering during the time he was in his serious illness and about to leave his life from this world. I finally can understand and help embrace his suffering in his mind and transform to insight that his mind is so pure and can be very peaceful. In my mindfulness breathing and walking, I breathed and walk with him in pure and peaceful mind. I understand now we can repair our mistakes in the past with mindfulness in present. This also help alleviate my suffering from the loss of my father's life. Thank you Thay and all Sangkha.

@sudhakarlandge3170 3 ай бұрын

I am thankful and Grateful to Pulm Village Sangha .

@andreawallenberger2668 Жыл бұрын

"The drop of water allows herself to be embraced by the river... "

@tammyspringer8019 3 жыл бұрын

when I listen to you, I always feel.like I wish I could give you a gift to bring you joy, because you help me so much. So nourishing, do helpful. Bless you for all you do.

@jane_7193 2 жыл бұрын

This is how we remember Thay, our beloved Teacher. Love, deep understanding and wisdom that rises above mountains. Thank you, dear Thay. Our tears of joy and love heal our hearts. Have I ever experienced the present moment as beautiful as this moment right now.

@christiangasior4244 2 жыл бұрын

I really admire Thay’s ability to convey these concepts in such an elegant manner. I also love how you can sense his energy and it is a healing energy. You can see that he has been able to come to terms with his suffering and transform it into beautiful insight and compassion. It’s clear that he doesn’t just say these words, but lives by them as well. I find that I can sort of go through the motions of explaining what is helpful if it is practiced, but that it doesn’t convince people because they can sense that I am myself not at peace and that I need to practice more and learn to be more skillful. Whether he was writing or talking, Thai was always authentic in a way that brought so much healing and peace to the world. I will miss him but I am so grateful for these videos and his books.

@christiangasior4244 2 жыл бұрын

Thay*. For some reason I can’t figure out how to edit that mistake.

@pretty5793 2 жыл бұрын

It is so hard to see all the suffering in this world. Thank you for explaining how to process it and improve our mindfulness.

@MysticFiddler1 3 жыл бұрын

I finally heard and saw transformation through the sangha.

@seaneenorourke4975 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to Thay tonight is a gift. I am blessed by following my suffering to his teaching of compassion, insight and transformation.

@23Bentley45 Жыл бұрын

Thay will always be alive. The most beautiful of all clouds.

@stephsurfingphotos2247 3 жыл бұрын

I love to hear your talks 😍 they give me so much peace 🙌

@lauralunaazul 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, So beautiful!!! :)))

@jinkyjoyacain6800 7 ай бұрын

Father Thich Nhat Hanh Pleased Pray to the Family of Mrs. Greatchen Baretto Coquangco Im Sincerely Rest in Peace to Mr. Coquangco for Suffering illness last night and Heart Attack Today Nov 30, 2023. Thank you very much Father Thich Nhat Hanh and My Ministry for our Peaceful Life and For our Peacefulmind.

@Reree-gz5bg 2 жыл бұрын

his voice is very calming and watching him for some reason reminds me how precious life is. I can be very pessimistic view towards life. Mind you, I outwardly appear like someone who has their life together and when you hear me talk so pessimisticly it can be confusing. like why do you feel this way? I can't quite say why I do. it's just the hopelessness and despair. ;-;. Also not twisting the words of Buddhism. I tend to fall into victimisation or self pity. which is something I am more mindful of. but the change has been very subtle but it is there.

@AaronIsaak47 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you to the sangha at plum village for this beautiful music.I am certain Thay’s spirit lives in eternal heaven. Thank you master for embodying the message of the Buddha in every action you displayed, in each wonderful moment. 🙏

@mjohnson5030 Жыл бұрын

This form isa a novice to this moment and to the works of Thay .discovered Thay and the peace of mindfulness and awareness too late to see Thay with these bodily eyes. But I see and hear him in every mindful step and breath. Thank you Thay.

@santiendah1877 Жыл бұрын

TEST drive to start my peace soul and body with mindfullness, , Damai sang Buddha 👣 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

@JohnSmith-wp7vf 3 жыл бұрын

Plum is the character "li" (like in Bruce Lee). Character is composed of a tree and children eating the fruits of plum under the tree. To me plum tree is Buddha, plum fruit is dharma, children are sangha. I take refuge in the sangha, not eating the fruit of good and evil but eating the fruit of living word.

@ConexionHumanaOficial 3 жыл бұрын

THANKS A LOT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CHANT. Evangelina Cortes.

@magorzata8090 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thay 🌞

@de876 4 жыл бұрын

WOW! Thay is so inspirational... And the Namo ‘Valokiteshrava chant brings me so much piece 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@pratibhapandya9262 2 жыл бұрын

What does this chant mean

@jonnydon3031 3 жыл бұрын

This man is superb

@ConexionHumanaOficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Venerable Thay. I love your teaching of sending energy through the distance. Evangelina Cortes.

@miketheman6243 Жыл бұрын

I think mindfulness works for physical suffering too. It’s hard for me because of my monkey mind but I’m working on it😊….

@rosemarieahmeti5554 Жыл бұрын

❤Me too

@bobbybushwhacker 8 ай бұрын

I love Thich Nhat Hanh, RIP good sir. You showed me how to find inner peace, I must practice it for a lifetime, but I finally see it inside myself

@Cesc8170 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thich for these words that made me sleep back after arround 4 awakenings two nights ago. Your words have given inner peace to one more person. I give you back the light that is a reflection of yours thanking you very much for sharing your wisdom with us and wishing you a peaceful, healthy and long life.

@marymayhan5923 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Plum Village for these teachings of Thay....the sound of these voices...the sound of the bell being hit the drum...

@Reiaroma 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You Thay and Plum Village community #MuchLoveAndPeace

@lluviadeluz 2 жыл бұрын

Very precious words… Thank you Thay 🙏🏻

@petermirchandani3122 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Thay, Dear Sangha, Thank you very much for wonderful, wise and very helpful talk on mindfulness and embracing our suffering. The beautiful Namo Avalokiteshvara Chant that was offered by the Sangha was extremely powerful and I could feel the presence the collective mindfulness. I found it very helpful and joyful. Thank you so much for sharing this precious offering. Wishing You Peace And Happiness, Peter

@diegosaito2400 4 жыл бұрын

So profound and so true. Thank you so much

@marybrown957 5 ай бұрын

I just love listening to this human being. I just know he is selfless, authentic and truly wise. Wonder if the world in my humble opinion ❤😊

@GannLEF 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you TNH. You have given the world such blessings

@DG-sl3ev 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thay and Dear Community 🙏 🙏 🙏

@anaflows 2 жыл бұрын

I am touched deeply what a jewel is Thay and what a great legacy he leaves this world this is what is needed in this world, pure nectar and nourishment for the soul 🙏🧡💜❤🙏

@sleepycat224 2 жыл бұрын

Thay you are always with me. You give me peace.

@patriciawilliams7107 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this very helpful talk of Thay.

@gemmamonso9158 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏💖

@rosemarieahmeti5554 Жыл бұрын

Es ist ein so wundervolles Video. Es brachte und bringt mir sicher in Zukunft Stille in mir zurück.❤ Danke sehr. Ich mag es und schätze es mich in Achtsamkeit zu üben.

@a.s2118 Жыл бұрын

Listening to this video each time is so releasing and healing thank you so much Thay. Breathing in we are connecting to your wisdom and insight breathing out we are spreading love and compassion around us 🙏🏼✨🧡🌺🌱

@kendrawallace9072 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@user-vc7vk4fo2r Ай бұрын

どうもありがとうございます🙏

@TonyMoze 9 ай бұрын

Love this. Love ❤

@victoriacrawford3021 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you...........

@debreyes2128 Жыл бұрын

Much needed lessons in humanity and love. Bringing compassion into focus.

@rzxkp7none275 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I had family to remind me to be thankful. I had to remember blessed, thankful, and appreciate..

@AngelicaC333 7 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful teaching. Thank you ❤🌹

@juliettebrown1968 Жыл бұрын

RIP master your teachings will live forever

@blanchekinsley9250 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this.

@techibabe 3 жыл бұрын

These talks are invaluable internationally for many generations forever. A great mic to reduce coughing and noise would be wonderful. please.🙏🙏🙏

@cablenetworksystems 3 жыл бұрын

Cough is bothering you? He is trying to tell us how to ignore & avoid/get better with distress and suffering. I mean you come back in this channel when you think you are ready.. Cough and other distractions are part of this as this is real and not a movie anyone is making.

@mistywatercolormemories 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and true. Thank you, much love

@valerieh5400 2 жыл бұрын

I hope that someday I can meet Thay, but if I do not meet you here then I will meet you in another form. We are truly blessed by your presence and words Thay. Thank you for your continued wisdom, kindness, compassion and mindfulness. Namaste, Val

@rmleider 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song to meditate to at the end...I felt covered in flowers

@Ludifant Ай бұрын

If you know that every perception is a contrast and we create suffering by chasing happiness, because we don´t want to suffer, want to ban suffering.. you can see, that if you ever succeed at being happy all the time.. if you actually fulfil your wish, someone else is suffering. This is the great injustice of our world. And while all ideals are off.. If you are suffering, it´s the other way around. You are allowing someone to be happy. It´s not noble, it´s necessary.. Like white is necessary for black. When given a choice, aim for the middle.. Grey is great.

@marcellekarstaedt3610 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you

@diegosaito2400 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thay

@gutsymovies 6 ай бұрын

I love the chanting at 27:20

@ketotrucker6262 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. NAMASTE!❤🧘‍♂️😊

@sanjanakhanna8647 8 ай бұрын

Thank you master Thay..... today is my father's 13 th day of passing....this prayer helped me to release his pain, too ...my heart is crying 😢

@plumvillageonline 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful, thank you for sharing that 🤎

@abc25277 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question, hoping someone can relate: How do you "handle" trauma and what is connected with it? In my understanding, from my experience, it's like a lot of bottled up/suppressed emotions and memories that you start to become conscious of. In my case 2 years ago, since I started to meditate. I knew I had a rough childhood, but completely forgot how my "inner child" felt and all theses memories perceived as threatening. Right now I have PTSD and get triggered every few minutes, making me incapable of working and socializing. Wanting to cry and freeze all the time. How do you accept suffering when it becomes so overbearing? Therapy and support helps, I was just curious if someone went through something similar. Namaste

@seekyouwillfind1133 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, yes I can relate to you. I too have had life long traumas but have journeyed with Lord Jesus as a child and He led me to my heavenly Father and that was v beautiful. I pray and talk to Him and share all my trials to Him. I also enjoy journaling and changing the past with imagery and did some valuable art therapy for inner healing. Over the last year, I did some Schema Therapy, music psychotherapy, EMDR and they helped me connect to my inner child and go back into the past to free myself and move not to the future but to be set free of the past. I too suffered from PTSD and was highly triggered. Peter Levine has some great books on Trauma recovery. It's a journey and if we are open, we will be led step by step to what we need. I am enjoying the book ' Peace in every step' by this monk and to me God is allowing me healing in many ways like a bee sipping the nectar in many flowers, keeping what feels right and discarding what doesn't. I pray you will look above, open your hands, let the tears flow and ask for Divine help. I found Psalm 121, 23 and 91 profound and I add my name where applicable to it. Do have a read if willing and add your name to it. I am in many ways grateful for the cup of sorrow given to me because I found the living God, had I had a life of joy, I would have had no reason to be close to Him and besides it shows me the pool of suffering and millions are together in it, in this our tears become the pool but we can transcend it and find new meaning. There are many therapies as mentioned above which can help you heal, it is a painful journey and no one can understand the depth of the pain and sorrow but you and the extent of how it hurts like someone like me and others in the same boat, but a step at a time, a willingness to put the hardwork and find the right trauma skilled therapies will help you. I ask for a divine healing and peace to you, may the Lord bless and keep you, may His eyes of love and mercy always be before you, may He heal and wipe away your pain, may goodness and mercy always be around you. May His light and love fill you with strength, vigour and joy. I pray for new beginnings as of today and that all you need for your speedy and needy recovery will be sent your way. God bless & stay strong, your inner child needs you.

@seekyouwillfind1133 2 жыл бұрын

You may enjoy this book if interested- Inner child healing on Audible by Dr Emmet Miller. All the best

@whatdoyoulivefor735 2 жыл бұрын

Stay strong and keep up the good work. It will feel impossible at times but you're in the right place.

@nimeshsompura Жыл бұрын

Hi. You can search a book called expressive writing. Words that heal. I hope it helps you. It's a wonderful tool you can use to heal trauma by writing them down.

@alexandrugheorghe5610 Жыл бұрын

If it's one event you might want to try EMDR or Brainspotting. If it's complex PTSD then you might want to try Somatic Experiencing.

@LinhNguyen-lm2sb 4 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@bonniek9622 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find the words to the song?? SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!

@lestweforgotindians8096 Жыл бұрын

Dharma ❤

@deniselaureano8775 4 жыл бұрын

🙏🧡🙏

@jamesk8s1 3 жыл бұрын

Was this talk in a restaurant? Why is there so much talking in the back ground? Funny :). Great as always, but it sounds like Thay is giving a talk in a Denny's restaurant :).

@kbmrigveda5419 2 жыл бұрын

Shhhh....Embrace the Now.

@heynowyouarearock 2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of that large bowl bell thing?

@isabellelimhow8525 Жыл бұрын

So TRUE

@rmleider 2 жыл бұрын

what does thay's hand movement at 35:31 mean?

@avataryurii Ай бұрын

my babymomma of 5 years and 4 kids two from her first marriage two toddlers we created and beautifully brought into life, discarded me, had the other kids accused me of rape, I've been arrested, kept from my toddlers for a year and a half and have battled court this entire time and have never heard from her or our children again. I am so consumed with bitterness and rage and hate towards her this betrayal so raw and disgusting and wicked I've never in my life been so consumed with despair and darkness my joy has burned away my trust is broken and I am filled with the fear of injustice as she lies blantively and tries to destroy our lives. I don't know how to heals and forgive something so destructive and vile I feel like I am going to die my chest and heart and constantly aching and tearing and my mind broken confused and filled with terror help me pleasen

@stephiedrown795 Жыл бұрын

💜💙❤💛🧡💚💚💚

@kimballbarrett1961 Жыл бұрын

in breath mindful breathing tea attention mindful drinking mindful drinking mindful washing mindful energy there is happenings energy of mindfulness breathing mindfulness of energy holiness the energy of concentration on it in breath focus concentration insight right view to be alive an awake in breath alive deepens less confusion no what to do breathing there is suffering afraid of the suffering inside consume t.v. run away from our self beginners barrow every embrace i will take good care of you embrace understand his own suffering go back to themself to us transform father mother compassion other person victim of his suffering help compassion chant generate to understand reach out to the world heart mindfulness collective energy into body drop of water in a river be there breathing mindfulness of concentration and compassion cry it good to cry Kimball Barrett

@lordbyron3603 2 жыл бұрын

Thay says our mother and father, and our ancestors are alive in every cell of our body . They continue in us ! They are still alive. We are not a separate self . Not a separate you ! “You” carry all your ancestors. This is the teachings on signlessness. But when those same cells attack our body as in cancer, are our ancestors attacking us? Does anyone have a deep insight into what is going on?

@WilsonLloydz 5 ай бұрын

@jameskopie5989 2 жыл бұрын

Grateful

@reesetorres4369 2 жыл бұрын

The one coughing is really distracting. I can also hear him sneezing 🤧

@kmm2442 2 жыл бұрын

What is he doing w this hands? Thanks.

@edwigcarol4888 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible.. how could some people go on speaking after the gong ??? Still speaking as Thich Nhat Hanh begins... They must leave! If they have neither respect nor understanding still chatting 3 minutes after begin... 5, 7 15 minutes... They make us harder... "Shun gai this is my pain... There is here no support of the group... even in plum village... I will have to do the way all alone, without any Energy of any group"..

@za2236 3 жыл бұрын

They are translating quietly for others, my dear😇🙇

@upstatenewyork 4 жыл бұрын

The ongoing coughing in the background is unreal.

@robbkushner 4 жыл бұрын

I believe the background noise may be that of translators in the room.

@upstatenewyork 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know they were there. Thank you.

@Tony-bv7gz 4 жыл бұрын

@@upstatenewyork acknowledge your annoyance with them, then give them your compassion and forgiveness.

@tammyspringer8019 3 жыл бұрын

i noticed there is coughing in most of his videos. But if you have to.cough, you have to cough.

@upstatenewyork 3 жыл бұрын

@@tammyspringer8019 is is safe to have people with that level of coughing around others?

@TheSoftspokenShaman Жыл бұрын

Embracing my poopoo does the same thing. Like my thoughts, I let it pass through me.

@jacquesgrove7009 2 жыл бұрын

This audience is so rude.

@nternalPractice 2 жыл бұрын

It's ironic that this guy is talking about "mindfulness" while in the background there is the incessant chatter of people clearly not paying any attention and clearly not even remotely mindful. Why would anyone waste their breath on room full of shallow and distracted people..."pearls to swine".

@plumvillageonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning this. What you can hear are the whispers of the translators in the same room, translating Thay’s Talk into multiple languages. Thay always wanted the translators close by so he could hear and follow whether they are keeping up with his message, tone and delivery. If he sees that something is not clear, he will repeat to make it more easily translatable. So, rather than being unmindful, this sound is actually the sound of highly concentrated simultaneous translators whom Thay is engaging with (through eye contact) throughout the talk. We hope this information is helpful.

@nternalPractice 2 жыл бұрын

@@plumvillageonline Nice! Thanks for clarifying. I’m always highly sceptical of academic (verbal) “talks” on this subject. (Since none of this can be learned with the “thinking” mind)

@diegosaito2400 4 жыл бұрын

So profound and so true. Thank you so much