I am so grateful these short little lessons are posted and available. Today, I woke with a migraine and had to cancel an appointment. Hours later, it is still here and not responding well to my medicine, so I came to my cushions to just sit and try to let it pass in the quiet darkness of my room. I tried breathing myself through a guided meditation to acknowledge and smile to the pain knowing it wouldn't last forever, but it was very hard to even think. I found this instead and just shut my eyes and listened. It is so easy to catastrophize the pain. Thinking of that habit as a Second Arrow and relaxing instead has made it at least bearable. Many thanks to Thay, and to the Plum Village sangha for sharing this. 🙏

"Walk Like A Free Person. Put Things Down.. . How to lay down the burden in order to be light. . ." ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

TNH has such a beautiful presence and way of speaking. Like a warm blanket. What a gift to the world.

Vivre au quotidien, chaque jour, comme une prière pour la paix en soi.

By loving ourselves, we love the world.💙💙💙

"I grieved today for the times I have loved so much that I forgot about myself and my own needs. I grieved today for giving so much and forgetting that I should keep a little bit back just for me. I grieved today for getting so caught up in helping others that I overlooked I needed a little help as well. I grieved today for thinking I could just do it all, denying that I also have my limits. And sometimes having limitations is a holy thing. I just wanna love people in a way that makes me feel loved too. I don’t want to forget myself anymore." ~ S.C. Lourie

Thich Nhat Hanh is a great teacher. He teaches in a way to help me understand.

amazing that this video was uploaded today when feeling going back down into a rabbithole... so much peace and hope. breathing in I felt the unity of it all, breathing out I felt freedom

What a beautiful insight l am in tears thank you so much. Being 60 and learning this is a wonderful gift

Every word Thay says lights up the soul. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

What a beautiful insight. I Am now listening to many dharma talks and starting to read books from the master thay and this is one of the most beautiful insights l got and l am trying to reduce my pain first to be able to be a better Mother for my children. And l am glad l encountered this wonderful person. Knowing he speaks from personnel experience makes it even more worthwhile to me. Thank you so much

Father Thich Nhat Hanh my Family's using Buddha's Mantra not to invade their body's with you my Father Thich Nhat Hanh for our protections, not giving a Bad Luck, please always protect my family's. I love you very much❤.

Thay, that's exactly what I needed to hear. ❤🙏

Thank you. I do have a pine tree in my yard, and this made the visualization so simple.

I am in total accord with the previous contributor to this video. I seem to fall upon just what I need to hear at critical times. I am again deeply appreciative of Thay’s meaningful advice explained in his inimitable simple and accessible way. Truly grateful. I feel uplifted. Thank you dear Thay. 🙏

So beautiful, so helpful

Love his simplicity and directness, without any judgment, just love and compassion. Beautiful

Thank you 🙏🏼 I so enjoy your teaching... simple & clear ....🙏🏼☮️

Love from Indonesia

Wow , so good!! Thank you so much Thay and everyone who help us in the world 💕💚❤🙏

Thankyou so much Thay🙏🙏🙏You are my leader and benefactor...🙏🙏🙏

Thank you 🙏namaste 💞

Merci Thây !!! En quelques minutes, si simplement, tu dis Tout... Tu es béni pour nous tous

Thank you

고맙습니다 한글로 해석해주셔서 많은 위로 격려 선물이었습니다

Thank you 🙏

I Feel so grateful that tonight I watched this,I was once a hungry ghost and when I became well I noticed so much suffering around me, my heart ached daily ,I should say aches because I still feel overwhelmed by the suffering of others and how little I can do ,now I can recognise that by staying healthy and continuing my practice of mindful breathing I am helping the Suffering of others just as a Pine tree does when its full and lush and offers us shade and the birds a safe haven .

Namaste !!!Thay!!!

Namaste!

Thankk you

Beautiful

I made a calculation about second arrow pain in time scale. If my negative first arrow event lasts for example 15 minutes a day. The mind gets very stuck to these thoughts about situations with very visual scenes. It so that i will think about it all the time when i'm awake, maybe 10 hours = 10*60min=600min And the second arrow always causes me negative emotions when mind brings it up again, again, again... Then if i calculate the time the arrow is causing suffering (Arrows2)/(Arrow1)*100% = (600min/15min)*100% = 4000% !! So the second arrow will take _4 000 %_ more time and negative energy compared to the first arrow! That's insane.

"Self-care is not selfish. One cannot serve from a broken plate." "What do I need now, is a self-care mantra, that answers your needs." "I have a physical body, a mental body, an emotional body, & an external body. Attend to that which needs strengthening. Adding strength to one, adds strength to all." "Our minds, emotions & culture, think we can consume & do anything, anytime... but Mother Nature, & our bodies, say otherwise." "While I can't control everything in life, I can control what I put into my body, and into the body of my life." "Consume with discretion. Create with discretion. Command & collectedness follows." "The quality and balance of our connections to all (food, environment, family, community, work, etc.) determines our health. Reflect on, and adjust to, what's out of balance." "As within, so without: self-care = other-care; self-understanding = other-understandng; self-growth = outer-growth; self-harmony = outer-harmony. Divine & boundless is the journey of the self. In deed, and indeed, self-care is a gift, unwrapped & boundless." "Enlightenment.. is lightening the load -- upon oneself, and upon all else." ~ Paul Jung

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Grazie, 🙏

Today I learned that TNH went by "Thay" - How sweet. I'm curious to know why the support person had to repeat the question before him answering it.

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I understand the concept of not fretting over pain as that compounds it, but HOW do you do that? How do you not look at pain that's debilitating you and ruining your life as anything other than a stressor and an enemy?

a Jewel............

Sorry to say, but these videos seem to be remakes because after 2015 Thay wasn't teaching as much after his stroke and then in the later years he moved to Hue Vietnam. Uploads take me a bit aback; I'd rather open his books more often. Thanks Thay for being who You are; an eternal spirit of compassion and righteousness.

I wonder why the question is repeated by an assistant...

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