This man is so humble. It is not until he begins to teach that you realize that he is exhaustively steeped in the teachings and what a privilege it is to listen to him.

This is faboulous. And completely compatible with modern neuroscience

Lovely! Thank you for sharing I love listening to Thich. What a beautiful example of a human being

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Venerable Thay. High level of science explained through the wisdom of the Great Soul of Thay. Your words have helped me a lot. Evangelina Cortes.

Master's explanation on mindfulness & consciousness is mind blowing, so deep & yet clear. Thank you !

It feels like truth is permeating my brain, mind, body, soul and spirit, as I listen to Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching.

Thank you Venerable Thay. A short and very deep summary of this subject of study. "Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology" is the book by Thay on this subject. He lead a 3 months retreat for scientists, psychologists among others to better understanding our Mind & Consciousness. To transcend the notions and to have direct encounter Mind & Consciousness. You can watch this on KZfaq: 50 Verses on the Nature of Consciousness. It is very helpful to understand your mind, that makes it easier to understand people and the world.

what a great talk, got some insight on consciousness, a complex thing to understand

whenever I m listening dear THAY i enjoy the moment, wonderful moments 🙏

Consciousness is the spacious awareness that transcend feelings of the past present and future, it is pure spacious awareness, the witnessing presence of your thoughts,emotions and actions. It is essentially the space in which the contents of your life pass through,the presence behind your thinking, the overseer and observer body mind. We are all pure consciousness not the content of our lives,not our ideas,thoughts,sense perception,emotion,suffering or joy we are the silent witness of all these thing the space between all such things which is the pure conscious awareness

Great explanation !! Thank you!

Consciousness...that annoying time between naps! 🤣😆😋

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Lma Thaye answers this so much more clearly and much more directly.

At 10:07 the translation says an "elephant" is very intelligent. He says an "element", a particle is very intelligent. Im not ruling out ,however, that Elephants are very intelligent :)

Great question, wonderful answear, thank you.

To me counciusness is the greatest mystery that it even exists. The fact alone that i can say: "I am aware" is odd in all instances. From a logical standpoint, there should be "nothing" at all, no awarness, no beingness. Yet here i am. Thats simply something out of my grasp. You see, since i came to this world through my awarness of it, everything seems as it is the most normal thing, because one does not give this notion of beigness much attention. But by thinking about it clearly, im just in awe and wonder. There is simply no explanation for this.

with me it was an enlightening video

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Thay is saying that everything is consciousness. Therefore, there is nothing that is not consciousness. So that is why duality may be interesting as a way of considering things, but not the whole truth. There is nothing that we need to ignore so that we can be true consciousness. With compassion, we see and experience everything as part of a whole. All seeming unique points of perception are Us too.

Consciousness....deep subject. The mechanism of being aware needs a higher dimensional force that is not subjugated to the laws if physics. What is that? How does it interact with our body minds? Without the presence of these two energies nothing can be experienced!

Thank you....

Please note that the subtitles, which are helpful here, because of background noise, tricky for people like me who are hard of hearing, are mistakingly translating STORE consciousness as core consciousness. Not the same thing.

Me encantó. Gracias :)

Always a beautiful teaching. Just one correction in the caption - it is “store” consciousness (not “core”)

Thanks

Gracias!

It's not just Earth that is a living organism, but the universe too. The Universe itself, is a living organism, with mind & spirit. Born from the Field of Now, the greatest ancestor of all, giving birth continuously, to all that which is.

Thank you!

This question is unanswerable to a person that is still conscious. The four truths of suffering. Ignorance, attachments, desire, wrong perceptions. Without these things you cannot be, so suffering is consciousness. Mindless consciousness is like death. Very deep question.

Some body suffering from corona in there , coughing coughing, can’t hear properly

Quem for usar as legendas em português atentar que há dois pequenos equívocos na legenda: onde se lê elefantes, eu entendo que ele disse elemento, partícula e onde se lê ferramentas (última palavra do vídeo), acredito que ele disse dois. :)

Are there anyone like poor me ? After watching 100s of videos and many books about consciousness and awareness, still dont really understand what they mean.. or in other words trying to practice mindfulness and meditation many many times but nothing works out.... Does anyone honestly have first hand experience on this?

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Can I ask a question which has bothered me for a time. I feel like I am missing the point. I am a newcomer to Buddhist dharma practice and study at the same time. Consciousness as defined by the scientific community is determined as being produced by the brain. Buddhist practise from what I gather agrees with this, in the sense that there is no soul, no separation between the two. Is that right? I’m not looking to offend, merely put my mind at rest and continue living by Dharma.

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I think Thai is referring to “core consciousness” as described in this Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damasio%27s_theory_of_consciousness

what we as two-leggeds must do is understand that, for example, does a tree contemplate itself or does she simply grow towards the sun? Can a tree 'see' what is behind her? Point being, doesn't matter - a tree exists in a single spot where it is rooted forever as we must be - rooted forever in one spot growing towards our own sunshine. Trick is - to stop wanting to look what's behind us an worrying about the weather, two truths I still do too much off - I live in the past and fret over things I haven't done or should have done. The 'mind' creates ALL that fkn angst that continues to whittle us down day by day. Such is how it is to be human, whatever THAT really means. Peace to all who try.

Hi ¿Could someone help me to understand the "store" consciousness term? In my understanding, a "store" is a place where are placed many things. The "store" consciousness term used, is something like the subconscious mind? or it is much more ... the super consciousness mind? Thanks for help. (English is not my first language).

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Yes its brill. The now and non duality are also I believe compatible

Actually its not true that mind consciousness is body dependent. Thats a materialists point of view.

Sorry may be im too dumb to understand, so where’s consciousness come from? Is it come from our brain? our braind think and experience the worldly phenomenas and therefore produce stored mind, is that what he said?

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Him talking about AI? right?

Thay passed away , 🙏

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Seems like, Core = System 1 and Mind consciousness = System 2.

I don’t understand what he says , anyone does .

store c aka 8 consciousness is eternal .. going back to nature

Audio here doesn't get a zero but a minus 1

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It's confusing when he says that the mind and the body (and only the body?) inter-are, then goes on to say that the body is merely a formation of the mind like all other formations (ideas). The mind and the body may be aspects of being mindful when breathing, as the paper between the hands is the metaphorical breath, but ontological the mind is completely different than the ideas it processes. The mind is only the same when it makes itself a formation (such as when the mind thinks "My mind is racing today)." I sincerely believe that the monks and nuns should not impromptu answer questions on the spot, but meditate on them for a day and then deliver something more thought out, unequivocal and structured. I really really think you all should consider this.

Didn’t answer the question. Mind is the non physical spiritual machine that joins with the body. It’s the mechanism. Consciousness is the “awareness” of it all.

Anyone gonna mention how he's dressed like frodo

Kant!

he looks like jedi master -the only difference is in your mind

Where is the mind in body dead? Thay says there no mind without body and no body without mind... I see body dead? There no mind in this body! So body can exist without mind... Someone can explain me? I think its cittamatra learn! In madiamika. ...

lol he look like a jedi

Every speech, his audience sounds like it is full of chronic smokers. Are Buddhists heavy smokers?

Very strange opinions based on nothing that is testable! Just amazing how many people liked this comment. It really worries me!

shes cute.

He’s got no idea. Sounds like a drunk uncle.