Healing Oneself Healing the World

By: Thích Nhất Hạnh

Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh

These 2013 recordings by Thich Nhat Hanh are from Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi during a 6-day retreat in 2013 with the theme Healing Ourselves, Healing the World. The program has been digitally remastered and has 12 hours of wonderful material.

How do we produce a thought that is filled with understanding and compassion? Building a sangha or a practice center is one method. In our tradition, we begin by looking at our suffering. We can then recognize the suffering in the other person. This is the first and second noble truth. With this, the energy if compassion arises because you have touched and understood suffering. We bring our mind and body together and come back to ourselves in order to be truly there and be able to stop our thinking. We can get lost in our thinking. When we are mindful and concentrated on our in-breath then our mind only has one object. Just breathing in mindfully we can get freedom from the past, the future, and our projects. Freedom is possible and the healing can start.

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Always great Thich Nhat Hanh

Love his stuff always. Great to hear it in his own words. Will search for more.

Always great talks

Thich Nhat Hanh had the most calming and relaxing way to present the philosophy behind Buddhism. Even though it’s ten years old there’s a lot to learn here. Though the cough after the bell was a little annoying… different recorded bell next time.

people coughing every 10 seconds

Thay is great to listen to but this recording tests your patience. I can't imagine being there and not being irritated by all the coughing and sneezing. howany people must be there to have someone cough and sneeze every 10 seconds.

For Soulful Renewal. Excellent and Inspired Teaching

A must listen for soulful renewal. Excellent teaching on being with our and others suffering, thereby healing ourselves and healing the world. Moving singing at the beginning of the retreat. A great and inspired retreat to listen to during a year ending and a new year beginning or in a season of change or needed renewal. Namaste.

Beautiful

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful teacher share his teachings with us.