Breathe, Remember, Return - Br. Pháp Dung, New Year's Eve | 2017.12.31

“To live is more than just to eat and run around.” We have forgotten the spiritual dimension of life. When we breathe, we remember. Remember to return to our spiritual home, to build it, to cultivate it.
We have a room for everything in our homes, even for cars. But do we have a room for peace? Or a corner for peace? We can create ways to help us remember our intention to fully, to live beautifully.
We may sabotage ourselves and react in ways that create ill feelings for ourselves and for others. We can practise to remember, and with practise, our intention strengthens. We become a place of trust, of refuge for ourselves and for others.
If we have forgotten what is trust, if we do not find it in ourselves or in the people around us, we can go to mother nature. Hug a tree, touch the earth, contemplate the moon. These elements of solidity and spaciousness are already in us. We just need to remember.
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[@evangelinacortes708]

Thank you so much Thay Phap Dung. Wonderful Dharma Talk full of wisdom. The freedom of your soul is amazing. MY HONOR AND GRATITUDE TO YOU. EC.

[@evangelinacortes708]

Venerable Thay has given us an extraordinary Community of Brothers and Sisters whom transmite the teachings. My honor and gratitude to all of you. EC.

[@evangelinacortes708]

Thank you so much Thay Phap Dung. Marvelous words; maintaining trust in oneself, just four words, but full of meaning for me. EC.

[@michaelbassolino]

Thank you Br. Phap Dung for this peaceful talk.

[@graceacer9369]

🐞 I love this guy. He knows how to cry and he knows how to laugh. And he's not afraid to do either. Thank you people for being on the planet.

[@2967_]

I went to the park and hugged a tree yesterday. It was so wonderful. I talked to the tree and asked questions. She answered me. It was a tree that leaned at an angel. I was able to stand, lean and lay down at the same time. I still feel grounded today. I held that tree and told her about my feelings until I cried. It was such a good experience. I call her Mama Tree. I played head down on the tree. I will make it a weekly ritual. I can't walk on grass, but I can stand in this tree and connect to the earth energy. I am working on my relationship with this type of tree, because I suddenly developed allergies to it to the point of having to get shots every week. I love this kind tree.

[@manishrana3387]

Thank you Thay

[@ConexionHumanaOficial]

Amazing sharing Br, Phap Dung. My honor and gratitude to you and the amiable manner you share. This is a great Dharma Talk. Evangelina Cortes.

[@sharonlujan9497]

I am so thankful for thays teachings in these times of so much uncertaiainty an unrest I find solace in remembering how to breathe. thank you all the plum village monks an sisters It is a fun spiritual ave for my life that has really been missing for a long time!

[@ConexionHumanaOficial]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Br. Phap Dung your sharing is like a medicine for me. I appreciate with my heart your clear way to explain deep teachings. Evangelina Cortes.

[@mariamagalhaes7373]

I love this message so much! 💚 All my gratitude 🙏

[@sharonlujan9497]

thank you for this teaching,

[@jane4835]

Your talk is so timely in these days of covid, fear and uncertainty. You have used simple references to remind us of the teachings of the dharma. and Thay’s way of of reminding us to come back to ourselves, to cultivate love, and to not harbor ill wills. My spirit is moved, and tears of joy flow. Today i feel alive and grateful that i do have a spiritual bank account that i can enrich on.🙏❤️🙏

[@vicentacobo9293]

Thank you very much for your beautiful and inspiring words.

[@alisecrouch9768]

Thank you, it is a wonderful lesson

[@idesofmars]

the audio is fantastic in this talk

[@JSatyaL74]

Thank you for vulnerability in sharing your melt with us, which, in return, ripples

[@Susana-gq5vh]

Merci pour avoir partagé🙏🏼

[@Eyes_Unclouded]

Thank you ❤️

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[@Angelica-ps4cs]

🙏❤

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❤

[@y9w1]

Dear Br, when I breathe and remember I am alive, I can be grateful but soon what I become aware of is dukkha. The dukkha of having a body for example... When I remember that I have eyes I become aware of dukkha in seeing forms; when I become aware of sounds I become aware of dukkha in hearing sounds... Of course to have a healthy body is nice, some forms or sounds can be pleasant, but they are very impermanent... so not reliable. Because of that they turn into dukkha. It is the same with good, wholesome ideas (about nature, the group, etc). So it is very hard for me to say that life is a miracle. How to go about that? Only when I withdraw and find peace in samadhi (not based on sens activity) do I feel some reliable joy. Then life seems ok! But to touch this samadhi isn't easy, and it's true it's quite cut off from others...

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tom wool Escap for your self will not take you any where...you are part of this system your clothes and food arranged by others...you sound to lack discipline to me Br. More you remember you r alive...more happiness you will be feel and share..samadhi is not withdrawing or escaping...you r confused by words...THIS is about experience... unconsciousness is not samadhi

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[@garypuckettmuse]

Oh I see the professional coughing/sneezing girl is present AS ALWAYs. Every single video has that same woman in it coughing and sneezing through the whole talk. It's actually uncanny.

[@ruhied957]

Brother..how about forgetting is also an opportunity given to us to train towards accepting our inate humanness. May be standards are still too high ..striving to perfecting spritual life is a big issue in spritual paths...In monastic life many still carry their different history ..all takes time... life is just this...😅

[@marilynmarilyn2755]

What a fidgety audience

[@yoya4766]

The other monks and nuns provide more meaningful and practical talks than Thay.

[@TheCatchProductions]

Simon Finch I think what you mean is that you find it easier to listen to the other nuns and monks. Remember that Thay is their master, he is the source of all their inspiration and teachings. To understand that deeply you have to have patience and to look deeper than just being entertained. His wisdom is beyond all of theirs and they would openly admit that. But I understand what you mean in the way in which messages are articulated as many of the others have a more humorous or anecdotal style. But don’t overlook he brilliance of Thay please 🙏🏾

[@nguyenthihuonggiang5312]

You know, I really love your comment, because it shows that brothers and sisters are doing good job of being Thay's continuation. I am sure that Thay is happy as well to see this. Great teachers and great students.

[@naneeleo823]

Simon Finch ( western)mind is conditioned 2 always compare , compete , analyse , proving, disproving , etc ...... Go beyond this mental state and give yourself the PEACE to experience , that Thay Thich Nath Hanh is ONE with brother Pháp Dung & the Sangha

[@lavadajunerobertsroberts7772]

For me no one can ever replace the Majesty of Thay. His magnetism is his gift to the world