The Four Noble Truths | Thich Nhat Hanh (short teaching video)

In this short teaching video from the Plum Village app plumvillage.app/ Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh talks about the Four Noble Truths and the nature of Interbeing of these Truths.
Excerpt from: Art of Suffering Retreat | Second Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2013.08.27: • Art of Suffering Retre...
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[@jmnjanne]

I’m looking for his teachings of the 4 nutritions he refers too. Does any have it please?❤️🙏

[@plumvillageapp]

Hello dear friend, thank you for asking. In this video, Thay talks about the 4 nutriments: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXWqc32PmtOhaZY Here, he talks about mindful consumption: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZutq4yteaqIoNk On the Plum Village App you will find a 76-minute recording of a talk by Thay about "The Noble Truths of Nourishment". If you do not have the app, you can also listen to it on the web version: web.plumvillage.app/item/the-noble-truths-of-nourishment-1 A lotus for you 🙏, The Plum Village App team plumvillage.app

[@goonhoongtatt1883]

Thich Nhat Hanh knows French, Vietnamese, English and Classical Chinese. Not only is he a transcendent monk, he is also an accomplished scholar.

[@goonhoongtatt1883]

@@ethanadamrose580 That's amazing.

[@bonniematthews7611]

I consider him the greatest mind alive on the planet today. He both enlightened and brilliant.

[@0r0sk0]

@@bonniematthews7611 Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Bikkhu Bodhi and Ajahn Chah are right there with him

[@dr.lecter8818]

As well as Sanskrit I believe since he translates a word into it in another video! Extremely impressive.

[@ThePathOfLeastResistanc]

@@bonniematthews7611 Jordan peterson is up there for me

[@alessandraferrari2191]

I respect this monk so much. Thanks . He was so good ❤☸️🌌🕉️🙏🏻

[@markus8997]

Ist soooo healing, thank you Thay you are still alive in us❤❤❤❤

[@francoisedandre3644]

La meilleure vidéo pour sortir de sa prison intérieure.

[@g00.41]

Dear Thich Nhat Hanh. You left us with a wealth of knowledge. For that we will for ever grateful. Thank u sir. RIP.🙏.

[@azuresonic69]

RIP, Thich Nhat Hanh. Your teachings will remain, much like your essence, forever.

[@rickygarcha1311]

I didn’t know he passed. Rip

[@dawnieg8657]

For me, just listening to Thay is a meditation.

[@catherine4970]

Thay had such a kind face. When I hear him talk; it feels like I’m really home.

[@bonniematthews7611]

I consider Thay to be the greatest mind alive on the planet today. We should consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have lived during his time. We may not have him much longer, but his legacy and the essence of his teaching will endure.

[@dianas-v8418]

A great mind and possibly the most gentle of people walking this earth.

[@monika1234ify]

One of the most beautiful souls ever to live in my lifetime.

[@plumvillageapp]

Dearest Monica, thank you for sharing your beautiful sentiment. 🙏🏼 You may enjoy watching this video on dear Thay's life. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoOyk4pvo9ScjM0 Our teacher, Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay ) ("Thay" means teacher), was revered around the world for his pioneering teachings on mindfulness, global ethics and peace. We are very happy to share and continue his profound and valuable teachings. Thank you for watching. With loving kindness, Plum Village App "Oak Forest" Team You can also download the app to your phone and have a "Monastery for Your Pocket" to sustain your practice wherever you go :) plumvillage.app

[@carolynowen3388]

Blessed Be, RIP, wonderful Wise one Love xxx

[@chooahsee53]

Totally agree tbat Thay's voice is so gentle and calming. Rest In Peace.0

[@concernedhuman4559]

This gentle man is one of the world's greatest treasures.

[@jamparound68]

my country at this moment is in civil war in Africa. i came here to forget. to hear this man voice. also i will watch most Eastern religion practice zazen etc

[@nevencuca1680]

Listen to Jiddu Krishnamurti. Stay safe. ❤️

[@baptm727]

Listen to the begginer's mind by shunryu suzuki, it's good zen book

[@susanb5339]

The Four Noble Truths: 1. Ill-being (suffering). 2. The making of ill-being. 3. Wellbeing (cessation of ill-being). 4. The path of well-being. Hell and paradise are each available in each step, in each breath. Nothing can survive without food; what have you been feeding; what have you been consuming?

[@dandiaz19934]

Where did you get the teachings about food?

[@iansing5278]

@@dandiaz19934 look/listen at 13.20 (feeding your depression)

[@buddhasview6808]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaqnkpipi510r9U

[@grantdouglas8523]

Excellent

[@shaniom913]

Excellent summary. Thank you!

[@davelowinger7056]

So unhappiness is expecting more of the moment than it has to offer. Happiness is expecting less than the moment has to offer. Peace is being in the moment.

[@kathrynck]

I agree with this. I'd point out that this also dovetails into what we know about these states of minds scientifically. Although I'd point out that "unhappiness" is an evolutionary trait, which ideally is meant to spur us into action to better our situation. Unhappiness only becomes pathogenic, when it is persistent, and married to a feeling of being unable to change the cause. In a study of depression (of all forms) many years ago, a very striking finding was made. If you plot a 4-square chart with internal vs. external "locus of control" across one axis, and internal vs. external "locus of blame" (or 'attribution', or 'belief in capability to effect change'). The VAST majority of those who suffer from all forms of depression test as having the blend of a low internalized sense of control, with a high internalized sense of blame. There are other fertilizers of depression in the mind, but those who experience depression have a nearly 100% chance of falling into this quadrant on that chart. I believe it is an "essential" nutrient of lasting forms of despair, without which suffering cannot long survive. Obviously Buddhism looks much deeper into the matter, at such root causes as the focus on 'finite' self as an unavoidably 'interested party with preference' (thus their take on ego). I am not a buddhist myself. I merely find that my own explorations have lead me to numerous parallel observations.

[@cami-loo108]

This man deeply embodies his words, you can feel it, even through KZbin. He is a gift

[@April0Wants0Truth]

His walk is so mindful I must smile. A smile is born on my lips 😊

[@matthewscopelite5303]

Just knowing that Thich Nhat Hanh is here on earth with me keeps me from getting depressed, and knowing that I can take refuge in the island of self.

[@JacobKellyearthearthealer]

His teachings will definitely live forever. Fortunate us!

[@perrinpartee557]

I felt like I received a transmission of loving kindness from Thich Nhat Hanh last night during meditation. I don’t know if it was my imagination or what, but it felt real. Like a reminder that i was loved by him and the Sangha. He is Such a beautiful being shining the light of love from within out to the world. So beautiful. I met him in MS at retreat.

[@azuresonic69]

He just passed, 22JAN2022. May he rest in peace.

[@ayanostrickland3502]

Still here, within us

[@robertataylor5794]

I needed this.

[@brucemonkhouse6698]

Thich’s hand writing is also very beautiful and flows easily..just like his teachings..

[@coling7091]

In 2024, this man defines what I aim for

[@richielavery2446]

The way he doesn't teach it in order actually makes it so much clearer.

[@gabrieljames636]

This man's voice could calm a cobra!

[@slimshany4602]

😂

[@carladominguez186]

In him, in your face, I can see nobility too.... 🙏❤👌 beautiful....

[@jeanninetwine3411]

That is such a beautiful image!

[@mayankbiswas6936]

cobras cant hear, they are stone deaf

[@Moroten89]

Yes my pet cobra went to sleep when I started watching. Was watching twerk videos before though.

[@soloist777]

Humanity could be so kind, caring, loving, compassionate, serene, peaceful. The path is clarion clear and simple.

[@siriseeliarachchige7435]

Wonderful teaching .we are happy to follow you . May triple gem blesses you !

[@Kwitelle]

For me the teaching is that you can not experience left without right or darkness without light. The teaching is not to be kind, caring, loving and peaceful. It is to be unkind & kind, to be loving & unloving, etc... to SEE the wrong view AND the right view without judging any of them. That is what brings real peace.

[@acajudi100]

I love my books!!! I am a reader, and I love it, for I am a closet writer from age 15 to my present 78. I keep written, audio and video journals. Your suggestion cannot be deleted, like YT, Tweeter, Story corps,FB etc. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. You cannot delete the truth, and God is in charge 24/7, and your arms are too short to box with GOD!

[@rianwhite5765]

...this should be the year for it... Because 2020 would then be apropos... ~~2020 a year for Clarity in Vision~~ ♾💗U 🌱

[@Corusame]

@@Kwitelle yes awareness and acceptance of both is important but we must be mindful not to feed the negative thoughts and instead let them pass naturally

[@Fiereflye]

Such a beautiful soul. He radiates love, compassion, peace, and gentleness. You can see it all in his eyes and his smile. Much gratitude. 🙏🙏🙏 Love and light, blessings and namaste. 💖☀️✨💫🌈🕉🙏

[@flowingwiththeriver986]

I have read the Four Noble Truths so many times, and this teaching of Thay's is like hearing it for the first time.

[@ImStuckInStockton]

His delivery of the Dharma is so tender yet straightforward. THANK YOU :)

[@JacobKellyearthearthealer]

I agree. He makes it so accessible and practical, too.

[@colleendeane7888]

What we nourish will grow. Good or bad. Thay's smile is endearing

[@buddhasview6808]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaqnkpipi510r9U

[@rhondacorley9946]

How simple and how amazing....... love the Buddhas teachings... and love the way Buddhist embrace Christianity. It is not reciprocated. Which is very sad.

[@mariofrndz3336]

Love this man so much ❤

[@patthecat6491]

It was a calming pleasure to listen to this talk. My introduction to the Dharma was an odd 30 years ago, when I was given the book The Miracle of Mindfulness, by my marriage, family, counselor. At the time I did not realize the profound impact his teachings of the Dhrama would have on my life. For which I am ever grateful.

[@dandiaz19934]

His voice is extremely soothing. Like ASMR, but that's just how he talks.

[@sendropehhtz8831]

Yes its as if he brings forth a full package

[@scotthuey1981]

Agreed! I feel trust and love strongly when I hear him. 💚🙏😊

[@dayglowjim]

Wow, so deep. This is why, as an atheist, I find Tibetan Buddhism so compelling. It's psychology for everyone.

[@puriso1]

It's actually not Tibetan Buddhism. This is Theravada Buddhism.

[@dariomiric2958]

@@puriso1 Actually, Thai is a member of Tientai school of Buddhism which is Vietnamese Zen. Zen is Mahayana school not Theravada. At the end of the day who cares what school it is and how do we call it, this man shares deep wisdom about very important topic: our suffering. May you be at peace, my friend 😊

[@puriso1]

@@dariomiric2958 Yes, I stand corrected. I just wanted to point out that it wasn't Tibetan style. I don't know much about the Tientai school but I believe it shares elements with both Mahayana and Theravada. Anyway, thanks for the clarification.

[@skepticalbutopen4620]

I totally agree.

[@TahitianBlissMeeBee]

It’s not Tibetan Buddhism ☸️

[@dan-andreivasilescu228]

The more we understand the noble truths the more suffering is transmuted into peace. Thank you, Thay, for your noble teaching😊

[@shauneses.377]

Thank you, dear teacher for being available.

[@ralcst-1977]

What a wonderful teacher and human being we have in Thich Nhat Hanh!!! I could listen to his teachings for hours!! Thank you, Noble Teacher!!

[@Mandazie]

Your handwriting is beautiful Thich!

[@36-777]

Thank you for your wisdom about the four noble truths.

[@lisabrown9692]

When this man speaks, the world should listen🙏🏻

[@lordbyron3603]

No other monk, Theravada or Mahayana , explains this deeply and clearly than Thay ! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@geethabalasubramaniam9695]

Gratitude and Om Shanti to the great soul, theAngel that once walked this earth.

[@ekquinn7059]

So wish I knew these teachings before his passing.....the teacher appears when the student is ready.....💗

[@pratekag]

An example of mindfulness 2:00 : he shows the audience left which is his right as if it was his left.

[@sofiag7680]

Dear Thay, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I respect all of your teaching and I am so grateful to have known you in the past two months. I am reading one of his books currently and knowing that we still have him alive on this Earth is a blessing 🙏🏼 He means a lot. Sending love to all of you x

[@slowwco]

Watching his handwriting is like a visual meditation.

[@francoisedandre3644]

Message TNH monk : Ne cherche pas ton bonheur, dans ce temps, tu ne t'y conduiras pas comme cela. Sois prudent, ne complique rien.

[@jhonatanrojas6721]

A wonderful and beautiful man may he rest in peace

[@karmadekye1262]

Amazing teacher. Great wisdom. The late Thay simplified the teachings of Buddha. I finally understood the 4 noble truths. ❤😊 thank you.

[@ninjazkoolboyholk1714]

He simplified/explain the four noble truth ...making it easy to understand. Thank you the explanation "...we feeding the depression..." this really a wake up call for me.. Amithofo

[@ursbeat796]

This channel will help me to save my life spiritually. Thank you my brothers and sisters from the bottom of my heart. Greetings from 🇫🇷.

[@chyfields]

If we are all different expressions of Oneness then when we suffer we absorb that experience, taking it out of circulation so that others do not suffer.

[@nevencuca1680]

Interesting

[@bobbaloney120]

Our living Buddha has psssed into his parinirvavana. Deep listening, deep meditation, deep tender kindness, deep wisdom. From Bodhisattva to a Buddha. He is missed Great teaching from a very realized master.

[@soopharoekviboonsunti432]

The Four Noble Truths/ the way to see it is the ThreeFold Trainings: it begins with the right mindfulness, the final result is to see the Four Noble Truths,❤❤❤❤

[@vandymajor]

Thank you all those who have recorded and share the teachings of this beloved master.

[@lorriheffner2747]

This is one of the sanest things I have ever heard. It is SO clear and teaches mindfulness to each step and its course

[@sjferguson]

I could listen to him literally all day long. I bet I've heard 50 teachings on the Four Noble Truths and i always come back to his teachings. He just has a way with words. I still speak of him in the present tense because he is always with us. Truly a Master 🙏☸️

[@plumvillageapp]

🙏

[@cherielee5438]

Thank you, noble teacher

[@lutzrohloff9201]

‚Yy

[@lutzrohloff9201]

Tty

[@shoonyah]

This makes me cry. I'm so convinced that the middle path is the integration of the polarities. The opposite energies must unite for totality/ oneness/ non duality. Till then we all will keep looking for our missing parts. The clue of whats missing lies within, in our disturbed emotions, overcoming resistance. Its all about acceptance, healing, becoming whole and arriving home. ....Your handwriting though master 😯 🤗👌🏻....

[@MrHamburgerHelper]

Thank you for these teachings! ♡♡♡ Imagine if millions of people watched this instead of stupid escapist TV and movies 😭😂

[@courtneycacchione9924]

I agree!

[@maywin4204]

Everything needs food to survive, very true, mindfullness is the main...otherwise turns to illness ill-being how much you may be attached...it will fail.

[@haleanbar]

thank you for all you do, still❤

[@marysmyth8288]

How I love this man's wisdom , love how his smile lights up a room amen 🙏 Mary Canada 🍁

[@jSpirituS7]

These teachings are all so beautifully explained I understand what I am practicing more Each time I watch and listen Each time I study more Each time I practice My practice and my study becomes more like having fun and giving to myself something I can build from

[@averagejoe8213]

I have watched and read many presentations on the Four Noble Truths. This one, by far, was the best.

[@kavirajan2008]

True

[@h4hackinghinduismwhilehiki319]

I have heard and read about the four truths many times. This is the simplest and the most logical explanation I have ever come across.

[@michellethomas8442]

Such a lovely example of a human. I could listen to his voice interminably.

[@christophertauss3640]

This is easily the BEST explanation of the 4 Noble Truths I have ever heard. He glides us along effortlessly and each item leads into its opposite, but, at the end, there is a path to well being and a path to a better world. Thanks so much for making this available. Peace.

[@paulomelo5564]

Simply perfect and peaceful teatchings. Thanks for eternity, dear Thay...😊

[@subrotoxing8214]

i have never had the four noble truths explained in this way but by master thich ... Thank you master Thich ...

[@rocioguevaraobando9075]

Master Thich Nhat Hanh: Infinite Gratitude 😊🙏🌸

[@JayeshModi]

Thank you so much 🙏 5:05

[@Juliannadreammer]

I'm feeling overwhelmed with gratitude and love to this man and towards the people who made it possible for the knowledge to pass on 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thank you 108 times ! May you have a blissful day/night 🌠

[@Claudia_CLP]

Thank You Thich Nhat Hahn for enlightening the path of so many souls ☯️🕉️💐

[@bfuiltugomaith]

His explanation of the law of Duality is truly beautiful🕉🕉🕉

[@lulahummingbird664]

Dear Thay your words give me tremendous comfort. My path of well-being has been challenged recently so I keep turning to your words of wisdom to go deeper, to understand, and to accept. Thank you. 🙏

[@nevencuca1680]

Don’t be harsh on self. You got all the time you need.

[@chrisk.1475]

What an incredible great experience just to listen to Thay - beginning with his voice and ending with deep but simpel meaning of each word he said! Amituofo 🙏🏻

[@kylepatrickmurphy4058]

Thank you!

[@MilosPN035]

When I watch him or even just listen something makes me cry in certain moments. If someone ask me how does an angel looks like, I would say looks like TNH. Born as a Christian, I found that my Being much better resonates with Buddhism.

[@plumvillageapp]

Thank you , dear friend, for sharing. 🙏🏼

[@heikevoigt7825]

Thank you, dear Thay, your voice sounds so calm and gently, I love to hear your words.🙏💕🌈

[@yelenawhitmer1329]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️So soft and same time so strong. Thanks for teaching us🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ulrikebhairaviandrezejewsk5653]

I never see a man with a golden head before. there is only light in his brain. thanks and I honor this profound teaching

[@JamesChan1983]

There is stunningly easy to understand and easy to embrace. This is the first time I know the meaning of the Four Noble Truths in a memorable way. Thank you.

[@tarand100]

Thank you soo much, Thich. You have healed me.

[@jamesphoenixhill6915]

Wish I had a parent that was this wise 🙏

[@nevencuca1680]

Try to understand them. Find compassion so that it can find you. Today is all good.

[@maryshelleyssecretlover9106]

this is completely irrelevant to the video but he has lovely handwriting

[@trivokim8165]

he has delivered the transcendental speech.

[@leelyquan]

So simple. So true! Thank you for sharing and simplifying the hard truth about life - from suffering to happiness, from anger to forgiveness, from blindness to light.

[@romainlettuce118]

It’s funny how Jesus taught the same exact things...

[@Corusame]

@@romainlettuce118 Jesus was also an enlightened being

[@jamessteven9709]

The first time I saw his face, I thought he was just an ordinary old man talking nonsense. But after I listened thoroughly to his lessons, I realized that he is a man full of wisdom. He is such a remarkable and wonderful human being....

[@VictorLaszlo46]

Reminds me of Taoism, things are known by their opposite, and each thing entails its opposite. The Eight-Fold path with its emphasis on rightness reminds me of the Four Confucian Virtues. Love seeing how these traditions intersect and agree.

[@Cesc8170]

Thank you for your teachings. You have a noble heart indeed. Sadhu.

[@linacomet]

Thank you dear Thay for your teachings by so clear explanations. 🙏

[@sharniellasmith5679]

His teachings are truth. I find the simply explained and very serious. Don't understand what the laughter was about from some people. This is powerful.

[@bristoncraigson9151]

The Buddha of the West. What a gift his life was to us.

[@WarrenRCG]

Not everyone can teach. Thich Nhat Hanh can. Thank you.

[@yongsuanlin6255]

Sir really lived up to his name teacher.💐🙏

[@and.rew.tran.]

Wow...this is very deep, deep theology (the nature of reality) put in very simple and understandable terms 😮...

[@MsLovication]

I want to meet this Divine being. It's one of my dreams to feel his presence and talk to him

[@CTBikesalot]

Brilliant and simply said. He is a gift to mankind.

[@Evokepeace]

So refreshing to hear this again this morning! Thank you Plum Village and beautiful teacher!