Thich Nhat Hanh, interview Part 2 | Ram Dass Channel

Ram Dass interviews Thich Nhat Hanh at State of the Wold forum. Thich Nhat Hanh discusses mindfulness in community. To practice is to live together in harmony, peace and joy. Our own transformation can only take place in a spiritual community. These communities are like families, with dharma brothers and sisters. The practice centers are not for yourself, but for the interpersonal community. When you help your dharma brothers and sisters, the joy comes back to you. If you practice in the context of sangha, sooner or later you will have a transformation.

[@normhall1622]

Two giants of peace and wisdom. I love both of these people and something changes inside of me when I listen to them.

[@naneeleo823]

Thay & RamDass embody True Love . They have felt , suffered & deeply understood the human condition in its full potential of TransFormation

[@debellisbeardsley6555]

Me too

[@nicfromearth]

what i think changes when you listen is that the “me” starts to dissolve and there starts to be a recognition of the limitless being-ness that you and everything else is

[@BigNateDoggOG]

Be someone who can Listen, and Understand for another person, BE that loving presence of pure compassion

[@Smrrain1]

Two very Blessed Spiritual Teachers. May they have peace and joy for the gifts they gave us! 🥰 🙏

[@brettneuberger6466]

Well I certainly benefited from technology right here and now. Quite a treat listening to two beautiful people sharing deep wisdom.

[@PolkLC]

RIP Thich Nhat Hanh! 🙏🏽 ♥️

[@living11for11love]

He never left, nor Baba Ram Dass

[@JohnSmith-dq4dx]

Age does not determine insight, wisdom knows no time. Thank you Thich for speaking of that, it aids me greatly. I smile for you both, and I am continuing the work.

[@ConexionHumanaOficial]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you both of you GREAT TEACHERS. My honor and respect to you and to your wisdom. Evangelina Cortes.

[@ladyarini]

amazing talk. and Thic Nhat Hanh doesn't look like someone who was born in 1920's. He still looks very young. I think that is the result of practicing mindfulness. God bless him!

[@michaeljohn6693]

ladyarini it’s important to take care of your body mind and soul. Staying mindful is a great tool to overcoming difficult situations that need time to heal. Stress and fear is a extremely toxic state for the human body and is known to cause disease and illness. What I am starting to believe is that you can do everything possible to keep the body healthy. Eat nutrient dense foods, drink plenty of water and take time out the day to meditate and exercise. We all have a way we plan on leaving this plane of existence through death. Take Ram Dass as a example, he’s lived a very healthy, happy and mindful life and he had a stroke . You can’t beat your karma. What’s going to happen is part of our path and there’s no way around that. So remember to enjoy living life to the fullest everyday because this life is temporary . Balance is key and is the answer to a healthy happy and fulfilling life. Love and happiness to you all.🙏🏻💫🌎☝🏼💚

[@jeremyrobinson9660]

I think he was about 70 in this interview. Still looks younger than a 70 year old though.

[@EndlessMike]

Our works will far outlast our corporeal bodies. "These talks will end up on tapes and then on television sets" Ram Dass's work has outlived him and will continue to, just as Thich Nhat Hanh's work has far outreached his limited ability to teach in person and will outlast his limited human lifetime. This is True Reproduction.

[@nicfromearth]

what a beautiful insight. thanks

[@living11for11love]

He never left, nor Baba Ram Dass, mere continuations

[@buddhadhammasangha1]

The Blessed Buddha is the Lovin person who speaks to us from more than 2500 years ago as if He is here. That is the power of His Dhamma. Thank you for a wonderful conversation to both speakers. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.

[@Anderzander]

Interesting that TNH misunderstands where Ram Dass is going with his enquiry a number of times, but it doesn’t distract and just serves to show the patience and presence of the man.

[@solveiglarsen33]

What a blessing! The presence of two great masters...natural, sincere, insightful. Wonderful.

[@akash_rupa]

what a treasure this interview is

[@Amelie447]

Thay is pure love.

[@SgtMacska]

In this interview, Ram Dass has the beginner's mind, and it shines through. Technology has helped so much with awakening. This world would look different without book printing and podcasts and video streaming.

[@HarmonyHardlyLUVNMYNEIGHBORZ]

what exactly do u mean? could u explain a lil more plz!

[@colleendeane7888]

Despite technology, Thai's purity of thought comes through loudly and clearly

[@michaeljohn6693]

it’s important to take care of your body mind and soul. Staying mindful is a great tool to overcoming difficult situations that need time to heal. Stress and fear is a extremely toxic state for the human body and is known to cause disease and illness. What I am starting to believe is that you can do everything possible to keep the body healthy. Eat nutrient dense foods, drink plenty of water and take time out the day to meditate and exercise. We all have a way we plan on leaving this plane of existence through death. Take Ram Dass as a example, he’s lived a very healthy, happy and mindful life and he had a stroke . You can’t beat your karma. What’s going to happen is part of our path and there’s no way around that. So remember to enjoy living life to the fullest everyday because this life is temporary . Balance is key and is the answer to a healthy happy and fulfilling life. Love and happiness to you all.🙏🏻💫🌎☝🏼💚

[@kristihare4424]

❤thank you for offering this. Amazing 🎉

[@samuelgio1975]

Thay's deep wisdom is wonderful, thanks for planting seeds🌺🌻🌹🌹🌸🌼

[@maxwellcooper2]

This is so amazing.... So much Presence is here

[@MuseCatherine]

I agree.

[@anitadhawan9746]

Oh, Gratitude for this!🙏🏽

[@foofooblenda734]

this needs to teach our toddlers

[@karencontestabile6125]

We are grateful this Master is in the world!

[@AndrewHibberd]

he still lives can you do what he suggests live together in peace and harmony with your brothers and sisters and you r fathers and your mothers family together as one can you be included and be adapt adept and adopt the way ? can you get rooted in your true family ? following the practice centre

[@KimberlyLWright]

I agree with the statement about it being more difficult for some of us when your older and have a lot of baggage. I speak from experience ❣️

[@clutchconnor0]

RAM DASS IS SO WONDERFUL.

[@crystalfolse3208]

Thanks

[@compassion5151]

Unconditional love and compassion is the foundation of deep listening and loving speech. Technology is just a tool and can't have love and compassion.

[@kippapao]

yes!

[@miken7862]

Like you said. "Technology is a tool." Therefore it cant be used in the context. Thats like saying a hammer cant build a house. Of course it cant. But you could use a hammer to build a house.

[@leelyquan]

+Mike N building a house is not the same as helping someone who needs a listener. I think Thay's message was that technology can serve as a functional tool to transmit the message, but the person who is suffering really need someone else to listen.

[@LianeBAleeyaLadyBuddha]

Grateful for this it was magnificent xoxox

[@colleendeane7888]

Thay is so up to date with his opinions with years of old wisdom

[@christinahazzard8086]

Can come into a place of listening even after the speaker is gone. Blessed men, both! We were fortunate these videos were produced so we can watch them on our TV! Lucky US. Thank you for posting.

[@bangaliyogi]

Wonderful interview !

[@wyeth1023]

Thank you for posting this

[@baptm727]

So much love.

[@real_Gi]

Profound.

[@kippapao]

love

[@user-ei1hs9ji1h]

two souls speaking...

[@mrsh810]

not at all hard to listen to you THay- your words are always wonderful

[@hunterbeau1115]

LOVE LOVE LOVE

[@ceciliapink9853]

I do respect you, sir

[@UnknownEJP]

Beautiful. Thanks

[@ikigai1236]

Thank you so much for uploading. It is a pleasure and enlightening to see interview between 2 these great teachers. Wish there were more talks between these 2 great minds.

[@reinarobertson8476]

Thanks so much 🙏❤️

[@hunterbeau1115]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@tydas1982]

🙏🙏🙏

[@christinexanthopoulou73]

❤

[@wevegraysquaw7855]

this vid 2 parts..will.come back to it, beautiful mind space ....those concepts expressed, finite and cogent, in English by a Viet monk, to a western intellectual- WHAT A PROFOUND DISTINCTION REGARDING AGE AND POWER..to include the power of dharma to transform, in the prime of life....is the evidence of its power which is no other than our foolish minds

[@gretanavarauskaite2904]

❤️❤️❤️

[@BOOM-wk5ix]

Grreat

[@minhacontaize]

I love Thay. Why doesnt he ever laugh?

[@supremeplustv1892]

Basis of Budhism is reincarnation and law of karma . The necessity of Budhism is impermanence sufferings and concept of no soul . Budhism guides us to stay in human world and in heavens until final stage is attained 🙏🙏🙏

[@davidvasiljevic4788]

Wow wow wow

[@fattidiliberta]

🙏🙆

[@karen-michelerussell-hagle4988]

Ji Baba :-)

[@gerardtalbot6244]

An observation from the soul and the language of the soul, make, should, shouldn't or have to words for me I don't digest these words well they turn into heart burn, indigestion and cause me to be uneasy.

[@jayjayjay391]

🌻☀️🧘🧡

[@AndrewHibberd]

can you be the sunshine that understands the flower and how cow pooh can smell so good?

[@acehilm.]

So good! What year was this?

[@roz2365]

11:00

[@hansweitbrecht1957]

in a way, here Gautamo speaks differently-- Gautamo insists, that no-one can overcome anyone else's suffering, -- everyone has to take on his / her own suffering and overcome it. so it's not necessary to live in a group etc. even though the right environment can be helpful. Starting from that, it's not a matter of age to start changing live. It is more so a realisation, that something needs to be done and that there is a path, which everyone can go. Meditations are there many, some lead to the establishment of the four pillars of mindfulness, the pebble meditation here advocated does not. progress on the path depends on various things-- age does not really come into it, --

[@rajwarnakulasuriya5935]

HANS You have to understand that Thich Nhat Hang Thero is helping the community to realise the meaning of Joy /happiness, inner peace to find within you, and the meditative practices is to help for beginners to be able to concentrate and to change their habits. So that they can transform negative energy - learn to be happy instead of being angry ( changing the thought stream so that the unwholesome mental factors will not react /get disturbed for unsatisfactory condition) He is not trying to overcome anyone else’s suffering, he is merely training their mind to overcome the momentary suffering and that is exactly what Buddha taught through meditation. We all know someone else can't change another person’s Karma. Higher levels of meditation practise you are referring to he is not discussing here, however he did mention about experiencing the disappearance and appearance of the tree which was in front of him while meditating his breathing practise ( does that mean he is now a ‘ sothapanna’ ?)

[@wevegraysquaw7855]

dude you're overthinking

[@hansweitbrecht1957]

@@wevegraysquaw7855 Naa, -- just passing on what Gotamo was teaching in the middle length discourses. -- 😃

[@hansweitbrecht1957]

@@rajwarnakulasuriya5935 Gotamo sais: this is the straight path that leads to the overcoming of all suffering. this is the path I found and teach. Other paths lead to other destinations. Its the path we take, which determines the destination. Gotamo was very clear, that any change of direction affects the outcome. I am taking this from the Middle length discourses (152). As you say, thith Nah Han shows the path in a different direction, which cannot be expected to lead to the same destiny. Gotamo shows, that his path leads straight to a destiny which is permanent and all other paths lead to destinies which are impermanent, and which will bring more suffering in their wake.

[@daniborsazen]

they can listen... if they link themselves at the moment and the place, of transmission

[@jorgevasconcelosmadetomove]

What does Thich Nhat Hanh thinks about LSD ??? !

[@clutchconnor0]

The real question 😂

[@alainmaitre2069]

Wrong to be Buddhist , wrong to be Chrstian , wrong to be Russian , wrong to be English , wrong to be capitalist , wrong to be communist , etcetera , wrong to be separatist . Yes non-separatism . www.jiddukrishnamurti.net . Jiddu , REAL worldteacher . Yes mindfulness training .

[@cIeetz]

if it wasnt for Christianity the world would still be archaic and wrought with sin and chaos. Respect this great religion for what it is, a world shaping bringer of balance and God energy

[@paulvonweymarn5037]

Hi Does anyone know when this interview is made with Thai ? Paul from Finland

[@MadlenDuval]

+Paul von weymarn in 1995, Thay was 69 here

[@hoanguyenfutu]

are you practicing mindfulness in Finland still?

[@VideographerExperience]

[ 23:19 ] Baba Ram Dass *predicts* the KZbin Experience [forget not to watch the rest 0:03]

[@oatboatly7875]

Buddha VS Ego

[@terapinmd3558]

Technology can be used to inject consciousness into the sleeper, or it can inject poison.

[@alainmaitre2069]

REAL baba's are non-separatists , and they preach it in public , no fear to preach it . (No Buddhism , no Christianism , etcetera ...)

[@cIeetz]

not true. Many enlightened Babas realize the purity of Christ conscious and Buddhist Teachings, they see beauty in everything. Real God realizes real God teachings. Christianity isnt perfect but its quite pure and high vibrational

[@Norway-House]

I don’t agree with young age monk will do better than the old ones! Pain and sorrow will create a crack that let the light to come in. It’s different and more meaningful enlightening experience.

[@WmsYTpage]

Exactly. The contradictions in his words are astounding. First he talks all “supportive, compassionate family”, only to follow it up with “i’d rather recruit young followers, so they’re easier to train“. Rather than compassionately inviting all to his community (and many who may need it most), he defends a self-serving, ageist preference to hedge his own chances of “success” with younger, more malleable disciples. I’d previously respected and held this man in high regard. But frankly, this seems more like a cult recruitment video.

[@jimmyherring7163]

Its like when yoda told luke hes to old to train..

[@777waz]

I believe the point may have been missed here. From what I understood Thay is saying that wisdom depends not on age. Essentially it is timeless and can be seen by anyone. I like to think of it as similar to playing an instrument. Will someone with 30 years experience of playing the piano be better than someone with 5? Maybe. But it’s no guarantee. We hear of child prodigies all the time. It depends on the individual, their understanding, their commitment, dedication and their skill. Age may help, but also it might not and if someone has trained themselves in a not so skilful way then their age/habits may in fact be an obstacle. But I do agree that older people may have had the chance to experience more of the world and come into contact with their own and others suffering. In turn this can be fuel to transform the heart and deepen one’s understanding and compassion. As always - there are no absolutes 🙏🏼

[@o.j5526]

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