Thich Nhat Hanh - Cultivating Peace, Joy, and Happiness

Nice dharma talk - perfect for the holiday, especially if you have family members who generate feelings other than peace.

Cultivating Peace, Joy, and Happiness

November 25th, 2009 . Posted in Plum Village

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November 19, 2009 dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh from New Hamlet in Plum Village.

In this talk Thay demonstrates the importance of gathas, short verses for practice, in the cultivating of peace, joy, and happiness.

Water flows from high in the mountains.
Water runs deep in the Earth
Miraculously, water comes to us, and sustains all life.

During the second part of the talk, we hear about the first few exercises from the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing.

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