This is the second Dharma talk offered by Thay in the Body and Mind Are One Retreat, given at the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, on Sund...
This is the second Dharma talk offered by Thay in the Body and Mind Are One Retreat, given at the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, on Sunday, August 21st, 2011. Thay speaks about touching the Kingdom of God, the Pure Land of the Buddha, right in the present moment. "I have arrived, I am home: this is the shortest Dharma talk." Thay advises us, when we share, to not only share about our suffering but also to share our joy and our happiness. "We need not only people with suffering to come on a retreat, we also need people with lots of joy, so they can help those who are suffering." Thay continues with the Sutra on Mindfulness of Breathing, with a recap of yesterday's teaching and continuing on with the 7th and 8th steps: becoming aware of a painful feeling or emotion and embracing it. The following steps are: 9) aware of mental formations, 10) gladdening the mind, 11) concentrating the mind, 12) liberating the mind. Thay shares about the practice of right diligence: not touching the negative seeds, making sure any negative formations go back down to store consciousness, watering the good seeds, and keeping the good mental formations manifesting as long as possible.
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