Discourse on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone | Br Pháp Linh (br. Spirit)
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2018
- recorded on 2018 11 22
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Brother Pháp Linh is so cool I could listen to him for hours. 😊
Deep respect and gratitude Br Pháp Linh. Your talk went straight to my heart. 🙏
thank you, Brother. Your teaching is really deep and profound. You are also very funny but in a very calm and peaceful manner. I see Buddha and Thay are in you.
This was a very powerful talk that has influenced the way I will deal with my suffering and my loneliness. The chant at the end Was quite beautiful as it sounded and reminded me of Scottish highland music.
Merci cher frère pour tant de générosité et d’intelligence. Gratitude
What a talk! So rich! So clear.Straight to my heart and deep understanding. Thank you brother phap Linh.
Thank you for a deep talk, very clear even though very subtle, a depth to check in with over and over again. It feels like homely language but points to an amazing fresh path
Merci de tout coeur frère Phap Linh🙏
So wonderful thank you Dearest Brother. Thay is in you. A big mindful hug Jeanie True Virtue and Gratitude
Incredible! Lovely compassionate deep look at suffering! Loved the chanting too!
Your talk touched my heart with love and trusted it. Your chanting opened up my soul to trust more and made suffering less important.
What a nice talk … learning and enjoying at the same time Many Thanks!!!❤️
Peaceful and happiness to all beings🙏🙏🙏thank you brother Linh for such a compassionate talk.Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.
I remember how this talk and chanting open my heart that day
Thank you thầy Pháp Linh! Your presentation is very deep and wisdom! I’m feeling grateful that I’ve discovered this plum village channel and I will continue to learn and practice to work within myself knowing my feelings and trying to live in the present moment.
Thank you so much Br, Phap Linh. You gave so much with this beautiful chant.
I love your critical mind dear br Phap Linh… and your non attachment to view in the way you talk and you pause and your body moves
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With all the limitation in language, plus all that is lost in translation...I will THANK YOU Brother Phap Linh 🙏 your talk/meditation and chant made a huge positive impression on me.
Recieve my respect and gratitude 🙏❤
Lovely talk. So calm yet honest.. Thank you brother. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you dear Brother for your heartfelt and moving talk. Il listened to it twice in a row. And certainly shall find time to listen to it again.
Thank you also for your beautiful chanting.
The melody reminds me of the traditional Irish song “She moved through the fair”.
Beautiful, inspiring chant, tender voice, Thank you so much Br, Phap Linh. Evangelina Cortes.
I love him really.. I was wondering who could somehow tranport the tenderness as Thay was represent whith each cell of his being... Br.Pháp Linh... his voice and presence is so soothing. Do anyone knows how this instrument is called (sounds like a harmonium but it is much smaller ... simpler ... Thank you so much Br Pháp Linh❤
What a great talk, delving into psychology and neuroscience. I studied psychology for several years and now put more trust in Buddhism and mindfulness then any school of psychology or brain science. It's ironic how many scientists extol a scientific method and then worship "God" or gods and godesses and even reject evolution. Now scientists tell us being mindful (are we not to look both ways before crossing a street?) may interfere with letting the mind be free. There was a psychologist who studied human conversations by eavesdropping. He found that 70% of human dialogue is gossip. Free mind, free tongue? Right Mind, Right Speech? How many diets and therapies have there been in the past 20 years? Hundreds, if not thousands. I played music for a church which preached the Genesis Diet, so church-goers could live to be 300 years old, like in the Old Testament. The heads of psychology departments at some universities can dictate the content and school of psychology that the staff and students must adhere to. It's not all about science, it can become like a cult. But honestly, some Buddhist monasteries can also be cult-like; perhaps that's where mindfulness can be of help..
Thankyou Br so much for explaining 'Spiritual Bypassing ' which I will be mindful of from now on!!! Very grateful to you , the Sanga n Thay of Plum Village 😂😇
J'ai eu le grand plaisir d'assister à cet enseignement du Br Pháp Linh , et k le plaisir encore plus grand de le retrouver en ligne, car j'ai eu beau prendre des notes il est tellement riche que j'avais raté beaucoup de choses ! Un grand merci, pour le contenu, la façon de partager, et cet anglais limpide :-)
I meditated while listening to the chant multiple times and I felt so at peace that some tears came down. Absolutely lovely. Thank you so much, Brother, and Plum Village.
Your chant is so profound ...i feel it seem like a warm refuge for my own pain
Many thanks br. Pháp Linh for such a clear explanation of 'time travelling'. I have always instinctively felt this to be true but never heard it explained this way before. And thank you for the beautiful chant. 🙏
Wow. How I adore this one. Even on my 5th time listening. An ever illuminating jewel of the cosmos. Thank you Br. Phap Linh
What about the 6th.
God bless you 🙏hope to hear more of your speeches they are golden
Thank you so much. Couldn't be more relevant at the moment in these frightening times. Such a moving chant at the end, too, thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you so much Br, Phap Linh. Great Dharma Talk and wonderful final. You're generous person. Evangelina Cortes.
you are a good teacher an helping me stay on track looking at all Ive been through an how far I have really come. thank uou brother, I am from america.
Thank you brother, I dearly needed this right now.
Dear brother, Phap Linh, thank you for a wonderful, insightful talk, which has helped me enormously. I loved your chant at the end too. Haunting and heartfelt. A lotus for you, dear brother. Madeline
Sei una persona meravigliosa, ascoltare è stata una benedizione. Ti porto nel cuore. Grazie.
Thank you very much i always felt guilt arising within me the moment i thought about past or future, i thought i was trapped again , not able to' forget' my past or present, by this presentation i clearly see that it doesn't have to be an issue if i am not attached or carried away by these memories or projections i have about past or future, such a compassionate revelation of the Buddha. It helps me to be more compassionate with myself. Please, continue with sutras and dhamma talks discourses. thank you for sharing with all of us.
Amen 💯❤️👌🏼
Thank you very much, dear Br. Pháp Linh
Pháp Linh thank you for this mindful talk and for testifying to the necessity of the Sangha. I think the teachings require some discernment. Reverence is fine. Circumspection is also fine. You recognised the main barrier: notions. Not to be swept away by the notion of the past, future or present was the Buddha's teaching in this sutra. Therefore by extension, not to be swept away by the notions in the teachings. We try to look beyond those whispered words and accept them as signposts. Then maybe we will see without seeing. It is possible to be alone in this emptiness when all notions of this kind have been checked and put to rest. Perhaps then the Sangha can become as one. A truly great teaching.
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The mysteries of life in the present moment 🙏
Dear Br Phap Linh, Thank you so very very much for touching the suffering in me and for offering us the clear path to healing. Listening to your words and chanting was most beneficial and watered the seeds of joy and hope, happiness and peace for me.
Thank you Thầy Pháp Linh 🙏🌹❤. I am happy to have an opportunity to listen to your insight dharma teaching. Love your smile! 🙏
This is a brilliant teacher. The musical transmission is perfect for me. Is there a compilation of these songs?
Dear brother, Phap Linh, thank you for this mindful talk I like it very much.
Bhaddekaratta Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 131
I am so happy right now.
Thank you 🙏🏻 many good seeds watered.
Gracias por la enseñanza y gracias por la traducción 🙏
Still as great as ever. Thanks for this!
There are so many gems right HERE. Just pick ONE up and put it in ONEs pocket 💎 💎 💎
But make sure that we share it with friends 🙏
Dearest Brother Spirit, I listen to this one over and over.
Thank you for this talk . Most of your talks are science based and being a medico myself they totally fall in line with my understanding . I am inquisitive to know whether u have have a medical education or it’s jus your interest in the subject
Your voice itself soothes the suffering
Thank you, Brother Phap Linh :)
you are a very good monkteacher!!
After I listened and read the better way to live alone sutta, I got very confused, too haha. I needed it this discourse, so thank you very much.
I've just found you! So beautiful 😍 💖 thank you 😊 ❤
Why dwell with pain? I say no to that. If it doesn't feel good, I don't want anything to do with it. Suffering is not the move. Remove all pain and all people who provoke malicious pain. Choose a better feeling thought.
Pain is our biggest teacher and is the twin to pleasure. We cannot enter the doorway to happiness without first opening the door of pain. Pain is unavoidable. But pain doesn't have to eliminate happiness completely. How could one ever experience joy without experiencing pain first, since they are the opposite, they depend on one another to take care of each other.
The trick is knowing the better way to transform pain and to not allow it to continue when unnecessary.
Running away from pain will only prolong the feedback and reciprocation of that pain.
But embracing the pain will allow us to calm it and weaken it and slowly we can learn to avoid painful feelings and situations if we cultivate compassion through mindful awareness
I hope this helps dear friend
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I too suffer with much pain 💔
Great talk thanks!
Great stuff. Thanks 🙏
🎶🍭thank you Br PLinh & Sangha
Beautiful
I love this. 💗
Thank you
This is such a great talk, I love the chant & have listened a few times. What’s the instrument called?Thankyou brother 💐🌟
Thanks 🙏
Dear Brother 🙏 Could I have a chance to have your chanting written down. It sounds beautiful! ❤
Dear friend, you can access the transcript by clicking on the 3 dots at the bottom of the video. Hope this helps. 🙏
Thanks for letting me know!
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Is his music recorded anywhere?
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Which commentary of Thay is the brother referring to when explaining the title of the Bhaddekaratta sutta? Is it a published book?
@slapjack worm-sneeze Thank you, I'll have a look.
I live in India. I have been following Thays talks and also have been trying to practise.Is there anyone from Plum Village whom I can reach out to when I slip or to pull me up to make my practise more effective. I al doing it all alone, listening to the talks. Please do let me know.
Thank you very much for your talk. I know this sounds like a silly question, but please tell me where your accent is from?
England.
@Alys Only to you, though, because he's English, from England and sounds 100% English. He studied at Cambridge then worked as a composer, a chef, and a math tutor in London before being ordained as a monk in Plum Village in February 2008.
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Is he saying to be skeptical about the teachings of the Buddha? That’s what he said. That maybe what was written a long time ago by the Buddha should not be taken literally. He’s confusing me.
Hello, I think the Buddha himself wanted us to approach his teachings with an open mind and a certain degree of skepticism. He recommended for his students not to believe things just because they are said by someone in a position of authority, or because they are written in holy scriptures, but rather to test by one’s own experience whether or not the teachings are helpful in reducing suffering - this is the one true test. You can find this teaching in the Kalama Sutra. It is also important to point out that the sutras as we know them were recorded in written form several hundred years after the Buddha’s lifetime, so whilst the monks who memorised and passed down the teachings seem to have done an excellent job, it’s not unreasonable to suppose that some mistakes were gradually introduced, over the years.For that reason too, we should approach the sutras with openness and curiosity, not blind faith. Of course, too much doubt is also unhelpful, but our faith should be based primarily on our own experience of applying the practice - on that basis we can take another step.
He says maybe some things have not been translated exactly. The first written form of Buddha's Dharma was in the time of King Asoka; * 304 BC in North India; † 232 BC - that is about 250 years after Buddhas live. Verbal texts can be transmitted differently than the Buddha said.
Is his name phap linh ? Vietnamese name ?
That’s the name he took when he became a monk but it is not his birth name. He is not Vietnamese but the name he took as a monk is. They all have to have Vietnamese names when they name part of Plum village which I think is strange. They should be allowed to use their birth name as far as I am concerned. He looks as Vietnamese as I do.
I think they have a choice to choose a nickname they want either in English or Vietnamese or it is given by Thay Thich Nhat Hanh....there is a sister in plum village her name is True dedication...That is English, I think whatever the name is as long as a it has a positive meaning.
I feel Vietnamese is influenced a lot from Chinese language, the word "Linh" has many meanings, for example: (灵活 flexible), (灵魂 soul/spirit), (羚羊 antelope), (零 zero). I think Thay Thich Nhat Hanh is also very fluent in Chinese, he names his students in Vietnamese surely for his own reasons.
According to Buddhist tradition , when a person ( lay Buddhist or bikkshu / bikkhsuni ) who take refuge in 3 Jewels via a ceremony , the monk who represents the renunciant sangha will read the precepts will give his/ her a Buddhist name . The Buddhist name has the good meaning , usually relating to the dharma , and consists a word that shows he/she share the same teacher ( like surname ) , so there are Pháp Linh , Pháp Bảo ..ect. . Because Thầy is a Vietnamese , so his disciples have the Vietnamese name.
@@upstatenewyork : he did not take his Buddhist name ( not a nickname ) , His teacher - zen master Thich nhat Hanh - gave it to him.
What s he talking about...
This ' talk has nothing do
With living alone.
He's completely out of
Touch with any reality....
In other words he's out of
His mind..
This talk his painful...
God help us all...
Not having to listen to this
Again....
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You miss the point
🙏 why do you feel the need to be the only person saying hurtful things in this whole comments section?
Thank you very much, dear Br. Pháp Linh
Thank you
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