Active Response to Suffering | Brs. Phap Huu, Phap Linh, Sr. Dedication

Is Plum Village “engaged” enough today? Is our daily practice of mindfulness an appropriate answer to the problems our world is facing? If we look deeply at current issues such as war, injustice, or the climate crisis, we can understand their connection with our ways of thinking, speaking and acting.

Recorded on 2022 10 02 during our Rains Retreat

Panel:
00:00:00 Br. Pháp Hữu
Buddhism is a living tradition that needs to be applied in our daily life.
Thầy’s journey in renewing Buddhism in the midst of war, chaos, and suffering.
Going as a river in the Sangha.
00:18:16 Br. Pháp Linh
Can we recognize that what we are doing now (taking care of our emotions and - generating mindfulness) is an active response to the suffering that is going on in the world today?
00:27:33 Sr. Hiến Nghiêm
The importance of deep listening and changing our way of life.
The energy of mindfulness gives us the freedom to liberate ourselves from the systems that we are caught in as species.
00:38:49 Br. Pháp Hữu
The importance of living simply.
The spirit of service.
00:55:45 Br. Pháp Linh
Practices that can help to deal with the divisions in the climate movement.
Running away from suffering stops us from living simply.
The importance of practices that help us to cut through our separate self and feel our connectedness.
01:08:54 Sr. Hiến Nghiêm
The possibility of genuine human connection across differences.
We have the responsibility to live our life deeply as a human being
01:14:53 Br. Pháp Linh
Turning grief, pain, and despair into a fuel for our aspiration.
01:19:53 Br. Pháp Hữu
Our day to day practice has an impact that we cannot see.
01:22:05
Short teaching from Thầy on Applied Buddhism (teaching given on June 21, 2009)

In this panel, Br. Pháp Hữu, Br. Pháp Linh, and Sr. Hiến Nghiêm share their insights on Applied and Engaged Buddhism, drawing on our teacher’s life as a peace activist and a community builder.

Our teacher believed that deep understanding can only come about when we practice together as a Sangha, generating a powerful energy of mindfulness and concentration, giving rise to great insight. The power to help with compassion and resilience can be found within each one of us.

Sources for further reading:
In the following books, Thay shows us how we can bring about the radical change that our world needs:
The World We Have
Love letters to the Earth
Zen and the art of saving the Planet

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