Breathe as a Free Person, Walk as a Free Person | Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2014.03.30
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- Freedom is possible with our mindful breathing and mindful walking.
Breathe in and focus your attention on your in-breath. Your in-breath becomes the only object of your mind, you are concentrated on your in-breath, you are mindful of your in-breath. You release the past, the future and your worries and you become a free person. If you want to keep that freedom, you can breathe out mindfully. Breathing out, you focus your concentration on your out-breath.
One breath can bring you home to ther here and the now. One step can also bring you home to the here and the now. From the parking lot to the office, you may like to walk in such a way that every step release the tension in your body. Every step bring you home to the here and the now so you can touch the wonders of life available in you and around you.
The seventh exercise of mindful breathing is to recognize the painful feeling in us. Breathing in, I am aware of the painful feeling in me. Breathing out, I smile to the painful feeling in me. The eighth exercise is to calm down the painful feeling. Mindfulness is like a mother holding the child of suffering. The first thing you do is to use the energy of mindfulness to recognize the painful feeling. The second thing is to use mindfulness to embrace the painful feeling tenderly.
Exercise five is to generate a feeling of joy. Exercise six is to generate happiness. A good practitioner can always generate a feeling of joy and happiness whenever he or she wants.
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I was waiting at a noisy, hot, smelly carwash over the weekend, feeling crummy about life in general and then I did the breathing meditation, just one breath, came into my body and suddenly the rusty steel awning over me was beautiful, the clanking of car engines and shouting from the guys was like music to my ears and an immense joy just flooded through me. True peace comes from within. Your happy place is your home and your home is your body and you take that thing everywhere you go (in this life, at least).
Absolutely wonderful testimony! I can give a similar situation after centering myself with breathing
Lately I've been focusing on the fact that each moment is a gift. How incredibly unlikely it is to experience anything at all. What a shame to squander my time not enjoying it.
Beautiful 💕
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That is so wonderful! May this deep joy continue for you..."no matter what"...💝
It is not my culture, nor my religion nor my ethnicity. Yet I felt home
You are 😊
"...You have an appointment with life in the present moment. If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life which is very serious..." DEEP!! I receive that golden nugget.!!!
I ❤you dear Theacher wherever you are. Thank you, thank you, thank you🙇♀️
When I was young I was full of fear and anxiety.When I was 38 I found Thays teachings and over the years this fear and despair did not vanish but it has evaporated to a great extent and now I live my life with my family with much greater peace and stability.Im now 69and am so much in debt to Thay.Many of my neighbours live fast paced lives earning lots of money but I can see the true life is the one Thay teaches.Also these talks have no dogma ...no ideologies or regimes..thank you Thay
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Thanks for sharing, I'm 25 and have come a long way from.where I was just a year ago, Thay has been a huge help. My dad had a major breakthrough in his 50s. It's never too late to heal
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I am 35 and feel I have hit the lowest point of my life. It is so encouraging to know that others have transformed their lives. I will continue to grow as a free person.
@@jerklecirque138 if that is so, one you are aware and two: there is only up from here. Don't lose hope!
I lost my life and identity to injuries, surgeries, chronic pain and anxiety. I must find another way of living and being. I feel comfort and hope in his voice and what he says.
yes I too can relate to this, surgeries, chronic pain, and limited movements , I too fell deep comfort and hope in his voice
Just came across your comment and for some reason felt such compassion for your obvious suffering . I am blessed to only have experience of a minor degree of suffering and I know how difficult that can be ,so my prayer for you is that you have found some ease my in your life and possibly many moments of joy also.
Hope you get better. Have you tried meditation
In my own way I have suffered too. I am sorry for your terrible experiences. May God bless you. You are so right! Thay's simple focused gentle words are very soothing. God bless Thay.
Me too.....it is your suffering that led you here so it’s a,ready showing you the way ❤️
I really appreciate even the first minute and a half of Thich Nhat Hanh setting up the microphones/equipment because he puts a microphone on like a free person. The presence, lightness, and humor with which he engages in his task shines like beacon of light in a world that is prone to distraction and agitation. It's such a simple thing yet so powerful. It's the sort of tedious task that we do daily and which are often a source of so much irritation and distraction, yet he is fully with himself and deeply connected throughout the course of that action. That calm, buoyant attention is an exemplification of this teaching. What a subtle, though profound demonstration of the kind of freedom he describes in his talk. Thank you, Thay, for pointing the way with your words and deeds.
Exactly
Beautiful observation
Yeah, what I really love about it is that it shows that he's not trying to be overly performative; it isn't a big show. Just a sweet old man sitting down to tell us some sweet wisdom :). Reminds me a lot of watching Mister Rogers as a kid
What a terrific comment.
I could say more words than the algorithms could handle, but I'll just say I'm a middle aged Westerner, currently on lsd and listening to this whole Video for the sake of every one else besides me.
If you took the time to read this I love you, and yes I also love the ones that didn't 🕉️
Your words touched me. If not yet done you should Listen to the video another time and than only for you. you can only give what you have. If there is no love in you for yourself how may it be possible to offer love?💚
I am so thankful we live in a time when Thay's teachings are available even if we can't go to Plum Village and even though he is now ill. We are so lucky.
He's the most wholesome buddhist teacher I ever met. I love this guy. He's truly inspiring to learn from. He is the embodiment of what he teaches. such a beautiful human being.
To be able to generate compassion for others, “the first thing for you is to go home to yourself. The way out is in.” Just love the wisdom in Thay’s talks!❤️
Who is Thay?
Thay is a Vietnamese term, means male teacher, referred to Thich Nhat Hanh.
@@DungPham-vq2te Ah thank you 😊
Thank you to all beings.❤
It's interesting to think we fought a war in his country, against his people and now he is a huge influencer in this country via his broadcasts of his speeches. Though his voice is gentle and soft, speaking healing words, I do hear the strength and perseverance that allowed them to fight for so long against multiple generations of different invaders, and made them formidable foes. So in that gentleness is strength.
So often, it feels likeThay is speaking to me (and I guess others of u feel the same)!. His slow delivery gives me time to absorb the meaning of his words.
Yes and a lot of the time he says exactly what I need to hear for what I am going through at that moment in life
@@PB78341 yes, I totally agree. Listening to him now.
Who is Thay?
@Rusell Jones - "Thầy" means "teacher" in Vietnamese referencing Master Thich Nhat Hanh!
It’s like I can feel his calmness through his voice.
His voice is so incredibly soothing. When I read his words I can hear the soothing tone of it even after only hearing it once.
So profound - 'You walk in such a way that each step makes you a free person' ❤❤❤
I'm am inspired and moved by the words of Thich Nhat Hanh...his wisdom lives on th-cam.com/users/shorts5FB5CABweRU?si=WJKvFMZVkPrZLKqZ
finding peace and freedom while walking :) our on-going practice!
Thank you Thay.❤
I love this man. Thank you for being you, Mr Thich.
Since I practise this kind of breething I make every day the same experience: healing is possible. Also old wounds can heal. I am so happy, that Thay was sharing his wisdom with us, in his very special very heartful way.
I am so happy to find this Village. First time I so many years I am finally feel like human, not a Ghost ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yelena there is nothing bad with ghost because they serves a purpose, they just shows other forms of life, it's up to us to decide what do we choose now, in this marvelous instant! Love on you way always!
I know that feeling. Although you aren’t a ghost and remember people do unconditionally like you, it is just about finding the right people even if it is a small amount.
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He makes me cry, such a beautiful being , feel honoured to learn about him , touched my life already . That Bell❤💯
Agree fully 🛐🕊💖
May his dharma stay with us
Breathing has taught me to recognize that even as a very young child I focused on the suffering of life not the joyful beauty that we are able to walk through. I am 65 and seeing the sky, the flowers, the children smiling for the first time.
I am able to live in joy every minute.
What an amazing gift.
Buddhism is a teaching which shows us how to live a happy, fulfilling, and content life.
We truly benefit from the Buddha's teachings when it is practiced in everyday life.
The Ten Wholesome Ways
1. NO KILLING
2. No stealing
3. No sexual misconduct
4. No lying
5. No abusive speech
6. No slander
7. No enticing speech
8. No greed
9. No anger and
10. No ignorance/delusion/attachment
Constantly chant : Amitabha Buddha, Repentance and Dedication of Merit.
I love when you said; Listen to your own suffering inside. Go home to yourself. GREAT! Thank you Venerable Maestro. Evangelina Cortes.
This is the single most beautiful and supportive spiritual talk I've ever heard. I am so grateful to have lived at a time when he was alive. I've been practicing yoga for 30 years and this kind of yoga body work and Buddhist psychology for about 17 but it's never been transmitted as clearly and profoundly as in this talk by this incredible human being who has obviously known and transformed profound suffering. Love forever.
thank you Thay for your teachings, to guide us away from our suffering with deeper understanding.... following the movement of the breath offers us much freedom...
Luv how the temple looks like home depot. So simple yet natural
Kindness and humility, love and simplicity.
So wonderful to listen to your amazing stories of deep listening and transformation…🙏🦋🙏
“Listen to the bell” He taught me what many before him could not. 🙏 Thank you.
Wow. Finding plum Village talks have changed my life. Thank you
Keep your posture perfectly straight like a warrior. Reminder to own self.
I am watching this 2weeks after his death. I have, for many years now wished I had met him, became a student of his. Still, I suspect I would have been to restless, bored, far too immature, all sorts of reasons. And now, discontent continues. The moments and the years were there, maybe now, its time.
I am watching so many dharma talks from Thay over and over again 😍🙏🏻🧡🤎 and it’s always fresh and helpful reminding...
Dear Thai, you are a manifestation of God.
This was beautifully surreal (or hyper-real) in a way. To see such a beautiful human being...
Deer beloved Thay, Thank you very much for being so generous in every talk you share, you give us in full of hands. For me you are the best teacher around the world, because you live your teachings, you teach with your practice every moment, in every place where you are. I love you. Evangelina Cortes.
2 seconds in and im already smiling. putting on those microphones that face he makes. ❤
Wonderful insight! So true. ☺️
Thay has touched the hearts of so many with his integrity, courage, wisdom, resilience. He has walked the talk for so many years.
I feel deep gratitude for having been in his presence, and even once with my dear Mother.
This topic is v.important now 2020 to breathe and walk as a free person with full mindfullness. Thank you and so calm to listen the speech..
i practice meditation by walking on the beach,mindful breathing per Thay .
thank you my beloved teacher.
Yes i had lots of pain . As i was under a lot stress . My muscles were screaming with pain. I had to apologies to my mind and body to forgive me for putting them through such hardships . I asked my mind to help through a difficult time and thanked it for getting me through .I go
Mindfulness is like a mother holding the pain like a baby. So beautifullY explained!... you validate so much about recognizing the cause of one's emotions Thich!
Thank you, dear Thay!
Thank you, Plum Village!
I know you are there, and I am so happy!
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I pray I will get the opportunity to speak with my estranged beloved soon.
I pray you do too, as I pray for the same for my estranged daughter. God Bless you. 💞🙏💞
Freedom is in breath. That simple truth seems to elude many nowadays.
It’s amazing, something so simple yet with such positive effects on the mind body and spirit.
It’s hard to believe the things that we as a technologically advanced civilisation have forgotten, we forget to actually live and experience being fully alive.
I am only just reconnecting properly with myself after losing myself to my addictions and society in general, I’m hoping more and more people reconnect to this extraordinarily beautiful world we all share, we are all natives to this planet and we are all connected.
Thankyou so much for your calm nature, your beauty, your time and for sharing.
So thankful to Thay.
Thankyou Thay & Plum Village
Rest In Peace Thich Nhat Hanh 🙏
Thank you ❤
Simply Divine...Gratitude...Gratitude 🙏🙏
What an inspiring teaching, it really touched me, thank you so much!!!
Thank you Thay dearly from my heart x
Thanks this really fed my soul.
Blessings from above
I'm just so very grateful for these teachings. Thank you very much
I am so moved by dear Thay’s very loving, compassionate, tender teachings! Thank you so very much! Your lectures generate so much calmness. I wish I have known about you long time ago. 🙏♥️
Very esteemed Thay has walked his talk for so many years. Tonight I was feeling very anxious. My precious Mom is 101 and far away in a Care Center. She can barely her or see. I remembered taking her to be with Thay years ago. She couldn't hear much but she loved how everything stopped when the bells were struck. And how people stopped eating and talking when you came to sit at their table. And acknowledged our presence as we sat with them. It was very "foreign" to her, but she really loved it and Thay. And getting up very early in the cold Estes Park morning and walking together in the dark to see the sunrise together. And the children in front holding his hands.
Thank you Thay. "Today is Today's Day."❤
I wish I had kown him many decades ago... You're a great genuine master ! You and the Dalai Lama sometimes moves me to tears just to see your the biggest miracles I've ever witnessed.! I'm eternally thankful for your wise teachings ( Budda's Dharma ) I postrate in front of you with my deepest admiration.
Om mani paedme hum. May all beings be free from suffering, safe and happy.
Amen.
Maybe the best news ever. Thank you! 🕊
"The way out is in."
Thanks
Health and prosperity for all of you.🙏🙏
When I watch Thay, I imagine the Buddha.
so you hear only the eternal bliss of silence -
just found him, after osho and krishnamurti
When I listen to Thay, I feel myself in peace and harmony!
He is a Buddha as we all are We just do not know it yet
@@lisamac8503 beautifully put. Thank you.
I had lovely pockets of calm throughout the day. Where my mind was still and calm . Absolutely nothing going on .
Stop thinking start living
Dear Thay, Thankyou for your Wisdom. It is not too late for all of us to just start learning from you and your Sanga full of fortunate folks who have benefited from your wisdom already!
I am now getting each day so much joy in seeing all their beautiful smiles from the bottom of their hearts and minds!!! Thank you for All as my teachers!! Meng Looi Mok 🙏🌹💕
Remember our bodies. Our body is a community. Bringing our minds back to our bodies, through mindful breathing, allows for us to feel alive and enjoy freedom. Breathing and breathing out mindfully, we can arrive in the here and the now. The past is gone and the future is not here, our life occurs in the present moment. This practice brings our mind and body together to the here and now
It is amazing to me over and over again how much of the eastern doctrine is also in the Bible. One just has to have the veil lifted to see it and innerstand it. I pray everyone watching this video experiences the lifting of the veil sooner rather than later. God is in everything, and we are all loved beyond measure. I also pray that this man, Thay, and all who listen to this video or follow him, receive the full truth of God almighty, that He incarnated into this matrix called Earth to save us from our sins so we can receive Eternal life. Jesus is the only door back to The Father. ABBA has shown me this in unmistakable ways.
THANK YOU ABBA, JESUS CHRIST, AND HOLY SPIRIT !!!!!! 💥💥💓➕💓💥💥
great practise. we canm enjoy the beatuy of freedom and maybe cultivayte it more. freedo,m of fear and wrong perceptiomns. hate, jealousy and other sufferings we may have due to lack of freedom
I love him so much. I’m so grateful.
"The energy of compassion"
What a deliberating opening Speech, with straight practice exercises 🐳☀️🙏🏼
The examples of mindful speech move me a lot. I am so happy with this practical tool...Thanxs tremendously 🙏🏼🐳
i'm so grateful for Thay's spiritual inspiration and guidance every day, your wisdom is so precious ❤🙏 LET'S SET THE WORLD FREE IN A DECENT MANNER!
daily practice with you sets me free ♡ despite evils
Love and service… path to freedom from the bondage of self💕💕🦋🙏🏻✌🏾
It's so beautiful to see the jou on his face and the love in his voice when he speaks about "the lady" or "the couple". He truly comes from love and peace. God bless you for being so kind and caring and for sharing these experiences with us. Love and Light 🙏
Your voice tone always brings peace and love for me ... sometimes tears in eyes..not sure why but I always call you master of love
I feel so grateful to hear these messages
Thank you so much for this opportunity to listen to these teachings. I really love to listen and learn to be more conscious about my Life. Thank you Thay, May you be blessed!
Thank you for the simplicity of this beautiful teaching. Understanding is the key to freedom. May we all be free. Peace joy and wellbeing for all.
Gracias Thay
thank you so much!
Thank you so much dear respected That, for teaching me the secret of reconciliation, of peace. It makes me cry, with liberation 🙏🏼🍀🐳
Gratitude. Please visit Mumbai. Would love to see you in person.
A Beatiful Gift from Beautiful Sage🪷🌬🕊
did anyone else notice the red flower blossoming throughout the video?! love to all. ❤️
Oh yes !
How beautiful indeed .
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I’m so zen... fast forwards video to get to the talk lol. ✌🏻🕉
50.00 this is a skill and an act of compassion that if many couples these days can practice, I am sure that alot of their problems will be resolved and will love one another much more. Thank you Teacher.
Amazing life lesson. Thank you Thay.
Pure wisdom through the enlightened Heart of this wonderful teacher ❤
This is the best advice I have heard all day. Wish I would have taken that advice once when being ordered by my government to take weeks of kick boxing lessons included 5 days a week too after someone accused me of not having enough life skills of my own.
Thich Nhat Hanh quote highlights from this video: “When you breathe in mindfully, you bring your mind home to your body.”
“In our daily lives, very often our body is there, but our mind is elsewhere.”
“It takes only 2-3 seconds for the mind to go home to the body. And when mind and body are together, you are there, you are truly there, in the here and the now.”
“You are mindful of your in-breath, and you release everything else. You release the past, the future, your projects, your worries, and you become a free person. And therefore freedom is possible with one in-breath.”
“With the practice of mindful breathing, you can cultivate freedom, and you can preserve that freedom as long as you wish.”
“You breathe as a free person, and you walk as a free person.”
“Your destination is not the office, the workplace. Your destination is in the here and now.”
“There is only one moment when you can be truly alive. That is the present moment. You have an appointment with life in the present moment, and if you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life-which is very serious.”
“The basic practice is to always go home to the here and the now.”
“Breathing in, I’m aware of the painful feeling within me. Breathing out, I smile and embrace the painful feeling within me.”
“The first thing you do is to use the energy of mindfulness to recognize the pain. And the second thing you do is to embrace the pain tenderly.”
“When you practice mindful breathing, and you breathe in, and you bring your mind home to your body, you become fully present in the here and the now. You realize what we call the oneness of body and mind. Mind and body are together. And when your mind is with your body, you are established in the here and the now. And when you are established in the here and the now, you are in a position to recognize the many wonders of life, the many conditions of happiness that you already have.”
“Why do we have to wait in order to be happy? In the here and the now, there are so many conditions of happiness that are already available.”
“If you really focus your attention on your in-breath and your out-breath, you release everything else, and you become a free person.”
“To breathe and to be aware that you are alive can already bring you a lot of happiness.”
“As I breathe in, I know I am alive. To be alive is a miracle; it is the greatest of all miracles. And, that insight alone can bring happiness.”
“With the energy of mindfulness and concentration, you can look deeply into the nature of your suffering.”
“Looking deeply and listening deeply is the act of meditation.”
“If you continue to look, to listen, to your pain, your suffering, you come to understand it. And, understanding will always bring compassion.”
“When you suffer, you make people suffer, even the people you love. Therefore, you should try to understand your own suffering in order to suffer less.”
“When you look at another person deeply, and if you recognize the suffering in them, then you see that this person is the victim of their own suffering. And suddenly, understanding arises in you, and you are not angry at them anymore … When you understand the suffering of someone, you don't want to punish them anymore. You want to help.”
“Compassion makes it possible for you to stop suffering.”
“Understanding brings compassion. And when compassion is there, you don't suffer anymore. No anger; only the intention to help.”
“Compassion can heal us. And that is why all of us should learn how to generate the energy of compassion.”
“‘Understanding’ here means understanding suffering-your own suffering first. Because when you have understood your own suffering, you suffer less. And when you have understood your suffering, it's much easier to understand the suffering of the other person.”
“The practice of deep, compassionate listening and loving speech can always restore communication and bring about reconciliation.”
“Once you have been able to reconcile with yourself, you can reconcile very easily with the other person and end the difficulties in your relationship.”
“You need only some time to look deeply to see the suffering in him or in her, to see that he has been the victim of his own suffering for a long time, and he does not need punishment. He needs help. If you have that kind of insight and compassion, you are surely capable to use loving speech.”
“You believe that the other side is the cause of your suffering. But when you suffer, you listen like that, you suddenly realize that they are human beings who have suffered exactly like on your side. And for the first time, you see them as living beings full of suffering.”
“When you look with the eyes of compassion, you don't suffer anymore.”
“To restore communication, and to reconcile, is something possible with the practice of mindfulness and concentration.”
“If you know how to practice compassionate listening and loving speech, you'll be able to restore communication and to reconcile.”
“If you have difficulties in your relationships, don't despair. There is a way out. You have to go back to yourself first.”
“The way is to begin with yourself. Listen to your own suffering, go home to yourself. Don't try to help the other person, try to help yourself first.”
“Understanding suffering will bring compassion. And compassion is going to heal you and make you suffer less. And then you can help the other person.”
“The first thing is for you to go home to yourself. The way out is in.”
Listening to this man is so comforting. Thank you Thuy! Blessings always.
I love Thay, Buddhism and all the teachins, Medellin, Colombia
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Peace, love, connection for the here and the now...
A Colombian in the Redland.
I have so much love and gratitude to your being! so glad have found and i am open to this love. thank you
The art of suffering retreat first talk absolutely life-changing thank you Thick Nhat Hanh
can you post the link? thank you
9 years later, I wish Israelis and Palestinians would have resolved issues this way.
Thank you for your service that is so precious. You awaken within me what it means to be human.
yes me too, me too. a sense of intimacy and safety in my humaneness. so much need this
Thank you Venerable Thay, I love and appreciate the total of your teachings. I have been practicing don't lost my appointment with life and is great how wonderful I feel because of the result of this extraordinary practice. Evangelina Cortes.
I tend to judge teachers by presence. I sat in a meditation group whose leader studied under Thich Naht Hanh and the energy of the group was one of the best I have ever joined. It warm and grounded and just amazing. What agift this man and his practice are.
His Mindful breathing exercises are shared to many of those whom I meet in counselling sessions. Each step we take is a step towards that final destination which exists among all our souls.
Thank you so much Dear Thay. You're a great soul. Your compassion and generosity are amazing. Evangelina Cortes.
His voice and explanations make deep effect on me...
I love this man
I am grateful for the teaching , tears flowing from my eyes it really help me i am feeling calm and relaxed thank you 🙏😊
Now I know “The way out is in” .
I am suffering, my dear father passed away in June. I stay home all day and night listening to dear Thay ‘s and other Buddhist teachings .