Dear Brother Phap Huu, I am so grateful to you, for your podcasts, your music, your teachings, your leadership. We have never met in person, but I feel so comfortable knowing you are there.
Dear brother Phap Hu I am so thankful with your teaching. I am listening at night the music of your chorus mantra of Plum village. It gives me a real serenity. Thank you again from Colombia.
Dear Brother, thank you. I have been finding myself in despair after the recent election here in the USA, and your calm words, and listening to Dharma from Thay, are bringing me out and back into joy.
dhamma: the Pāli cognate of “dharma”. However, in this case, it invariably refers to the teachings of Gautama Buddha, rather than the eternal law (“sanātana dharma”, in Sanskrit). In this book, it is used in the former sense, that is, of “holy and righteous concepts and deeds”. Therefore, the term “Buddhist dhamma/dharma” is somewhat nonsensical, since dhamma/dharma is fundamentally non-sectarian. Despite being the most atheistic human being to have ever existed, I often PRAY that I am not in the process of consuming a meal whenever I hear a Buddhist monk or lay teacher referring to his or her lecture as being a “dhamma talk”. If you have carefully read the entirety of this Holy Scripture, “F.I.S.H”, and you have listened to many Buddhist sermons, you may have already guessed the reason for my fervent prayer. This is because the assertion that the overwhelming majority of Buddhist monks are teaching authentic dharma, is so excruciatingly cringe-worthy and laughable, I am genuinely fearful of choking on my food upon hearing such silly claims! First of all, the founder of Buddhism himself, Siddhārtha Gautama was hardly a paragon of virtue, having abandoned his family in order to become a mendicant monk, being an animal-abusing carnist, and encouraging females to become loose women (so-called “nuns”). In my half a century of life, I have only ever encountered one or two Buddhists who adhered to (actual) dharma, so in that sense, they were factually SUPERIOR to Gautama himself! For instance, the abbot of the largest Buddhist society in my homeland, Australia, believes that it is dharmic (legitimate) for men to insert their reproductive organs inside the faeces holes of other men, and of course, like his idol, Gautama, he is a murderer of poor, innocent, defenceless animals, and a filthy feminist. Furthermore, despite being an indigenous Englishman, and a graduate of one of the most prestigious universities on earth, University of Cambridge, he is entirely unable to coherently speak his native tongue! Should not a supposed “spiritual leader” be an exemplar in at least his own language? Of course, no human being (including so-called “Avatars”) who has ever lived was morally perfect, but those who claim to be spiritual masters ought to be beyond reproach in respect to their own ethical practices. In the aforementioned case, Gautama should have returned to his family as soon as he understood the immorality of his actions, just as I, when I began adhering to dharma, repaid two persons from whom I had stolen goods and cash. Furthermore, assuming that Gautama was really a carnist (and knowing the typical diet of Bhārata, it would be safe to assume that he was at LEAST a lacto-vegetarian, and therefore an animal-abusing criminal), he was certainly sufficiently intelligent to understand that it is unnatural for an adult human to suckle the teats of a cow or a goat, and that human beings are fully herbivorous. Otherwise, how could he possibly be considered a member of the priestly class of society (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) if he was not able to even comprehend some of the most basic facts of life? Make no mistake, carnism (see that entry in this Glossary) is a truly abominable, horrendous, wicked, hateful, evil, immoral, sinful, demonic ideology, as is feminism and unlawful divorce (in the case of Prince Gautama, the abandonment of his wife and son would be considered an act of divorce). When a so-called Zen Buddhist priest asks another MALE so-called Zen Buddhist priest (as occurred in a video interview I just watched on the Internet), "Do you and your husband have any kids?”, one can be fully assured that the lowest point in the history of humanity has been reached. The fact that both the aforementioned so-called priests are American men, is not coincidental, since the most decadent religionists seem to be of Western/first-world origin. I don't believe I have come across a single Western Buddhist monastic who is not at least slightly left-leaning (“leftism” being a common term in the English-speaking world for “adharmic”). If even 0.00001% of all Buddhists who have ever lived, were strict adherents to the teachings of the so-called “Buddha”, this would establish serious doubts regarding the holiness of Gautama’s precepts, because truth be told, hardly a single soul in human history has adhered to proper dharma/dhamma. 😇 सत्यमेव जयते! 😇
Your heartfelt teaching creates a beautiful flower in my garden, one that will remain with me forever. With your guidance, I know I’m not alone on this journey. Thank you thay Phap Huu for sharing your experience with us. I admire you and appreciate your deep teaching. I will apply your methods to my daily practice
My...thank you for sharing your vulnerability and wisdom, your sharings always interjected with with moments of joy and fun .You are sounding very mature and competent. YOU ARE ENOUGH.!
Thank you, bro Pah Huu. First time I listened to your talks. My heart felt like a fertile ground for the seeds you planted there today. Thank you, friend.
Thank you brother for a most wonderful talk. You are giving so much to the community, to the world. Your words, honesty, and teachings will forever be with me. 🙏
I think this is the Best dharma talk I have watched all year. I see your clarity in practice, and want to cultivate that for myself. Thank you, brother!
You progress only when you maintain your practice morning and evening. If you take courses, whether of 10, 20 or even 30 days, and you miss your daily meditation, you will not really benefit. A course ought to strengthen your practice, your understanding of Dhamma at the experiential and intellectual level. But only applied Dhamma will give real benefits. If you do not practice morning and evening every day, you will notice that real progress is missing. Morning and evening sittings are very important. Also, throughout the day, from time to time examine how you deal with situations you encounter. Are you able to handle them better than before? The more you find you are progressing on the path, the more you will be encouraged to practice. If you find that there is no improvement, either you have stopped practicing or you are not practicing properly. Vipassana is not intended for the enjoyment of pleasant sensations, but despite this, some participants make that their aim. They think, “I must get a free-flow of very pleasant vibrations. If I’m not getting it, I’m not progressing.” They are completely wrong. The equanimity you have developed is the measure of your progress. ~ SNG @ Chronicles of Dhamma!!!
I disagree completely. Not all of us have the luxury to sit on a cushion and “progress”. You can become mindful and “sit” by getting your kids ready for school, making their lunches, ironing clothes, preparing dinner. If you ever have to take care of young ones, you will discover the millions of ways there are to make real progress through service to others.
Brother can you recommend anything for tinnitus (constant high pitch ringing in the ears) causing bad anxiety and sleepless nights.. really suffering, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks ❤
I am planning to attend a short retreat in plum village, but I am also afraid of getting around alone. I have been here in the US not too long ago. Is there anyone wish to go on a retreat?
Thank you brother Phap Huu, I love it to listen to your dharma talks very much,you have a beautiful, peaceful and lightening way to communicate. I love your self-reflection ❤😊🌾🏵🌼
Dear Brother Phap Huu, I am so grateful to you, for your podcasts, your music, your teachings, your leadership. We have never met in person, but I feel so comfortable knowing you are there.
Br. Phap Huu, deep bow to you for this sharing. You and your siblings are indeed never alone. Together we Can Make a Difference.
Dear brother Phap Hu
I am so thankful with your teaching. I am listening at night the music of your chorus mantra of Plum village. It gives me a real serenity. Thank you again from Colombia.
🙏🏽 Thay chose Brother Phap Huu so well 🙏🏽 Thay’s teachings expressed through Br. Phap Huu are a true blessing 🙏🏼 ✨
Your voice and teaching makes my present moment even more pleasant. Thank you Brother Phap Huu 🙏🏻🔔❤️
Thank you, Br Phap Huu, for sharing your wisdom.
Greetings from Spain 🪷 🙏
Dear Brother, thank you. I have been finding myself in despair after the recent election here in the USA, and your calm words, and listening to Dharma from Thay, are bringing me out and back into joy.
dhamma:
the Pāli cognate of “dharma”. However, in this case, it invariably refers to the teachings of Gautama Buddha, rather than the eternal law (“sanātana dharma”, in Sanskrit). In this book, it is used in the former sense, that is, of “holy and righteous concepts and deeds”. Therefore, the term “Buddhist dhamma/dharma” is somewhat nonsensical, since dhamma/dharma is fundamentally non-sectarian.
Despite being the most atheistic human being to have ever existed, I often PRAY that I am not in the process of consuming a meal whenever I hear a Buddhist monk or lay teacher referring to his or her lecture as being a “dhamma talk”. If you have carefully read the entirety of this Holy Scripture, “F.I.S.H”, and you have listened to many Buddhist sermons, you may have already guessed the reason for my fervent prayer. This is because the assertion that the overwhelming majority of Buddhist monks are teaching authentic dharma, is so excruciatingly cringe-worthy and laughable, I am genuinely fearful of choking on my food upon hearing such silly claims!
First of all, the founder of Buddhism himself, Siddhārtha Gautama was hardly a paragon of virtue, having abandoned his family in order to become a mendicant monk, being an animal-abusing carnist, and encouraging females to become loose women (so-called “nuns”). In my half a century of life, I have only ever encountered one or two Buddhists who adhered to (actual) dharma, so in that sense, they were factually SUPERIOR to Gautama himself! For instance, the abbot of the largest Buddhist society in my homeland, Australia, believes that it is dharmic (legitimate) for men to insert their reproductive organs inside the faeces holes of other men, and of course, like his idol, Gautama, he is a murderer of poor, innocent, defenceless animals, and a filthy feminist. Furthermore, despite being an indigenous Englishman, and a graduate of one of the most prestigious universities on earth, University of Cambridge, he is entirely unable to coherently speak his native tongue! Should not a supposed “spiritual leader” be an exemplar in at least his own language?
Of course, no human being (including so-called “Avatars”) who has ever lived was morally perfect, but those who claim to be spiritual masters ought to be beyond reproach in respect to their own ethical practices. In the aforementioned case, Gautama should have returned to his family as soon as he understood the immorality of his actions, just as I, when I began adhering to dharma, repaid two persons from whom I had stolen goods and cash. Furthermore, assuming that Gautama was really a carnist (and knowing the typical diet of Bhārata, it would be safe to assume that he was at LEAST a lacto-vegetarian, and therefore an animal-abusing criminal), he was certainly sufficiently intelligent to understand that it is unnatural for an adult human to suckle the teats of a cow or a goat, and that human beings are fully herbivorous. Otherwise, how could he possibly be considered a member of the priestly class of society (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) if he was not able to even comprehend some of the most basic facts of life? Make no mistake, carnism (see that entry in this Glossary) is a truly abominable, horrendous, wicked, hateful, evil, immoral, sinful, demonic ideology, as is feminism and unlawful divorce (in the case of Prince Gautama, the abandonment of his wife and son would be considered an act of divorce).
When a so-called Zen Buddhist priest asks another MALE so-called Zen Buddhist priest (as occurred in a video interview I just watched on the Internet), "Do you and your husband have any kids?”, one can be fully assured that the lowest point in the history of humanity has been reached. The fact that both the aforementioned so-called priests are American men, is not coincidental, since the most decadent religionists seem to be of Western/first-world origin. I don't believe I have come across a single Western Buddhist monastic who is not at least slightly left-leaning (“leftism” being a common term in the English-speaking world for “adharmic”).
If even 0.00001% of all Buddhists who have ever lived, were strict adherents to the teachings of the so-called “Buddha”, this would establish serious doubts regarding the holiness of Gautama’s precepts, because truth be told, hardly a single soul in human history has adhered to proper dharma/dhamma.
😇 सत्यमेव जयते! 😇
Your heartfelt teaching creates a beautiful flower in my garden, one that will remain with me forever. With your guidance, I know I’m not alone on this journey. Thank you thay Phap Huu for sharing your experience with us. I admire you and appreciate your deep teaching. I will apply your methods to my daily practice
Dear brother thank you for the love and compassion that you give to the world. I love you❤
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thank you for your wisdom and vulnerability
My...thank you for sharing your vulnerability and wisdom, your sharings always interjected with with moments of joy and fun .You are sounding very mature and competent.
YOU ARE ENOUGH.!
Thank you Phap Hu…for sharing such depth, so beautifully…🙏☯️🙏
“You cannot use humility to avoid responsibility”. Beautifully said.
Thank you
This is waaaaay better to listen too then my US " news" 😊👍♥️🙏
Thank you dear brother for this beautiful teaching. I greatly appreciate your open sharing of your experiences in the practice.
Juste écouter votre voix est une relaxation. ❤
Thank you, bro Pah Huu. First time I listened to your talks. My heart felt like a fertile ground for the seeds you planted there today. Thank you, friend.
Thank you for being real and conveying sensitivity 🙏🌠🙏
Bowing to you Be Phap Huu! 🙏🌸
Thank you, Br. Phap Huu🙏✨
Thank you brother for a most wonderful talk. You are giving so much to the community, to the world. Your words, honesty, and teachings will forever be with me. 🙏
Thank you Bro. Thay smiles on you
Beautiful teaching. Thank you thầy Pháp Hữu.🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing this rich teaching. Your talks help me navigate life in a positive and kind manner.
Dear Brother, thank you for your wisdom, authenticity and humour😊
I think this is the Best dharma talk I have watched all year. I see your clarity in practice, and want to cultivate that for myself. Thank you, brother!
perfect way to end my day. love you
❤🙏🏻
Thank you Brother
😮❤🙏🏼🙌
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
❤❤❤
You progress only when you maintain your practice morning and evening. If you take courses, whether of 10, 20 or even 30 days, and you miss your daily meditation, you will not really benefit. A course ought to strengthen your practice, your understanding of Dhamma at the experiential and intellectual level. But only applied Dhamma will give real benefits. If you do not practice morning and evening every day, you will notice that real progress is missing. Morning and evening sittings are very important.
Also, throughout the day, from time to time examine how you deal with situations you encounter. Are you able to handle them better than before? The more you find you are progressing on the path, the more you will be encouraged to practice. If you find that there is no improvement, either you have stopped practicing or you are not practicing properly.
Vipassana is not intended for the enjoyment of pleasant sensations, but despite this, some participants make that their aim. They think, “I must get a free-flow of very pleasant vibrations. If I’m not getting it, I’m not progressing.” They are completely wrong. The equanimity you have developed is the measure of your progress.
~ SNG @ Chronicles of Dhamma!!!
I disagree completely. Not all of us have the luxury to sit on a cushion and “progress”. You can become mindful and “sit” by getting your kids ready for school, making their lunches, ironing clothes, preparing dinner. If you ever have to take care of young ones, you will discover the millions of ways there are to make real progress through service to others.
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So he never really described how our breath is our soulmate !
I blame the tub ais, wrong of me, after all they might mean well and they are endlessly learning.
There is no soul in Buddhism. The Buddha taught Annata, no abiding self, no me, no mine, no self. The Buddha is the awakened awareness.
there is a mistake in the description. it says Thay's 2012/2023 rains retreat. thank you 🙏
Brother can you recommend anything for tinnitus (constant high pitch ringing in the ears) causing bad anxiety and sleepless nights.. really suffering, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks ❤
I am planning to attend a short retreat in plum village, but I am also afraid of getting around alone. I have been here in the US not too long ago. Is there anyone wish to go on a retreat?
Terima kasih, Kak Phap Hu
Thank you brother Phap Huu, I love it to listen to your dharma talks very much,you have a beautiful, peaceful and lightening way to communicate. I love your self-reflection ❤😊🌾🏵🌼
The dharma talks I love are demonstrations like this one. Transmittable.❤