Video transcript: https://tnhtalks.wordpress.com/2022/1...
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"Among us, anyone could have this feeling of emptiness, solitary, or loneliness. And we need love. We need someone who loves us so we feel less cold inside, less lonely inside, less empty inside. And we need the other person to be there for us so we feel less empty inside. We have a void — a vacuum, inside. And we cannot handle that void, that vacuum. And we want to find someone and shove them into that space to fill it up.[...]

[W]e have to learn to handle this inner void, this barren emptiness, this vacuum inside us. But how can we do that? How can we handle this emptiness — what we call ‘loneliness,’ deep down inside us?"

This 22minute video combines excerpts from two Dharma talks given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on February 02 and 05, 2012 in Plum Village France.

⚫ Original Vietnamese title: “Thực tập thế nào khi thấy trống trải trong lòng Trích Pháp thoại Sư Ông Làng Mai ngày 2&5/02/2012”
⚫ Talk given: February 02 & 05, 2012, Plum Village France
⚫ Originally posted by: TCT Phượng Trần,    • Thực tập thế nào khi thấy trống trải ...  
⚫ Length: 22 minutes 24 seconds
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REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk):
1. Thich Nhat Hanh, 2016 , "Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts", USA: Parallax Press.
2. Thich Nhat Hanh, 2006, A Pebble for Your Pocket: Mindful Stories for Children and Grownups, California, USA: Plum Blossom
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#thichnhathanh #mindfulnessmeditation #empty
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Photo courtesy of langmai.org and plumvillage.org