Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks

This talk by Thich Nhat Hanh is from the Lower Hamlet of Plum Village on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 on the occasion of New Years Eve. It is the fourteenth talk of the 2013-2014 Winter Retreat. This talk is in English. The talk begins with a lovely guided meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh followed by a teaching on compassion to help us listen to the monastics chanting. The second half of the talk focuses on love and healing our suffering. 00:00-10:15 Guided Meditation 10:15-24:45 Generating Compassion to Relieve Suffering 25:23-44:45 Chanting the Name of Avalokite?vara 46:00-51:40 Standing and Breathing 51:40-1:12:30 Self Love and the New Year 1:12:30-1:29:50 The Second Arrow 1:29:50-end Three Energies A few months ago we visited Stanford University on the topic of compassion. Many of us do not know how to take the mud to make the lotus. Compassion can be used to embrace and understand suffering. Without suffering, no compassion is possible. We shouldn't run away from our own suffering. How do we do that? We ca