Happiness Depends on the Way You Look At Things (EN subtitles)

This is a short teaching video excerpted from the Dharma talk "The Art of Transforming Suffering" given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on November 26, 2009 in the New Hamlet, Plum Village France.

🔔 Video transcript

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"The way you open the door, the way you walk through the door, the way you take each step to the Meditation Hall, all of these moments are happy or not, not because there's a door or because there's a meditation hall, not because there's a path from the door to the Meditation Hall, not because we have two feet, not because we have some moments to walk, but it's our way. It's our way of looking at that event."

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✩ Original video's Vietnamese title: "Chuyển Hoá Khổ Đau [bài 03] -TS Thích Nhất Hạnh (26-11-2009, Xóm Mới, Làng Mai)"

✩ Full Dharma talk originally posted: by Plum Village (YouTube channel) on Jul 22, 2019

✩ Talk given: November 26, 2009, New Hamlet, Plum Village France

✩ Length: 4 minutes 5 seconds ✩ You can watch the full talk with English subtitles and transcript here.

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REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk):

1. Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

2. Plum Village UK's Manual of Practice (downloadable PDF)

3. The list of 51 Mental Formations (Plum Village)

4. Uncle Teacher Thích Chí Mậu obituary (in Vietnamese) with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's hand-written letter for Uncle Teacher

5. The Happy Farm project of Plum Village