This is a full Dharma talk given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on July 16, 1995 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France.

🔔 Video transcript

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Thay started this Dharma talk with the story of Sally Green, a famous swimming champion who decided to put her swimming career to an early end at the age of twenty. Through the story, Thay taught us the teaching of "Whatever you do, you have to enjoy doing it. Whatever you are, you have to enjoy being it," offered by the Buddha, and the various ways we can learn to do to stop running and going around in circles, and touch satisfaction, peace, and happiness in every moment of our daily life.

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✩ Original full Vietnamese talk title: "An Lạc Trong Mọi Hoàn Cảnh | TS Thích Nhất Hạnh(16-07-1995, Xóm Hạ, Làng Mai)"

✩ Originally posted by Làng Mai (Plum Village’s Vietnamese YouTube Channel) on Jan 5, 2023

✩ Talk given: July 16, 1995, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France

✩ Length: 1 hour 25 minutes 50 seconds

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You can watch excerpts from this Dharma talk if time and space don't allow you to watch the 1-hour-25-minute talk in one sitting:

1. How to Enjoy What You're Doing (44 minutes)

2. How To Enjoy Eating and Be At Home with Yourself Wherever You Are (42 minutes)

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SPECIAL THANKS

The translation of this Dharma talk will never be possible without Sister Bội Nghiêm (Sister True Pearl)'s valuable advice.

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RELEVANT DHARMA TALKS

1. The Habit of Getting Things Done Quickly (November 27, 1997) — Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

2. What makes us men and women? Thich Nhat Hanh answers questions

3. Accepting yourself as you are: Practicing the Sixth Mantra [The basics of Plum Village practice] (January 15, 2012) — Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

4. Touch Our True Home of Leisureliness and Freedom Through Daily Training (November 27, 1997) — Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

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REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk) Please visit the Video Transcript link for the full list.

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Republished on the Plum Village App with kind permission of Thich Nhat Hanh's Talks channel 🙏