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

🔔 Video transcript

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"When we have already experienced wartime and the hustle-bustle of war, the images and the direct experience about war are those of pain and suffering. So when we live in a situation where there are no guns, no bullets, no bombs, no killings, if we put that which we call peace on top of the backdrop of war, can that peace be starkly revealed as something worthy of our appreciation.

"Otherwise, we usually take it for granted. Only when we put that peace against the backdrop of war, can we recognize peace, can we appreciate peace. We appreciate it every hour and every minute."

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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: 16 minutes 19 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

6. The Body Worlds Show official website

7. Wikipedia, Yogācāra

8. "The stars are made of consciousness. We are made of the stars.", Plum Village Mindfulness Academy

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