This is an excerpt from the Dharma talk on the Discourse on Love, which is part 7A of the 1997-1998 Winter Rains Retreat talk series “Daily training gets the thousand-petalled lotus to burst open,” given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in the New Hamlet, Plum Village France, on December 18, 1997.
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🔔 Video transcript
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"Sometimes, the majority can be very easily fooled. It only takes one person to provoke, and a certain seed in the rest of the majority can be immediately watered. They shout and get angry as a result. So, the majority lose themselves rather easily."
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✩ Full talk's original title: “Kinh Thương Yêu [CPNĐSNC 7A] | TS Thích Nhất Hạnh(18-12-1997, Xóm Mới, Làng Mai)”
✩ Full talk originally posted by Làng Mai (Plum Village’s Vietnamese YouTube Channel) on Mar 8, 2023
✩ Full talk given on December 18, 1997, in New Hamlet, Plum Village, during the Winter Retreat 1997-1998
✩ Excerpt's length: 01 minutes 47 seconds
✩ Watch the full talk with English subtitles and transcript here
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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE: This Dharma talk series were given by the Zen master during the 1997-1999 period. Due to technological limitations in this period, audiovisual quality is not very good. The Plum Village Editorial Team hopes for your kind understanding.
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REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk): Please visit the video transcript link to see the full list.
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Republished on the Plum Village App with kind permission of Thich Nhat Hanh's Talks channel 🙏