This short teaching is excerpted from the full Dharma talk given by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh on July 23, 2012, in the Middle Hamlet, Plum Village France.
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🔔 Video transcript
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"A 'destitute child' means a prodigal child who squanders their family's heritage until they end up living in extreme poverty, wandering from place to place, begging for a living. L’enfant prodigue.
"These treasures are the Dharma, the teachings that the Buddha transmitted to us. We know these teachings. We study these teachings. But we don’t put these teachings into practice. We've lived the life of someone who's always poor spiritually.
"Perhaps we’re not poor and hungry in material possessions. But we're extremely poor spiritually. We leave our children and grandchildren an extremely small spiritual inheritance."
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✩ Full talk's original title: "Chúng Ta Là Những Đứa Con Cùng Tử | TS Thích Nhất Hạnh(23-07-2012, Xóm Trung, Làng Mai)"
✩ Full talk originally posted Vietnamese video by Plum Village, on Sep 26, 2024; Vietnamese transcript by Lang Mai
✩ Excerpt's original title: "Đứa Con Cùng Tử | TS Nhất Hạnh 23-7-2012 Xóm Trung , Làng Mai"
✩ Excerpt originally posted by Làng Mai (Plum Village's Vietnamese YouTube channel), on Aug 7, 2021
✩ Full talk given: on July 23, 2012, in Pháp Mai Temple, Middle Hamlet, Plum Village France, during the Summer Retreat 2012
✩ Excerpt's length: 20 minutes 42 seconds
✩ Watch the full talk with English subtitles and transcript here
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SPECIAL THANKS: The translation of this Dharma talk would never be possible without Dharma Teacher Chân Cơ (Maple Village Sangha, Canada)'s valuable help on French words Thay used in this talk.
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RELEVANT MATERIALS
🌼[Dharma talk transcript] Thich Nhat Hanh, 1993, Dharma Talk: Finding Our True Heritage, from the Mindfulness Bell Magazine Issue no.09 - Returning To Our Roots
🌼[Book] Thich Nhat Hanh, "Peaceful Action, Open Heart: Lessons from the Lotus Sutra," California, USA
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REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk): Please kindly 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 🙏