This is a short excerpt of the Dharma talk titled "Transforming the Fears Inside" on February 04, 1993 as part of the Manifestation-Only talk series given during the 1992-1993 Winter's Retreat.

🔔 Video transcript

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"Although I'm trained as a doctor, although I'm trained as a professor, I can still be subject to unemployment like anyone. Nobody hires me. For that reason, this kind of foundation isn't necessarily the foundation of non-fear. It can give us... It can give us a feeling of security. But perhaps it may not be enough to allow us to have true security. However, what we call "karma" is something much more reliable. When we have loving-kindness and compassion in our hearts, we're protected in a very concrete way."

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You can watch the full Dharma talk with English subtitles and transcript here.

Original Vietnamese title: “Chuyển Hoá Cái Sợ Quanh Mình”

Originally posted by: Làng Mai (Plum Village's Vietnamese YouTube channel)

Talk given: February 04, 1993, Upper Hamlet, Plum Village France

Length: 7 minutes 56 seconds

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1. Thich Nhat Hanh, 2004, Touching the Earth: Guided Meditations for Mindfulness Practice, California, USA: Parallax Press.

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