What is sitting meditation for? (EN subtitles)

This is a 6-minute excerpt of a Dharma talk given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on January 23, 1997 in New Hamlet, Plum Village France.

🔔 Video transcript ➛ https://tnhtalks.wordpress.com/2022/04/06/what-is-sitting-meditation-for/

"Sitting in meditation with the intention to become something is not the official way to do it. Because sitting in this way, there’s expectation and searching for something. We still have this longing and looking for something. And as long as there’s longing and searching, there’s going against one of the three doors of liberation, which is aimlessness. 'I sit in meditation. I don’t wish or search for anything. Even that’s to become a Buddha.' That’s the spirit of aimlessness."

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Original Vietnamese title: “Ngồi Thiền Để Làm Gì? [Thực Tập Căn Bản Làng Mai] TS Nhất Hạnh”

Originally posted by: Làng Mai (Plum Village Vietnamese YouTube channel) https://youtu.be/OdQ-RNNK2XE

Talk given: January 23, 1997, New Hamlet, Plum Village France

Length: 6 minutes 27 seconds

REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk):

1. Wikipedia, Sōtō, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sōtō.

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Republished with kind permission of Thich Nhat Hanh's Talks channel https://www.youtube.com/@tnhtalks 🙏