What makes an ideal father?
This is a short teaching video excerpted from the full Dharma talk "Soul and Body Must Go Together in Love" given by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on July 19, 1998 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France.
🔔 Video transcript
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"Someone asks a question like this, 'What makes an ideal father? Could you please describe to me what an ideal father is?' Present an ideal father. Well… Someone else says, 'An ideal father is someone who loves (his kids') mother, and knows how to make her happy.'
"How simple, easy, but, at the same time, very deep the answer seems to be!
"What does a child need? What does a child need the most? Do they need pocket money to buy goodies? Or do they need money to buy toys? So what do they need exactly? What do they need more than anything from their father?"
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✩ Original Vietnamese Dharma talk title: "Tâm Hồn Phải Song Hành Với Thể Xác Trong Tình Yêu | TS Thích Nhất Hạnh(19-07-1998, Xóm Hạ, Làng Mai)"
✩ Full talk originally posted by Lang Mai (Plum Village's Vietnamese YouTube channel) on December 8, 2022
✩ Talk given: July 19, 1998, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France
✩ Length: 19 minutes 55 seconds
✩ You can watch the full Dharma talk with English subtitles and transcript here.
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RECOMMENDED READING
📌 "Thich Nhat Hanh on.../ Understanding our Father" as published on Plum Village website
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REFERENCES (Resources used to translate this Dharma talk): Please go to 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 🙏