Love and Happiness

Written by Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by Thich Nhat Hanh

It was Thanksgiving Day in Plum Village on November 25, 2004. The sangha gathered in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village during the Fall Retreat and Thay gave a 45-minute dharma talk on the topic of love and happiness. In the Buddhist teaching of love, there are four elements. The first is maitri – friendship, brotherhood, loving-kindness. And the second is karuna – capacity to understand the suffering and help remove and transform it – compassion. Mudita is the third element – joy – your joy is her joy, her joy is our joy. The last element is upeksha – nondiscrimination. This is a higher form of love. The four qualities have no limits – infinite love – these elements arelso called the Four Unlimited Minds.

The bodhisattva of love is in you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Better Listen
• Release date: Jan 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781615448739

Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced tik-not-hawn) waas a world-renowned writer, scholar, spiritual leader, and Zen Buddhist monk. Since the age of sixteen, he was a Buddhist monk, a peace activist, and a seeker of the way. He survived three wars, persecution, and more than thirty years of exile from his native Vietnam, when he was banned by both the non-Communist and Communist governments for his role in undermining the violence he saw affecting his people. He was the master of one of the most prominent temples in Vietnam, and his lineage is traceable directly to the Buddha himself. A prolific author, Nhat Hanh has written more than one hundred books of philosophy, poetry, and fiction. Nhat Hanh lived in a monastic community in southwestern France that he founded, called Plum Village, recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. He died in January 2022 at the age of 95.  

Reviews for Love and Happiness

[Tyrone Martin · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great talk to help with love and wisdom but the audio quality could have been better

[Catherine Singer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An easy listen to things that are important in life

[Hieu Pham · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Pleasant and beautifully peaceful. I listen over and over again