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Is it ever okay to tell a lie?
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Aug 12, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
August 1, 2012. 87-minute recording given at Lower Hamlet, Plum Village by Thich Nhat Hanh. This is the nineteenth dharma talk of the Summer Opening and this is a session of questions and answers. Editor's note, we have skipped the talks from July 29 & 31 here on this site; it may appear later.
Children
Why is my brother always so nasty to me?
Why does Thay do hand symbols (mudra) during chanting?
Why do Buddhist shave their head?
What should we do if we begin to hate someone we love?
Adults
Is it correct to tell a lie if the truth would hurt the person you love?
How can I be stable? How can I live with a person who doesn't believe in spirituality?
Why is it that monastics sisters have more precepts than monastic brothers? If it is because they have special problems, shouldn't the brothers at least have the same number of precepts?
How can you help a child recognize their father of they've never had te opportunity to know him? For example, artificial insemination.
What was the biggest notion in your life that you've overcome?
How do I practice this teaching with suicide?
When you have arrived on the other shore. Do you still think? Do you still suffer?
How do we build and organize a practice center?
Children
Why is my brother always so nasty to me?
Why does Thay do hand symbols (mudra) during chanting?
Why do Buddhist shave their head?
What should we do if we begin to hate someone we love?
Adults
Is it correct to tell a lie if the truth would hurt the person you love?
How can I be stable? How can I live with a person who doesn't believe in spirituality?
Why is it that monastics sisters have more precepts than monastic brothers? If it is because they have special problems, shouldn't the brothers at least have the same number of precepts?
How can you help a child recognize their father of they've never had te opportunity to know him? For example, artificial insemination.
What was the biggest notion in your life that you've overcome?
How do I practice this teaching with suicide?
When you have arrived on the other shore. Do you still think? Do you still suffer?
How do we build and organize a practice center?
Released:
Aug 12, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Six Mantras: June 16, 2012. 99-minute dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh from Upper Hamlet in Plum Village during the 21-Day Retreat with the theme The Science of the Buddha. The talk is given in English and this is the eleventh dharma talk (of 15). - by Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks