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At the Jan 25th School of Love, we honored beloved teacher and Vietnamese Buddhist, Thích Nhất Hạnh, who made his glorious transition to a freer life on January 22nd at the age of 95.
Thích Nhất Hạnh Meditation
After introductions, we enjoyed this meditation by Thích Nhất Hạnh.
Oprah Winfrey Interviews Thích Nhất Hạnh
Then we enjoyed the first 10 minutes of this interview.
Discussion
Finally, we read a quote from Thích Nhất Hạnh’s book No Death, No Fear and discussed these questions:
• What does this quote make you feel?
• What does this quote mean to you?
• What do you suppose Thích Nhất Hạnh is trying to communicate with these words?
Here is the quote:
“This body is not me; I am not caught in this body, I am life without boundaries, I have never been born and I have never died. Over there the wide ocean and the sky with many galaxies all manifests from the basis of consciousness. Since beginningless time I have always been free. Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take my hand and wave good-bye. Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before. We shall always be meeting again at the true source, always meeting again on the myriad paths of life.”
More About Thích Nhất Hạnh
• His website. There will be numerous memorial services all over the world for him that you can find out about on this site.