“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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I've been following this off and on and now on for a while. I keep wondering how his followers there at Plum are saying that they pray for his recovery, and then I think, but he's so very old, has lived such a magnificent life, and it makes me wonder. I did a walking meditation with him many years ago in New York City. A small group of us walked about ten blocks in five hours. It was intense and one of the most amazing things I've ever experienced.
Hi Elizabeth-I feel the same way. I'm sitting with him now as he is and allowing his life/death to unfold as it will. He IS an old man and maybe it's time for him to die.
At my sangha this Thursday, I'll ask this question-what is the right way to help Thay now? I don't know.
XXX Beth
Yes, he is a master of mindful walking.
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