Thu, 11 June 2009  Dear Friends, The 21-Day Retreat is now underway in Plum Village. Thay offered this talk to the newly arrived retreatants, beginning with a sharing on his meetings with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and continuing on to discuss how we can support President Obama in his practice of using loving speech and deep listening. "When Barack Obama manifested, I regretted a little bit, because Martin Luther King, Jr. was not there to witness the fruit of our efforts. ... But finally, I saw that we are the continuation of Martin Luther King. He is happy to know that everything he has done has borne fruit. Obama is not an individual, Obama represents a Sangha. So our work is to keep the Sangha close to Obama, to offer our support. I offer this for you to reflect on it. There must be a way. Wherever there is a will there is a way." Comments[1] |
Hello there - just wanted to thank you so much for this latest dharma talk from Thay, its very interesting and helpful, have been waiting for this for a long time! Hoping some more from this retreat will soon be available for us, is there any chance of a video from this retreat also? It would be lovely for those of us who are unable to get to retreats.
Many thanks also for the lovely talk from Sister Dang Nghiem, will be sending it to my son, am sure it will be helpful to him currently.
Just one more thing, is there any chance we could have a change of intro to the podcasts? Am referring to the chanting and Thay's words, it seems to me (as I sometimes send podcasts on CD to non-practitioners) maybe something more soothing, low-key, (such as NamoValokitesvara from PV CD) might be more appropriate - likewise re those words from Thay, it seems to me they are not easily understood by non-practitioners.
As ever, thank you for being where you are and doing what you are doing. (Trish - Wiltshire UK)
Many thanks also for the lovely talk from Sister Dang Nghiem, will be sending it to my son, am sure it will be helpful to him currently.
Just one more thing, is there any chance we could have a change of intro to the podcasts? Am referring to the chanting and Thay's words, it seems to me (as I sometimes send podcasts on CD to non-practitioners) maybe something more soothing, low-key, (such as NamoValokitesvara from PV CD) might be more appropriate - likewise re those words from Thay, it seems to me they are not easily understood by non-practitioners.
As ever, thank you for being where you are and doing what you are doing. (Trish - Wiltshire UK)
posted by: Trish Palmer on Fri, 6/12 09:25 PM EDT
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