If you’ve seen our new issue, you know that it features Zen master and mindfulness proponent Thich Nhat Hanh — first, in a profile by Andrea Miller, and then, in “Love & Liberation,” a new full-length interview conducted by Shambhala Sun editor in chief Melvin McLeod.
In it, Melvin speaks to Thay (as he is affectionately known) about true love, the benefits of suffering, and why insight will set you free.
In this Shambhala Sun Audio clip, they discuss happiness — and why mindfulness may be the only true way to it.
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We’ll have more clips from Melvin’s discussion with Thich Nhat Hanh for you soon. In the meantime, you can browse the entire July 2010 issue here. Or, listen to previous installments of Shambhala Sun Audio, here.
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Thank you for making this available. I just discovered Thich Nhat Hanh last night and what I have read (and now heard) has had a profound impact on me at this time in my life. I will continue to look to him as a genuine and pure source of goodness in this world.
Thanks Thay. I think the world of you!
It has only been since discovering Thay (about 10 years ago) that I have finally been able to let to and be happy.
beautiful Thank you for Shambhala Sun you are my Sangha….
It is wonderful to hear Thay's voice. Thank you SS for this audio. I have subscribed to your magazine for years now. As Marilee stated you are my Sangha as well. I live so far away from a center of practice that I look forward to each issue of the Sun.
Insight does liberate and being happy in the present momment is what it is really all about. But it takes practice, practice, practice! Mindefulness is the key that opens that door.
Thank you. Pat Klein
Thank you SS for this interview and the July issue, I can never get enough of the teachings of Thay. Thank God for technology bringing our beloved teacher so close while we are so far away.
How many of us are even aware that we are not "living in the moment"? The "now" is all we have and all we are, but all people do is strive or crave for something"better", thus never appreciating or even recognizing that they should live in the moment, because only the moment can be enjoyed. I used to believe that life was about "reaching" somewhere, and then being happy, I now recognize that society and consumerism need us to believe this. How hard to live in a world of greed and envy!
I have discovered Thay a year and a half ago after a good friend suggested to read his book on mindfulness. It has been a wonderful journey becoming aware of the present moment though reading his books and listening to his tapes. Thay's voice is very comforting and his teachings make good sense. –Rita
When my mother Rita continued her journey, i found thay's book.. "no death, no fear"…
in that book, at that time, i found myself and my buddha nature and the comfort of the dharma
today i am at peace
i have arrived
i am home
in the here
in the now
i take refuge in the Sangha
thanks for sharing the merit