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Mar 23, 2010

 

Dear Friends

Thich Phuoc Tinh, known to the Sangha as The Venerable, here offers a wonderfully direct talk to encourage us forward in our practice. He reminds us that if we stop practicing when we are feeling good, we are like a person rubbing sticks together to start a fire, and stopping just as the sticks grow warm, before the real fire begins. The Dharma, he tells us, is a dharma of action, not of intellect.

This dharma talk is offered for Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year. May the renewal and rejoicing that is going on at the Monastery carry deeply into your life.

A collection of The Venerable’s dharma talks is available as a book. Be Like a Tree, Zen Talks by Thích Phước Tnh is a collection of the Venerable’s uniquely practical and inspiring talks, helping us in our practice with non-fear, recognizing our thoughts and feelings, creating space in our lives, loving and being loved, cultivating our spirituality, and tasting the enjoyment of our own lives. The talks were compiled by OI Member Karen Hilsberg, and the book is available at lulu.com and amazon.com.

Please enjoy these offerings, and may there be renewal in your every mindful breath. 

 


Trish Palmer UK
over fourteen years ago

Hello there, Just to let you know there seems to be an error in uploading the new DP podcast talk by Thich Phuoc Tinh, it only plays for about 30 seconds, also does not seem to be available to print your comments re talk. Hoping this can be sorted, looking forward very much to hearing this talk, as really enjoyed the previous one you gave us from the Venerable. Many thanks.

Laura
almost fourteen years ago

Hi Trish, Thank you for your comment. I checked the file and it plays unless I click on the webpage to do something else (like write this note) and then it turns off. If I started it and leave it alone, it plays. We\'ll try to figure out what is happening but hopefully this helps. Enjoy the talk!