Exercises on Mindful Breathing | Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2004 01 18
The monastic community is practicing during the Rainy Season Retreat from January 4 to March 14 at Deer Park Monastery with the lay community. This 83-minute dharma talk in the Ocean of Peace Meditation Hall takes place on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at the beginning of the third week.
It takes about 5-minutes to work through some technical difficulties before the dharma talk begins. During that time Thay reflects on a few small things like the freshness of the air in Deer Park and the upcoming Year of the Monkey. The monkey is in the mind. Our practice is not to force the monkey to stop, but to become aware of the movement of the mind. We don’t try to suppress our mind.
Last time we spoke about how to become fully present and fully alive. The practice is so easy that it would be a pity if you don’t do it. The power and energy of mindfulness is available because we all have the seed of mindfulness in our consciousness. If we keep the energy of mindfulness, concentration, and insight then we are good continuations of the Buddha. But we also live in forgetfulness and we can transform this with the flower of mindfulness. Garbage and flowers. We are like organic gardeners that can produce the flowers of peace and happiness. Our happiness arises from elements of affliction and we don’t need to be afraid of the garbage. We don’t need to run away from our pain and sorrow.
Mindful Breathing Exercises
The Buddha offered very simple and effective methods of practice. We can master these methods and we can no longer be afraid of sickness, fear, despair, or even death. In the Sutra on Mindful Breathing, the first exercise is simply breathing in and out. Simple identification and awareness. Thay offers several methods on how to follow our in breath and out breath. When mindfulness is there, then concentration is there too. Concentration is born from mindfulness. This first exercise proposed by the Buddha is so easy and so simple. It is for our enjoyment. It is a gift. And when we practice mindfulness, we are a Buddha.
The second exercise is long and short. Following our breath all the way through. Breathing in a long breath, I know I am breathing in a long breath. Breathing in a short breath, I know I am breathing in a short breath. But the practice is not to try and make the breath longer or shorter. Don’t try to force your breath. Your breath is what it is. Simple, mere recognition. Just turn on the light of mindfulness and become aware of it. It is like the sunshine and the flower. Mindfulness is the sunshine and the energy will recognize and embrace the flower, our breath. The photons of the sunshine penetrate right into the flower and it opens. Our in-breath and out-breath are like a flower. In our practice of meditation, there are three elements: body, mind, and breath. They are interconnected with each other. These can become one, and all of them inherit from the energy of mindfulness and concentration brought about by mindful breathing. The second exercise suggests we enjoy our in-breath and out-breath all the way through from the beginning to the end. To follow your breath.
The third exercise is awareness of the whole body. Breathing in, I am aware of my body. Breathing out, I am aware of my body. This is a practice of going home to your body and being present. We can reconcile with our body. Awareness is already enlightenment. We receive a short teaching on “formations.” The formation of our physical body. We are fully aware that our body fully is. To recognize our body as a formation. This practice can help to heal our body. Awareness and practicing with a smile. It’s yoga of the mouth. How do we practice this even if our mind and body are not aligned? We can smile to release all the tensions and relax the body. If you are a doctor or a therapist, you may want to explore more with the Sutra on Mindful Breathing.
Thay offers very specific methods to practice mediation using these exercises. Everyone can succeed with these exercises.
Awareness of feelings is the fifth exercise. Breathing in, I feel joy. I am aware of the feeling called joy. Breathing out, I feel joy. This too is a formation, but they are a mental formation. The sixth is similar but we are calling forth our feeling of happiness. Joy and happiness are there for our nourishment and healing. We start with these seeds of joy and happiness before moving to those feelings that cause us to suffer. But these exercises are not simply auto-suggestion, but happiness and joy can be born if we know how to touch the seed. The first way to bring joy is to leave behind; to let go. Maybe something we believe to be crucial to our happiness.
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He is so sweet and soft and easy in his explanations so everybody can do this. He helps me becoming calm and peacefull. Such a gentile smile and way of thinking or non thinking
@mrshorts2885
Жыл бұрын
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5:49 Bell Is Invited 14:12 First Exercise Proposed By The Buddha: In/Out 27:45 Second Exercise Offered By The Buddha: Long/Short 35:56 Three Elements of Meditation 39:23 Third Exercise Proposed By The Buddha: Awareness of Body 46:48 Fourth Exercise Proposed By The Buddha: Allow Body To Relax 49:30 Plum Village Combination of Exercises and Introduction of Smile 1:00:31 Fifth Exercise I Feel Joy 1:01:33 Sixth Exercise I Feel Happiness
Wonderful teaching, you have helped me immensely to understand and cope with a newly diagnosed health condition. Thank you so much💮🔆🤗🐝🐞🌸🌻🏵
This video will change my life forever 😊
This man brought peace into my life this week just listening to his videos made all my worries irrelevant
I can't say enough good things about Thay's dhamma talks to my friends. He really embodies the spirit of metta and calm and it just spreads through the speakers into your body. Thank you, teacher!
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VENERABLE THAY. Yes, you're right hundred percent, when a therapist help his/her patients with this jewels of knowledge the difference is big. I love when you explain about the importance of smiling, that action has so many capacities, one of them -to me- is to transform no easy situations to EASY MOMENTS TO LIVE and continue step by step. Lots of hugs. Evangelina Cortes.
I have never heard anything more beautiful, more lovely, thank you, thank you, thank you
Monkey is in the mind! You're great Venerable Thay. Your wisdom is amazing. The way you teach is wonderful; profound and humorously at the same time. My honor and gratitude to you. Evangelina Cortes.
@sandysklar6555
2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaa QQ aa
Such a beautiful person.
You are my main teacher and I am healing mind and body Amazing. Your helps me return to me. Thank you Thay
Thank you so much. May these teachings flourish for the sake of all.
Thank you beautiful soul 💕
"Being alive is the greatest miracle."
This is something every child should be taught. So insightful, I’ve told everyone I know about him and his immense wisdom. 🤍
@ericthorsfeldt3030
2 жыл бұрын
Children already know. I remember times of mindfulness as a child. Peace, stillness. If I didn’t remember or experience, I wouldn’t be listening.🙏
Beautiful , beautiful man x
Thank you so much for this talk
Many Thanks 🙏
Dear Thay you make peace and calmness into my mind and decrease my anxiety. Thank you 🙏🏻💖✨☸️🕉
I'm a violinist. Approching 37:49, when he says.."it's like playing....." in the long pause, i thought...'violin?' then BOOM he says violin hahaha I call that auspicious =)
@lauralunaazul
4 жыл бұрын
Yesss!!!😋😊
35:41 Mindfulness breathing practice has allowed me to become more stable, more solid.❤
All I want is awareness of awareness!
🙏🦋💕🌺🌷🏵️🌻🌸 I love you so much Thich ✨ thank you for sharing love and being a source of love ✨
Thank you so much...
the king of peace
"Freedom is the foundation of true happines and joy"
Beautiful soul thank you
Thank you for your teachings, dear Master Thay! 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
스님을 뵈니 기뻐요 이세상 에 스님 같으신분 백명만 있으셔도 이런 세상은 아니였을 텐대요
Thanks a lot Venerable Thay. This is Great. I like the teaching of to touch the seeds of joy an happiness in my consciousness.For sure I'll listen this excellent class in order to learn and understand little bit more in every step. I try to practice the most it's possible to me. Evangelina Cortes.
I listen to this as I am bed ridden in pain and weakness 😭🙏🏻
@orlacollins9884
Жыл бұрын
🤗
@AngieF8
Жыл бұрын
This is the most healing thing you can do. also there is one called Introduction to Mindfulness; Tranquility meditation with his teachings also. We forget we have bodies until they become ill. Sometimes it seems they get our attention so we can learn to come home look within and heal. All of his teachings are healing and so full of love Best wishes for healing your body and the suffering of the mind. 🙏🏻
@AngieF8
Жыл бұрын
I found the link. This is also very healing. I plan to listen with my parents soon. Both have rarely lived in the present moment, nor did I until recently. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGmbr6xqctLcgZM.html
@fraserhawkins4462
Жыл бұрын
Hope you are feeling better by now!
@lorisilverman3052
Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖
Thank you very much, we all need your wisdom.
Thank you for sharing these talks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
Beautiful to know ourselves and each other ! Thankyou Thay . Thankyou Sangha
This great man has helped me with my anxiety.
I must let go my "cows"..What a beautiful way to present the ultimate truth🩷
Every morning I start practicing mindfulness breathing.Your soothing voice has a big impact on concentration.Thank you Thay. You change my life.
Breathe and enjoy the present moment...
@heikaoregan1049
5 жыл бұрын
+Saint Squish 😂😂
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEAR THAY. The total of the Dharma Talk is full of your wisdom, but the last words are valuable. I'm working on that step by step. My honor and gratitude to you. Evangelina Cortes.
Thank you very much for your teaching, you changed my life, all life for the better thank you 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
I'm watering the seeds of happiness THANKS TO YOU!!! Evangelina Cortes.
Grazie ancora Master Thay and Sangha.. A Nice Mindful Sunday again.. 🙏💦
An amazing person who helps us to learn how to fight our problems in a very easy way. As he says we are caught by thinking of unnecessary things. In other way, our world politicians and leaders always looking for ways to create problems among people for their personal and egoist benefits which is very sad. As Thay said these officials need to practice mindfulness for peace. Let's try to work for everyone's well-being!!!
So very powerful ways of teaching. Thank you so much. I must learn how to Let go of my clinging now. Everything is a form and form will be gone. The natural law of impermanence. 🙏🙏🙏♥️
Way thai speak it transmit peace and joy
Thank you so much for your thoughts. It really helps.
Thank you 🕉
Thank you🙏
Nice. Thank you for enlightening .
A phenomenal exposition of ideas. A book I read with comparable content became a linchpin in my life. "Mindful Mastery: Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World" by Kyle Ash
Rest in peace, Thai 🧡
Thank you so very much.
도움 주신것 무한히감사함 느꼈습니다
Thay 連正體中文都識，好勁！
Wow, 83 minutes of Thich Nhat Hahn breathing… and he doesn’t even blink, the whole time!
感恩老師~
Love this!!
Thank you 🍃🌸🍃
Thanks for your kind sharing
Such a beautiful voice!
20 08. 2023 it Was a great gift❤
NAMASTE.
thank you
🙏🙏🙏💐🌹😍
מאוד מעשיר. אנסה בהזדמנות לתרגם. תודה
@plumvillageonline
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
*Thay, in a very calm voice* “please stop coughing”
My love❤️
♥️✨🌈🙏🌹
🙏🙏🙏🏴
Basis of Budhism is reincarnation and law of karma . The necessity of Budhism is impermanence sufferings and concept of no soul . Budhism guides us to stay in human world and heavens until final stage is attained .
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air fresh in and out practice in meditation hall steps Kimball Barrett
What a great message/teaching but good Lord some inconsiderate persons in the audience is coughing their lungs out! Seriously if you’re coughing that much STAY HOME or take a COUGH DROP!! Thank youuuuuu!
@beki1377
3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree 😅🙄 and am grateful that I am not alone 😆
Please, give me the patience to deal with this coughing... 😌
@beki1377
3 жыл бұрын
😂 me too - always 😅... good practice... everything is ok as it is and nothing stays forever 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Nam mo A Di Da Phat.
Can anyone tell me why there are always so many people coughing during his talks?
@jeebz7285
4 жыл бұрын
To test our mindfulness.
@calijahlovechild7706
3 жыл бұрын
It’s an unconscious body language response to ego death
@franc431
2 жыл бұрын
I think it's because of the time of year they gather😅
@kuibeiguahua
Жыл бұрын
Before reading the comments I didn't even notice
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Father Thich Nhat Hanh the San Martin IV SJDM Bulacan, especially Tamayo CLANS very angry to me because I know how to use a TAWAS ng ALBULARYO in Tagalog using white candle and different colors of candles with my own prayer and your own prayer my Father Thich Nhat Hanh. I love you very much with my Angels in Heaven.
حبيتك..❤ بس مااعرف انجلش 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
For how long and how often do you need to do this to become benefical. Whole day long might be difficult?
@KRSNALOKO813
3 жыл бұрын
Practice mindfulness as often as you can be conscious of it Be conscious of your breathing Practice while walking, washing dishes, at work, sitting, laying down, etc It can be as difficult or simple as you want it to be
@calijahlovechild7706
3 жыл бұрын
All day long
52:05, how to give the proper precise snd what must immediately be followed advice to ones who are blind... AND how to stick it to them, such that they change not only immediately but more importantly PERMANENTLY, NO FALSE GUILT! see mens rea, and novelty.
for whom the bell tolls
Should the eyes be open or should they be closed ?
35:11 고요하다(calmer)가 아니고 장애가 있다 (cumber)인 것 같습니다.
He looks good here. Lol 😅.
Lord Buddha please take the coughing woman outside. She's testing my karma severely.
@kuibeiguahua
Жыл бұрын
hahahaha, why did you make me notice herrrrrrrrrrr, nooooooo
Why does he keep saying "ten seconds for an in-breath" when mine only takes two seconds?
@soulwork1729
5 жыл бұрын
butterflybeatles you extend the breath to take ten seconds... breath control, allows you to have greater awareness of your breath and fully inflate the lungs.
@jscsltd
5 жыл бұрын
But doesn't he also say, don't force the breathe and let it take whatever time it naturally takes for you?
@Lenkabound
5 жыл бұрын
Because you're 5x more efficient than this old fart.
@jscsltd
5 жыл бұрын
Sc Seang So the idea is to consciously control the breath rather than just observe the breath or is it both?
@gavindcostin3249
5 жыл бұрын
Soul Work o
Was this shot in a TB ward?
@giggy7951
3 жыл бұрын
Steok4 oand i65b5l.
Good afternoon. I would be grateful if you could allow me to attend and stay some time sharing with this group. Please let me know if you let me. Regards.
@plumvillageonline
3 жыл бұрын
Dear friend, which group? The Plum Village community, the KZread community? If you're referring to this channel, then this is a public space, feel free to share 🙏
@torpessy
3 жыл бұрын
@@plumvillageonline thank you for your reply. I meant to attend this type of meeting with the brothers in the place where they take place...
@giggy7951
3 жыл бұрын
@@torpessy strokerebel book
حبيت بس مااعرف انجلش
I like the talks and messages of Thich Nhat Hanh, several interesting videos with him on youtube but this video is unwatchable, the people in the audience are costantly coughing, sneezing and moving for the entire 1 hour and 23 minutes of the video!
@cynthiasharp3669
3 жыл бұрын
Many people go to the retreats for healing. Try not to be distracted by those who were there. How blessed we all are to have Thay in this way.
@istoppain62
3 жыл бұрын
Just listen to his voice and breathe through all the others
@TE-7302-
Жыл бұрын
Harder to do after living through a pandemic!
@schirmeier
Ай бұрын
When you concentrate on your breathing, you won’t hear the coughs
The heart thinks before brain?
Isn't the way to begin and end?..
What's with the coughing? Extremely annoying! Now I'm getting angry 😡 Ok, breathe in...🧘♀️
I love this person but Everytime I'm trying to listen someone's starts coughing
@Eroblue11
3 жыл бұрын
I know right?! They need to stay the fuck home or take a god damn cough drop!!
@calijahlovechild7706
3 жыл бұрын
It’s really weird it’s a unconscious response to the releasing of toxins
@istoppain62
3 жыл бұрын
@@Eroblue11 the practice of mindfulness and concentration will help us not be bothered by those noises but we stay with our breath when those come up. Those are part of the meditation like letting thoughts and emotions go
@giggy7951
3 жыл бұрын
Strpk6. T5bu5l. Bppk
@giggy7951
3 жыл бұрын
@@Eroblue11 etrkrr rebel. Book
흰두교에 요가가 있다면 불교에는 명상이 있다.그럼 기독교에는 무엇이 있나?
Why on earth is everyone coughing throughout the entire session, in every single video. Something strange is going on inside Plumvillage...
@colliebollie8450
5 жыл бұрын
It's the all inclusive tourists who are there for a cultural enrichment weekend but really just want to see "the monk with the funny accent" while gobbing on chocolate bars, trying not to choke, hence the coughing.
@mikkeljensens
5 жыл бұрын
@@colliebollie8450 Hehe, - that could be a plausible guess...
@rca47na
5 жыл бұрын
0ld people with dry throats
@cIeetz
5 жыл бұрын
ya its going on everywhere in the world young man, never payed any attention to a single cough on any of these vids, too at peace with thich's voice
@calijahlovechild7706
3 жыл бұрын
It’s an unconscious body language response to ego death and the releasing of negative energy
Thich Nhat Hanh's journey has inspired me to find inner peace! �� kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZouEy8yLlMbXZ8Y.html
Explain what monks can eat some people tend to think monks only eat plant, explain to people that monks are human too and some do eat meat but they do not kill for the meat.
@jodiosborne5056
4 жыл бұрын
I Play 2 Win Truth Seeker Thay has stated many times that they eat a vegan diet... no meat, dairy or animal byproducts 👍🏼
@oclaothug69
4 жыл бұрын
@@jodiosborne5056 I think you are wrong on that only Mahayana monk eat vegetables Theravada monks can eat meat look into it, this is why I want him to explain it but who am I for him to answer my comment 🙏
@jodiosborne5056
4 жыл бұрын
I may be wrong. You’re correct, I’m not trying to answer for him either. Just trying to help if I could. Peace and joy to you 🙏
@oclaothug69
4 жыл бұрын
@@jodiosborne5056 🙏🙏🙏 you are on the right path don't give up and you have a bless day.
@JeromeKerr1
4 жыл бұрын
@@oclaothug69 you should eat in order to minimize suffering, hence vegan. This is the teaching of thay and the buddha
relax the body sutra i mindful breath feelings only with the body mindfulness transformation master mind and body later true nature in breath and out breath collective energy enjoy come home to your body to stop sitting lying feelings breathing called joy formation mental feelings get in touch selective watering strong not wishing look deeper into consciousness store and mind lower store touch to manifest joy happiness 3 way leave behind may be an obstical get out of the city vashali cows run away sesame all gone smile you don't have cows luck look obsticals go name write down the name of your cows let go happyness freedom joy and happiness born from mindfulness to go home pure land a miricals joy and happiness born from mindfulness tap water source mindfulness water on face water home just mindful leaving behind use joy to our life pain feeling mindful breathing Kimball Barrett