Hope is the Most Powerful Force in the World | Somnieng Houern | TEDxStMarksSchool

Somnieng Houern has touched the lives of thousands in his native Cambodia. The Harvard-educated former monk shares his personal story of survival, why he believes hope is the most powerful force in the world and what he’s doing to bring that power to the most vulnerable.
Venerable Somnieng was formerly the second head monk of Wat Damnak Temple and a co-founder of Life and Hope Association. Somnieng completed his masters degree in public administration at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
In 2014 Somnieng handed his Executive Director role to Venerable Loeurm as he sought to serve the broader Cambodian people in a more public role. Somnieng continues to serve Wat Damnak Temple as a senior advisor.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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  • @scooter5005
    @scooter50054 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Christian and learning a lot from guest speaker Monks on KZread. One principle is observation. Don't get upset, rather observe and consider. And kindness can activate hope within a person. Thank you

  • @angang9425
    @angang94257 жыл бұрын

    I am a one of cambodian people ,so I am proud so much I really really love this topic so much

  • @zorabelmayramos8377

    @zorabelmayramos8377

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love cambodia...

  • @candykandy
    @candykandy2 жыл бұрын

    Some important points: - The power of hope, and the power of kindness that energises the hope, can transform your life - If we can do something simple with our kindness, we can energise people and bring people hope Great talk, sir. Thank you for all that you do ♥️

  • @sir_splix
    @sir_splix4 жыл бұрын

    what he came out of is amazing

  • @ceritabaik5539
    @ceritabaik55395 жыл бұрын

    the message is so beautiful and deep, i need this today. thank you

  • @phy29
    @phy294 жыл бұрын

    will you be hopefull if you know the future ... the future is every little things will be nice no more pain and evilness .... we all will be in paradise .....

  • @user-jp4cj3ds7p
    @user-jp4cj3ds7p8 жыл бұрын

    God damn. I stay alive because I hope I'll find happiness. I want to find love and be happy. I've seen my parents not be happy and I hope to enjoy life. hope is the most powerful thing in the world. religion, *the most powerful force in the world* would be nothing without hope. I want to die, but hope is so essential to why I'm still alive. hope is blind and terrifying.

  • @francismausley7239
    @francismausley72393 жыл бұрын

    Thank you- you have to have hope... "In the darksome night of despair, my eye turneth expectant and full of hope to the morn of Thy boundless favor..." ~ Baha'i Prayer

  • @chrismarklowitz1001
    @chrismarklowitz10016 жыл бұрын

    "These are the greatest of all things eternal. Faith, love, and Hope. If I can identify what went wrong in my own personal life where I was happy and now I am not is that I am self involved and egotistical. I must then even when it is not convinient to love and be humble and to believe in myself. To reactivate this part of myself and to force myself to shoe my true and real devotion to love and faith and to reject any notion that we should always do what is pleasurable. We should always do what is right.

  • @shechilocs
    @shechilocs3 жыл бұрын

    Kindness energized hope

  • @phoulacheng5755
    @phoulacheng57558 жыл бұрын

    I really really love your speech

  • @ChengKimaun
    @ChengKimaun5 жыл бұрын

    inspired me so much

  • @moniquevamado
    @moniquevamado7 жыл бұрын

    One at a time. Hope and kindness.

  • @invincib7

    @invincib7

    6 жыл бұрын

    Monique Amado Life Coach & Artist 😚😚

  • @arlinegeorge6967
    @arlinegeorge69673 жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful said ready to die when no help is seen. Do your deeds to the best of your ability. Hope is always available to people who are filled with Hope. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

  • @heythave
    @heythave Жыл бұрын

    Oh, my gosh, I just stumbled on to this. I’ll be in Siem Reap next month and had planned to visit Wat Damnak.

  • @sir_splix
    @sir_splix4 жыл бұрын

    i like what hes saying about cambodia

  • @rating-official5266
    @rating-official52663 жыл бұрын

    that's amazing

  • @mohasaldiary
    @mohasaldiary2 жыл бұрын

    very inspiring speech sir!

  • @phrasenghour43
    @phrasenghour438 жыл бұрын

    good idea

  • @richardlong7440
    @richardlong74405 жыл бұрын

    Good job, bro

  • @camread984
    @camread9843 жыл бұрын

    good idea from Cambodia.

  • @ashmeadali
    @ashmeadali10 ай бұрын

    Build spiritual confidence the easy way. Sing HU every day. The free HU app shows how.

  • @angkortalk3297
    @angkortalk32978 жыл бұрын

    You said that not many Cambodian people were invited to TedTalks. It is true, but some days in the future. I will complete my dream by organizing the stadium talk show to the world and invite TedTalk founder to give the speech. I do not need to go to the TedTalks.

  • @kaichit900
    @kaichit9008 жыл бұрын

    nice idea

  • @aditya6201
    @aditya62014 жыл бұрын

    I tend to believe that hope is even superior to the law of attraction. The law of attraction tends to get us to believe things that may not even be real and may cause us anxiety whereas hope is a kind of optimistic wistfulness that has soul in it and helps us to progress in a soulful manner towards accomplishing our goals.

  • @steven5922
    @steven59224 жыл бұрын

    Dear Admin Greeting from Manut KH. Can I request you have a subtitles plz ! Coz I’m want to study English.

  • @familykhmerldp7427
    @familykhmerldp74278 жыл бұрын

    good idea แนวคิดดีจัง គំនិតល្អៗ

  • @user-ug2hk3go6i
    @user-ug2hk3go6i11 ай бұрын

    It seems quite odd the monastery does not have means to provide for a monk's health care.

  • @endlessfire4108
    @endlessfire4108 Жыл бұрын

    Kratos has the power of hope

  • @imakesushinotsushit
    @imakesushinotsushit3 жыл бұрын

    Not bad Kent innit

  • @sdang6422
    @sdang64228 жыл бұрын

    Somneng huoen

  • @Kevtarded
    @Kevtarded Жыл бұрын

    Makoto Naegi

  • @NotMemeCat

    @NotMemeCat

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, along with all the other protags

  • @anthonystars8933
    @anthonystars89333 жыл бұрын

    A STORY OF HOPE A long time ago, there was an Inuit family high up in the Arctic. It was a terrible year for hunting, and for months the weather was extremely cold. There were very few animals to hunt in the area, and so the family decided they would have to travel south in search of better hunting grounds. When they started their journey south, the walk became long and hard, and they had very little food to eat. Their grandmother was very old and slowing them down. It was a tradition in those days to leave the old folks behind in hopes that the rest of the family might survive. So they said their goodbyes and left her standing alone on the ice. Later that day, a polar bear saw her and started to hunt her down, but she was too slow to escape. As the polar bear got close to her, she took off her big fur mitt and put it on the end of her narwhal walking stick. She then stood there very still and quiet, making no sound or movement. As the polar bear got within feet of her, it opened its mouth to bite her, and at that very moment, she shoved the mitten down the polar bear’s throat choking him. It wasn’t able to breathe, and it died. She walked all day and through the night and was able to catch up with her family, and she told them what had happened. They went back to the polar bear, and it gave them enough food to survive until the spring. So you see, there is always hope, even in the very last moments of certain death, there is always a chance things can get better. There is always hope because there is always God. ... There is a book written by Tony Tymstra titled: What is possible? What is impossible? And What is probable? Proof that God exits. Here is a small chapter you might find interesting....the book is on amazon

  • @tifafrl
    @tifafrl3 жыл бұрын

    Nagito Komaeda

  • @Bella-ef4kw

    @Bella-ef4kw

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Makoto Naegi has entered the chat*

  • @NotMemeCat

    @NotMemeCat

    6 ай бұрын

    *Hajime Hinata has entered the chat*

  • @penelopebranson3621
    @penelopebranson3621 Жыл бұрын

    This talk did not provide hope as I hoped it would. More of an ad for an organization he has been greatly helped by. I have compassion for his story and people in need of the organization for which he speaks- but I’m let down by the fact that I’m walking away from listening to the whole talk with no more hope than when I began listening.

  • @truegileadoil8215
    @truegileadoil82152 жыл бұрын

    DUH,, Jesus said that a long time ago. Plagiarism anyone??

  • @geoffkelland5606
    @geoffkelland56065 жыл бұрын

    Simply luck and privilege. "Everyone can do this".. Yeah right...

  • @JacksonCanales

    @JacksonCanales

    3 жыл бұрын

    Luck brought upon kindness.

  • @pradeepgarg9380
    @pradeepgarg93802 жыл бұрын

    Bad Speaker

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