by Pam Marraccini | awareness, Bowing, breathing, freedom, joy, mindfulness, Prensent Moment, Thich Nhat Hanh, walking meditation
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A screening of Walk With Me has been scheduled here in Charlottesville, VA.
7:30 PM on October 24, 2017 at Regal Cinema in Stonefield.
Follow this link to purchase your ticket NOW: https://gathr.us/screening/21279
With unprecedented access, WALK WITH ME goes deep inside a Zen Buddhist
community who have given up all their possessions and signed up to a life of
chastity for one common purpose – to transform their suffering, and practice
the art of mindfulness with the world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
Filmed over three years, in their monastery in rural France and on the road
in the USA, this visceral film is a meditation on a community grappling
with existential questions and the everyday routine of monastic life.
As the seasons come and go, the monastics’ pursuit for a deeper connection to
themselves and the world around them is amplified by insights from
Thich Nhat Hanh’s early journals, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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by Pam Marraccini | compassion, garden, love, seeds, Thich Nhat Hanh, Uncategorized, understanding
You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the art of gardening. In each one of us, there are flowers and there is also garbage. The garbage is the anger, fear, discrimination, and jealousy within us. If you water the garbage, you will strengthen the negative seeds. If you water the flowers of compassion, understanding, and love, you will strengthen the positive seeds. What you grow is up to you.
– Thich Nhat Hanh
(Painting: Van Gogh)
You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the art of gardening. In each one of us, there are flowers and there is also garbage. The garbage is the anger, fear, discrimination, and jealousy within us. If you water the garbage, you will strengthen the negative seeds. If you water the flowers of compassion, understanding, and love, you will strengthen the positive seeds. What you grow is up to you.