We become very active with our understanding. Before we invite, we breathe in and out to prepare three times. With meditation, we can offer this to ourselves and others. It is the insight of no-self. During the l960s, when his Vietnam Peace activism was at its height, he also founded a lay order called Tiep Hien, or ‘Interbeing.’ It’s in this mindfulness tradition that he’s empowered fifty of his students to teach.”. Additionally, MindBell can be used as a timer for you meditation sessions. The bell of mindfulness. How he enjoys his class and his students. When we come home to ourselves, we can discover the island of self. With non-self we discover the nature of emptiness.”. The bell is the ambassador of the buddha to our home. Today President Obama invites us to “Let Freedom Ring” on the 50th anniversary of the MLK speech at the Lincoln Memorial. The shamatha practice in my tradition is to nourish and keep alive this kind of insight twenty-four hours a day with the whole of our being.”. The sound of the bell is the voice of the Buddha inside calling us to come home to ourselves. If we change our daily lives—the way we think, speak and act—we begin to change the world. “Is he charismatic?” an old friend grown wise, but in weakened health, inquired one afternoon in Golden Gate park. There was nothing left to say. We are protected. This is the island within yourself. 1:04:15 Mindful Breathing Exercises 5-8. Both the audio download and the video stream are available below. 105-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, New York during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. July 8, 2012. in the search box below. The first is freshness – fresh as a flower. To practice, first bow and recognize the presence of the other. The Mindfulness Bell If you would like to learn more about Thich Nhat Hanh’s tradition of mindfulness practice, you will surely enjoy his many books as well as The Mindfulness Bell… Using loving speech is a tool for teachers. When we listen to the chant, we should sit and listen and try to stop our thinking. We’re the Shambhala Sun Foundation. When we inter-are, we find peace, stability, freedom—the root of our happiness. Inviting the bell. Learn to live like Jesus by using Buddhist meditation. Placing Thich Nhat Hanh’s background in context is useful, Kotler says, “because we tend to think of zen mostly as Japanese; yet that’s only one manifestation, the one best known in the West. If you know how, you can have peace right away. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk whose teachings are both inspirational and wise. Thay’s dream is to build a sangha. Somewhere between Dr. Chopra’s scientific mysticism (or was it mystical science?) How do we use the bell in our home? The whole school benefited from his incorporation of mindfulness. “He talks about practice. We continue with an explanation in several other aspects of the noble eightfold path. I am reminded of this during a recent gathering in San Francisco, where a global brain trust had been convened by the Mikhail Gorbachev Foundation USA for a “State of the World Forum.”. There is also the practice of deep listening. Thay teaches us how to invite the bell in this 12-minutes excerpt from a 2009 dharma talk at Plum Village. Sisterhood. It was an obvious case of beatnik genius at the controls, the breakthrough pow-wow linking up the Esalen Institute, the Pentagon, the Fortune 500, and a grab-bag of stray cosmic tracers. Very much the same idea as the Trinity for Christians. Every time we hear the bell, we can practice going home to the island within. Solidity. We begin with a teaching for the children on pepple meditation and inviting the bell. This is the practice of taking refuge. Can you lend your support to Lion’s Roar at this critical time? Enjoying the here and the now is the address for the pure land of the Buddha. The colloquium’s luminaries were many and mixed: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, South African Vice-President Thabo Mbeki, Jane Goodall, Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, Fritjof Capra, Ted Turner, Sam Keen, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Halifax, Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica and the remarkable Mr. Gorbachev himself. Can we listen to the suffering in the world and inside yourself? The second energy is concentration. In order to heal a relationship, you must heal yourself. and someone else’s view of Celtic pre-Christian pagan consciousness, I became aware of an increasing buzzy muddification of my frontal lobes. Over the past month, over 400,000 readers like you have visited our site, reading almost a million pages and streaming over 120,000 hours of video teachings. August 26, 2012. We need to learn how to make good use of our suffering. I almost always start and end my meditations by “inviting” the bell to sound. © Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:45:13 — 96.3MB). The time stamps listed here are for audio download. After practicing sitting meditation, we often practice indoor walking meditation (sometimes called Kinh Hanh). Working with strong emotions using your breath. “What exactly is his tradition anyway? The mindfulness bell is the voice of our spiritual ancestors, he instructs: “Its sounds call us back to our true home in the present moment—to emptiness. The temporality of language and power was reduced for a prolonged still moment to reverberant silence, to presentness. He or she invites the bell to ring for you. Mindfulness, the first energy, is the heart of meditation. It happened then. Each issue features a teaching by our teacher, Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. “Breathing-in Breathing out,” they sang, “Breathing in… Breathing out.” Then an echo up the halls of the noble old hotel: “I am free, I am free, I am free…”. No Buddhist terms are needed. 119-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Upper Hamlet of Plum Village during the 2013 Summer Opening. His words and speech were restful, like a balm to the ears and conscience. We all know this, that we cannot be without other people, other species, but very often we forget that being is really inter-being; that living beings are made only of non-living elements. 37:27 Four Qualities of Happiness using Pebble Meditation A couple of sweet moments when a local church bell is ringing and then a rain downpour. We can use the sound to calm our feelings. This is the teaching of ‘non-self’ in Buddhism. Important Note: Please only use the list below for contacting a Sangha in your hometown and not use it to promote your retreats, products, and/or newsletters.Thank you for your understanding. To find a Sangha, enter keywords (country, state, city, name, etc.) Thich Nhat Hanh recommends study and chanting of the Heart Sutra as a means of understanding how everything can be empty of separate self, while at the same time being full of everything else in the cosmos. “Intellect alone is not enough to guide us,” Master Hanh declared to them humbly. July 26, 2013. The practice of walking and sitting should bring pleasure. “He’s lived in Plum Village, a contemplative community near Bordeaux, France, since l966. We can feel calm and light. Sign up here to receive an email whenever new posts are published on this website. August 28, 2013. Listening and using the bell has been of great help to many families. July 26, 2013. Thank you.”. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:24:32 — 77.4MB). And the fourth is freedom – space. The late arrival was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk named Thich Nhat Hanh. 2020 Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks. “But as we know, Buddhists too are made up only of non-Buddhist elements…”, At the Forum, the sound of women singing, nuns in his Order, drifted up from a place nearby. Stopping with the sound of the bell is an essential practice developed by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village community, and is at the foundation of cultivating mindfulness, calm awareness, presence, and self-compassion throughout the day. With our breathing, we gain mindfulness, concentration, and insight. He arrived late at a mid-morning dialogue addressing the topic “Expanding the Boundaries of Humanness.” The guest panel was Rupert Sheldrake, Deepak Chopra, Esalen Institute founder Michael Murphy and Episcopalian Dean Alan Jones. on Being a Better Christian through Mindfulness, Being a Better Christian through Mindfulness, The Bell. Right thinking is the element that goes along with this teaching. Peace. “One day I was practicing mindful movement in a wood with the people of our community,” he said softly. This is not abstract and it is our Buddhanature. I saw this connection very profoundly. The talk is given in English with consecutive translation into Dutch. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk, poet, peace activist, and the author of more than 100 books, including the national bestsellers 'Anger' and 'Living Buddha, Living Christ.' As Trungpa Rinpoche informed us in his first book, Meditation In Action, meditation is Buddhism’s core practice. 99-minute recording given at Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney, Ireland by Thich Nhat Hanh. How to be a bell master – Thay provides concise instructions for inviting the bell. Aware of the sangha around us, we feel in harmony with the larger body. “Everyday we practice this, walking slowly, mindfully, to enjoy every step; then we sit down. This helps explain the formidable group of teachers, writers and activists who in various capacities are affiliated with the growing “engaged Buddhism” movement Thich Nhat Hanh has inspired—Joan Halifax, Joanna Macy, Deena Metzger, bell hooks, Wendy Johnson, Maxine Hong Kingston and others. I am home.” The Kingdom of God is available everyday by the practice of mindful breathing and mindful walking. That is a statement made by Lavoisier—not a Buddhist,” he responded with something like a smile. “That is why it is important for us to live in such a way that every moment we are there deeply with our true presence, always alive and nourishing the insight of Interbeing.”. We need to recognize the kingdom of god in the here and now. On a day of mindfulness we have time to sit and breathe together. Nirvana. Harmony. It has a lot of understanding and compassion. It means we act with love and compassion, living in such a way that a future will be possible for our children and their children. And the eighth is to calm our painful feeling or emotion. Peaceful Refuge Sangha in Ashland, Oregon offers mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen monk, teacher and peace activist. We also see sunshine, a cloud, the earth, minerals, the gardener, the complete cosmos. The fifth and sixth exercises are to generate a feeling of joy and happiness. How do we realize the dream of King? The bell of mindfulness. This talk from the New Hamlet of Plum Village is dated Thursday, March 20, 2014. If a relationship had become difficult, there is always a way to transform it. Arnie Kotler seemed like a good source of answers to my questions about Thich Nhat Hanh. There are many wonders of life. With this, peace can penetrator every cell. A heart free to listen is a flower that blooms on the tree of practice.”, Listening to Thich Nhat Hanh one gradually attunes to the meditation bell which is much a part of his practice path. The main talk begins at 31-minutes. Thay likes to remind people that Indochina was influenced by both India and China, and that Indian Buddhism especially means a lot to him. A Buddhist monk Hanh is also a promulgator of mindfulness meditation and is also quite popular in the West. We invite the bell to sound. He’s a well-respected peace activist and meditation teacher. In a short talk for children, this is something Thay wants us to bring home with us when you leave Plum Village. We rely significantly on advertising and newsstand sales to support our work — both of which have dropped precipitously this year. “Not in the usual sense. Finally, we can rediscover Jesus as a spiritual teacher. “This is why we have to practice meditation—to keep alive this vision. He lives in Plum Village, a meditation community in southwestern France, and travels worldwide leading retreats on the art of mindful living. 92-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Mahachulalungkornrajavidyalaya University in Bangkok, Thailand. Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most revered Zen teachers in the world today. I take refuge in the Buddha. Ashland is located in Southern Oregon, in the beautiful Rogue Valley. The practice of mindfulness will help. Without peace and happiness we cannot take care of ourselves; we cannot take care of other species and we cannot take care of the world. Many people are looking for someone for refuge but many have chosen someone who is not stable. The Mindfulness Bell. A brilliant articulation of his belief in a Living Holiness shared by both East and West, this new book establishes a basis for the “New World Dharma” pointed to in such landmark texts of recent years as William Irwin Thompson’s Pacific Shift, Gary Snyder’s Practice of the Wild, and Alan Hunt Badiner’s eco-Buddhist compendium Dharma Gaia. Where there is suffering, mindfulness responds with the energy of compassion and understanding. The talk on this day is in English. The Mindfulness Bell is a quarterly journal of the art of mindful living, in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Dharma offered by the Venerable Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. In l967, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King for his peace work in Vietnam. The third is peace/tranquility – still water. Is it zen he’s talking about, or is all of Buddhism like this?” The hard-boiled Capitol Hill reporter had been told that to understand what the environmental lobby was fuelled by these days, she ought to check out what the Buddhist monk from Vietnam had to say. Being the mind back to the body. In just one week we can know the art if suffering in order to generate joy and happiness. 137-minute dharma talk given in English, with consecutive translation into German, with Thich Nhat Hanh. He lives in Plum Village in southwest France,his meditation and retreat center in France, where he teaches the art of mindful living. What becomes clear is that what Thich Nhat Hanh teaches is not so much “Buddhism” as steady perseverance in meditative practice. “Thay is a zen teacher,” Kotler related. Everybody is moving together slowly and mindfully. We calm our body and calm our feelings. No birth and no death. Thich Nhat Hanh . July 26, 2013. July 29, 2013. Either way, please allow us to re-introduce ourselves: But he’s the real thing. This is taking refuge. “Our Buddhist equivalent is the practice of cultivating mindfulness, of living deeply every moment with the energy of the Holy Spirit. Global Sangha List. How do we listen? The landscape was beautiful—flowing ridges, woodland and moor. We have sixteen exercises of mindful breathing. Thich Nhat Hanh began with a story. Cultivate stability and solidity and also look for that in the other person. A day of mindfulness is a day of practice so that we can live each moment of our life very deeply. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:24:47 — 77.6MB). Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist, revered throughout the world for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace. And the third energy is insight. A Buddhist Prayer for the End of Suffering This beautiful prayer written by Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, is chanted by brother Phap Niem. The Mindfulness Bell, 2236 Sixth St B, Berkeley, CA 94710 US Magazine Contacts: Subscriptions Advertising Submissions. Mindful listening and mindfulness of suffering. The self is only made of non-self elements. Our bell minders take turns facilitating meetings, and sangha care team looks after the needs of the sangha. Kotler is the publisher of many of Thich Nhat Hanh’s seventy-five books and a board member of the Community of Mindful Living, a loose-knit umbrella organization of more than one hundred groups of students around the world practicing in Thich Nhat Hanh’s tradition of living mindfully, daily, in the moment. Buddhism too is only made of non-Buddhist elements. This is the twelfth talk of the summer. There is a verse to learn to be qualified as a bell master. Many of the things we do in life are to cover up out suffering. Telephone meditation is in the same spirit. Last time we spoke of the mental formation called restlessness. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. On the third day of this Forum heaviosity, though, a little man appeared as magically as Rumpelstiltskin. And he’s a poet. “E-mail, fax, voice pager—you can contact New York from Tokyo in half a minute so easily. He wrote a book and became a dharma teacher. “One day, I suddenly realized that the tree standing in front of me allowed my movement to be possible. For whatever reason, this defining moment thrives in the psyche as a kind of touchstone, and again and again we return to it in search of magic. In this talk we learn about taking refuge and exercises 5-8 from the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing. So it was when Thich Nhat Hanh spoke again at the State of the World Forum, this time to Mr. Gorbachev and the eminences arrayed. This is the thirteenth talk of the summer. We have Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing to help us heal ourselves. Freshness. Transformation. Chant begins at 1:20m into recording and the talk resumes again at 1:41m. Instruction on walking meditation. Even the Buddha was a human and suffered. May the sound of this bell penetrate deep into the cosmos Even in the darkest spots Compassionate listening and loving speech. The teaching of here and now is also in the gospel. We can stop our thinking every time we hear the sound of the bell. How do we listen to the bell? His students call him “Thay,” Vietnamese for “Teacher.” Born in l926, Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tick-Not-Hawn) has been a monk for fifty-three years, dedicating himself to the practice and transmission of “Engaged Buddhism,” a root insight tradition melding meditation, awareness of the moment, and compassionate action as a means of taking care of our lives and society. Basil, have said it is possible to pray as we work, and in Vietnam, we invented ‘Engaged Buddhism’ so we could continue our contemplative life in the midst of helping the victims of war. In this dharma realm, he says, “Birth, death, being and non-being do not truly exist.” They are simply notions, he observes, and the practice of the Heart Sutra is the practice of removing all ideas. I saw very clearly that I was able to breathe in because of its presence in front of me. Often referred to as the most beloved Buddhist teacher in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings and practices appeal to people from various religious, spiritual, and political backgrounds. But resting does not mean doing nothing. The seventh is to recognize a painful feeling. Topics: Mindfulness & Awareness, Plum Village Tradition / Order of Interbeing, Protest & Activism, San Francisco Bay Area, Shambhala Sun - Jan '96, Teachers & Communities, Teachings, Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen, We’re glad to have you here. These direct teachings from Plum Village include a 45-minute bell-sounding meditation introduced and rung by Th We don’t need to be afraid because we can also generate an energy of mindfulness. 90-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from New Hamlet of Plum Village during the 2013 Summer Opening. Why? Originally he’s from Vietnam—Indochina—so there may be an assumption that he’s from a Theravada tradition. This is the second talk. If you are not open then you are not Buddhist. The event was an example of North American Buddhism par excellence. If you are a bell master then please be generous. We can use pebble meditation and inviting the bell. After the previous discussion, what Thich Nhat Hanh had to say, and how he said it—without pyrotechnics or bombast; without jewelled elephants or eight-nectared realms; without pseudoscience or systems—was like a glass of hot tea on a raw day. Thay practices in the forty-second generation of Lin-Chi’s (in Japanese, Rinzai) chan/zen Buddhism. The chant calling the name of Avalokiteshvara is about listening to the suffering. Discussion was free-ranging and abstract: how Descartes’ three hundred year old notions of mechanistic science still impact on the Western world view of self, place and spiritual relevance; how pilgrimage became tourism; how telepathic communication with other star worlds is worth a shot. I thought for a moment of St. Francis of Assisi, then looking about the room at my speechless companions, I could have sworn I saw the universe smile. Back to Top. At Spirit Rock, the Marin County dharma centre inspired by Jack Kornfeld and other teachers, Thich Nhat Hanh led a “Day of Mindfulness” that drew more than two thousand people to the former nature conservancy’s natural amphitheater. “Thay is in its eighth or ninth generation and he’s very much embedded in the fullness of these traditions. “We need to rediscover a way to talk and listen to each other as in a loving family. Walking meditation and the country of the present moment. Many people have a bell of mindfulness on their computer. Review of the first four exercises of mindful breathing. This is the art of happiness. Transform our classroom into a family, into a sangha. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:30:03 — 82.4MB). His best-selling books include Happiness and Peace Is Every Step. We all have a Buddha-nature in us. Happily, a mindful carpool shuttle introduced me to new friends en route, so I was not alone in the large crowd. “Today, communication has expanded greatly throughout the world,” Master Hanh remarked. Brotherhood. The day-long outdoor program included meditation, mindful walking, music and song, silent eating, an offbeat organic “apple” meditation by Ed Brown, and a lengthy, absorbing dharma talk by Master Hanh that became a Sermon in the Vale. Happiness and suffering. Establishing a meditation hall in the home. We take one step with each in-breath and one step with each out-breath. Somewhere during most experiences there occurs a climactic moment in which all that has gone before, and will come after, becomes fixed in the mind. Most everything about Thich Nhat Hanh was marked by calmness, a soft yin-ness that goes beyond simple stillness. In a short talk for children, this is something Thay wants us … A small man garbed in the drab brown robes of his Order, Thich Nhat Hanh spoke quietly, plaintively, in good English with occasional French inflections. Learn how to breath and walk. Meditation is possible all day long. But first: who are “we”? Anyone can generate the energy of mindfulness, bringing our mind home to our body. And mindfulness is always mindfulness of something – drinking your tea. A Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh is an internationally known author, poet, scholar, and peace activist, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. t’s energy can also heal your suffering. Rely on the island of yourself. Taking refuge is an art. You can unsubscribe at any time with one click. BELL OF MINDFULNESS Throughout our time together — during sitting meditation, walking meditation, dharma sharing, tea time, and so on — a bell will be invited to sound periodically. Do we have an dea of the Buddha? April 13, 2012. Nothing dies. Our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh Please enjoy some excerpts on a teaching given by our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on the Christmas eve of 2012, about finding our true home within. Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:17:44 — 94.6MB). But what technology can help with this? These qualities bring a happy person. Their purpose was to search for and articulate answers to certain fundamental challenges as humanity prepares to enter its next historic phase of development on this precious planet. The leading cultural critic and thinker bell hooks shares what Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh means to people of color. How do we do walking meditation using “I have arrived. Established in the present moment. The story of Henry and his transformation of using mindfulness in the classroom. Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation, 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA, 92026, United States 760-291-1003 ext 104 info@thichnhathanhfoundation.org This can help to bring peace to the family. A free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community. This is the twelfth talk of the summer. Can you help us? Taking refuge in your in breath and out breath – this is much more concrete than an idea. This is the third dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Transformation and Healing – The Art of Suffering. Every moment can be a pleasant moment. The Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha are something solid. Get even more Buddhist wisdom delivered straight to your inbox! That’s very much what Thich Nhat Hanh is offering: meditation in activity.”. 9:30 Inviting the Bell How do we practice mindfulness in our every day activities? How then can the dharma help dysfunctional, emotionally hurt individuals?” he asked. We don’t need to be dogmatic and caught by words – er can say “self” too. If we look deeply into a flower, what do we see? Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08 — 62.7MB). We worked to relieve the suffering while trying to maintain our own mindfulness. “This is what I discussed with Dr. Martin Luther King many years ago; that the practice of mindfulness is not just for hours of silent meditation, but for every moment of the day. How we help each other to suffer less? The San Francisco leg of Thich Nhat Hanh’s recent U.S. visit brought out distinguished teachers such as Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein and Ram Dass. When you hear the telephone bell, just sit wherever you are and enjoy breathing in and out. We should not be afraid of suffering. The second is stability – solid as a mountain. In a short talk for children, this is something Thay wants us to bring home with us when you leave Plum Village. This is the second dharma talk of the Summer Opening and it was originally given in French. How do we help the students suffer less? You can also take refuge in your steps. We are nirvana in the here and the now. Teaching on the actor. Every cell of your body can recognize and get in touch with your ancestors within. 68-minute recording given at Lower Hamlet, Plum Village by Thich Nhat Hanh. Interspersed in his talk were observations from Living Buddha, Living Christ. He then tells the story of Henry who was a math teacher in Toronto, Canada. But this is not at the heart of Buddhist teaching. The monastics begin the chant at 36-minutes into recording. (40-minutes), Producing Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight. I had queries of my own, however, since to rework a line from Andrei Codrescu, as a teacher Thich Nhat Hanh appears to cultivate anonymity with the kind of passion with which others cultivate publicity. We can learn how to water these seeds. “In my tradition we speak of ‘interbeing.’ We cannot ‘be’ by ourself alone; we must be with everything else,” he continued. When we listen to the meditation bell, teaches Thich Nhat Hanh, we calm our thoughts and restore ourselves. Instruction on listening to the bell. It was standing there for me, and I was breathing in and out for the tree. Offering Mindfulness Meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. In looking at my notes on the nine days in which I had opportunity to follow, listen and sit in his presence, I realized how seldom he discourses on Buddhist theology—a point known to raise eyebrows among purists. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:32:58 — 85.1MB). The chant of Avalokiteshvara can help touch suffering with mindfulness. Sometime during the visit I’d asked him about the mystery of death: what happens when we die? We are always trying to run away from suffering. They can join you in listening to the bell. “That’s correct; Thay doesn’t talk about Buddhism much,” agrees Arnie Kotler. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:58:58 — 108.9MB). This is deep listening. Karma, retribution, reincarnation teachings have been around a very long time. This is followed by true communion and eating meditation. The Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation works to continue the mindful teachings and practice of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, support our mindfulness practice centers around the world, and engage in Sangha (community) building in order to foster peace and transform … About then, a radio correspondent leaned over to whisper inquiringly. What does that mean? In this talk on August 22, 2014, Thay teaches on using the bell and the noble eightfold path. The practice of mindful breathing and walking help us to calm down our feelings. The more you can let go, the freer you become. This is an English translation. 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