My teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, is constantly reinforcing the experience that true love is make of understanding. This teaching is simple and profound. If we don’t understand our beloved, how can there be true love? We must develop the willingness and capacity to understand the person we love. True love requires us to […]
True Love Is Made Of Understanding
April 13, 2016 by Jerome Freedman
Filed Under: Mindfulness Tagged With: four mantras, mantra, Oprah, Thich Nhat Hanh, true love, True Love Is Made Of Understanding, understanding
Taking Care of Our Families
November 8, 2014 by Jerome Freedman
Taking care of our families is just as important as dharma practice. Even though we are taught that “non-attachment is essential,” we must continue to love and support our family members. I find this teaching to be really essential. At a time when many of my friends were attending retreats away from their families, I […]
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Filed Under: Contemplations, Insights, Mindfulness, Quotes Tagged With: compassion, equanimity, Lama Jampa Thaye, loving kindness, Order of Interbeing, sympathetic joy, Taking Care of Our Families, The Four Immeasurable Minds, Thich Nhat Hanh, true love
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