Listening to our heartache, to our suffering and feelings

This is a very beautiful talk from Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh… in it he says we cannot be present for anyone else as they really are unless we can be present for ourselves this requires not turning away from how we or others feel..

There is a name for this loving presence in Buddhism : maitri…. this talk is just full of love and it shows how we can live in peace, happiness and joy once we have developed the courage to really be their for ourselves and show compassion (karuna) as well as the two other aspects of true love a capacity for joy (mudita) and non attachment (upeksha)