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My question is: how is it possible for humankind to achieve world peace?
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I know it's a little broad.
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(Sr Dang Nghiem) Dear Thay, dear Sangha, the question is:
How is it possible to achieve world peace?
We know that you have to start from yourself.
You have to learn how to be peace:
to bring peace to your body, your feelings, your perceptions,
your way of thinking, your way of speaking.
And if you know how to do it, then you inspire other people to do it.
and then there will be world peace!
Like if you have a lot of tension in your body,
there is no peace in your body.
There's a lot of pain in your body; there's no peace in your body.
So you have to practice releasing the tension, reducing the pain,
and you'll have more peace in your body.
And then when you have feelings that are not very peaceful,
feelings and emotions of anger, of fear, of violence,
then you know how to practice.
By breathing, calming, walking,
and calming down your feelings, your emotions, you have peace.
And you have to learn to eat and to drink
in such a way that will not bring disturbances into your body.
You have to read books, read magazines, and watch films
in such a way that will not bring violence anger, fear, and despair into you.
This is the practice of peace.
You have to be careful.
You should not consume things that have war in them,
like an electronic game, or a book, a film,
may have a lot of violence, fear and anger,
and they are not peace.
If you consume these things every day,
there will be no peace in you, and there is no hope for the world.
So you have to practice peace first,
in order to help the world to have peace.
That is why we always say: "Peace in oneself, peace in the world."
Thank you!
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