Could you come to Poland?

Session of Q&A with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn, Thay. Plum Village practice center, France.

(Bell)

[Could you come to my home country,
Poland, to introduce your teachings?]

Dear the loving Thay,
dear beloved community,

My name is Margot, I grew up in Poland,

but I live in the United States now.

First of all, I would like
to express my enormous gratitude

for the deep deep teachings
and the practice

that allowed me to change my life

heal my life.

My parents were children of the war.

So I knew the war through them.

And when I found your teaching

it allowed me to sit with this suffering,

they sufferings and my sufferings

and transform it.

But when I go back to Poland,

I still feel that energy.

I also feel the energy like in the U.S.

of the native American
brothers and sisters.

But they have you,
and my deep desire would be

to bring the teachings
to Eastern Europe, to Poland.

So the next question is

if you would ever consider
coming to Poland?

(Laughter)

To introduce the teachings

to my brothers and sisters in Poland
who are still suffering.

Thank you.

Dear Thay, dear Sangha,

our friend Margot is very grateful
to Thay and the teachings

for the healing
that has brought to her life.

She grew up in Poland
and now lives in the U.S.

And the practices helped her to understand

the suffering of her parents,
who were children of war,

possibly the 2nd World War,

and the suffering of her country.

Now in the U.S., she is also very aware

of the suffering
of the native American peoples

She would like to know

if Thay would be able to go to Poland

to help her bring his teachings

to her spiritual brothers
and sisters to her country.

Thay is in you.

(Laughter)

So if you go to Poland,
Thay goes with you.

And with your practice
of mindful breathing, mindful walking,

you will help so many people.

And you also have your Sangha body.

Try to persuade your Sangha body
to go with you.

I think we have already gone
to Russia and other countries of Europe

and offered the teaching and the practice.

This is only a problem of continuation.

So your Sangha is there,
take refuge in the Sangha

and request your Sangha
to support you and go with you

to Poland and to other
Eastern European countries.

I think books of Thay
are already available

in many countries, they are already.

So please reflect on this
and discuss with your Sangha

as how to make the teachings, the practice

more available in your root country,

and also other countries.

This is possible with the Sangha

Everything is possible with the Sangha.

[connect,
be inspired, be nourished]

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