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Cultivating Joy & Togetherness in the Midst of Hardship | TWOII podcast | Episode 95

This is the recording of our second live public event, which recently took place in London. Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and leadership coach/journalist Jo Confino are joined on stage by special guest Ocean Vuong, Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. Their conversation explores the themes of joy, togetherness, and cultivating courage in the face of hardship and suffering; the role of language, narrative, and technology in shaping modern experiences of suffering and joy; intergenerational trauma; and more. All three share personal experiences and insights about finding meaning and community amidst individual and collective challenges. Ocean recollects the way that, growing up in a community impacted by the opioid crisis, Buddhism and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh provided solace and a path to understanding suffering, while Brother Phap Huu reflects on his journey to become a Zen Buddhist monk, and the role of kindness, fearlessness, and vulnerability in his practice. The discussion culminates with a chant offered by Ocean as a message of hope and resilience in the face of adversity. ----- Live Registration produced by Zenbird Studio Camera operators: Josh Donaldson, Sophie Sparkes, Twan Peeters Sound Recordist: Guido Lerner Sound-editing: Clay Carnill Director and visual designer: Twan Peeters Thanks to Friends House London and Speakit Productions 🙏🏾 ----- Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:35 Presencing 00:03:42 Brother Phap Huu brings us into our common center 00:11:35 Ocean Vuong’s journey to almost becoming a monk 00:20:50 Collective kindness and home 00:25:08 Invoking peace 00:25:55 Chant in Vietnamese 00:26:44 The value of kindness; The proximity of labour 00:40:03 The proximity of nature 00:41:10 When did Brother Phap Huu know he was going to be a monk? 00:51:12 Freedom; Listening to Thich Nhat Hanh’s tapes; Male privilege 1:00:00 Choosing life without hope; How fearlessness and courage function in the lives of practitioners 1:16:54 Fearlessness coming from humiliation 1:20:17 Feeling safe in vulnerability 1:27:42 The continuum of life; The continuation of our ancestors 1:32:41 How to sit with oneself and with suffering 1:42:31 Ocean singing Bright Morning Stars 1:47:05 Outro ------- 🎧 Listen to previous episodes on YouTube ➛ http://pvapp.to/twoii-episodes ------- 🔔 The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living is a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. 🔔 ------ The podcast is co-produced by the Plum Village App: https://plumvillage.app/ Plum Village UK: https://plumvillage.uk/ And Global Optimism: https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation: https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ ------ 🎧 Listen to the podcast on the (completely FREE) Plum Village App ➛ https://link.plumvillage.app/tLE4 and other streaming services. ------ Resources: 🎙️ Ocean Vuong ➛ www.oceanvuong.com/ 🎙️ Brother Phap Huu ➛ plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/br-phap-huu 🎙️ Jo Confino ➛ www.instagram.com/joconfino/?hl=en Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnout ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/bein... Calm in the Storm: Zen Ways to Cultivate Stability in an Anxious World ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/calm... Interbeing ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbeing W. S. Merwin ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._M... Harry Beecher Stowe ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet... Tom Brokaw ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brokaw Duḥkha ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duḥkha Ford Model T ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mo... The Dhammapada ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada Anaphora ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphor...) Schadenfreude ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaden... ‘Bright Morning Star’ ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_... ‘The Five Earth Touchings’ ➛ https://plumvillage.org/key-practice-... Support Plum Village ➛ https://donor.plumvillage.org/page/su... 🪷 Help us caption and translate this video: https://web.plumvillage.app/subs?yt=6... #mindfulness #Buddhism #podcast