Đọc lại bài phỏng vấn Thích Nhật Hạnh của Opera

Bài phỏng vấn khá dài, nhưng hay. Trong đó có hai ý mình tâm đắc nhất

There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time. We practice mindful walking in order to heal ourselves, because walking like that really relieves our worries, the pressure, the tension in our body and in our mind.

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.

You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart. Even if he says things that are full of wrong perceptions, full of bitterness, you are still capable of continuing to listen with compassion. Because you know that listening like that, you give that person a chance to suffer less.

If you want to help him to correct his perception, you wait for another time. For now, you don’t interrupt. You don’t argue. If you do, he loses his chance.

Oprah: often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it’s so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.

Nhat Hanh: Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us. r