Thich Nhat Hanh Tribute-This Earth, This Love

Thich Nhat Hanh inspired millions of people all over the world with his gentle, beautiful and accessible mindfulness teachings, not just Buddhists but lay practitioners and meditators of many other faith traditions. This is a spoken word and musical tribute with his words and my gathas and songs that I wrote over the thirty five year period I loved and learned from his presence and wisdom.

Transcript

Day 10 Breathing in,

I know I am breathing in.

Breathing out,

I know I am breathing out.

In,

Out.

Breathing in,

I feel calm.

Breathing out,

I feel ease.

Breathing in,

I smile.

Breathing out,

I release.

Breathing in,

I dwell in the present moment.

Breathing out,

I know it is a wonderful moment.

I have arrived.

I am home.

In the here,

In the now.

I am solid.

I am free.

In the ultimate,

I dwell.

Thai.

The Earth is waiting for you.

The Earth is always patient and open-hearted.

She is waiting for you.

She is waiting for you.

She has been waiting for you for the last trillion lifetimes.

She can wait any length of time.

She knows you will come back to her one day.

Fresh and green,

She will welcome you exactly like the first time.

Because love never says this is the last time.

Because Earth is a loving mother,

She will never stop waiting for you.

This life,

This beauty,

This day,

This hope,

This hope,

This opening,

This Earth,

This love,

This life,

This beauty,

This breath,

This peace,

This face,

This kindness.

There are two dimensions to life.

The historical dimension in which you identify with birth and death,

Ups and downs,

Beginnings and endings.

And the ultimate dimension where you see clearly that all of these are only concepts.

As your solidity and freedom grow stronger,

You begin to touch the ground of your being,

Which is the ultimate dimension of reality.

And the door of no birth and no death opens.

I share the mind of peace in my mind.

I am the source of all that breathes.

I am the love that's always tender.

I am the calm that never leaves.

I am the friend who's always faithful.

I am the truth that never lies.

I am the song that lasts forever.

I am the dance that never ends.

I am home.

I am home.

I am home.

I am free.

I am free.

I am free.

Thai,

That path is you.

That is why it will never tire of waiting.

Whether it is covered with red dust,

Autumn leaves or icy snow.

Come back to the path.

You will be like the tree of life.

Your leaves,

Trunk,

Branches and the blossoms of your soul will be fresh and beautiful.

Once you enter the practice of earth touching.

Every part of me is at home.

My body belongs to the earth.

My being dwells in the ultimate.

My heart belongs to you.

Thai,

Walk and touch peace every moment.

Walk and touch happiness every moment.

Each step brings a fresh breeze.

Each step makes a flower bloom.

Kiss the earth with your feet.

Bring the earth your love and happiness.

The earth will be safe when we feel safe in ourselves.

Do not abandon yourself to pain.

Peace will come again and again.

Do not abandon yourself to grief.

Love is always there underneath.

All loss and grief and fear and pain and will come again.

Love will come again.

Do not abandon yourself to despair.

Peace is always there,

Always there.

Peace is always there.

Breathing in,

I feel calm.

Breathing out,

I feel ease.

In,

Calm.

Out,

Ease.

Breathing in,

I know this is the present moment.

Breathing out,

I know it is a wonderful moment.

Present moment.

Wonderful moment.

Time.

Take my hand.

We will walk.

We will only walk.

We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.

Walk peacefully.

Walk happily.

Our walk is a peace walk.

Our walk is a happiness walk.

Namo Valokiteshvaraya Namo Valokiteshvaraya Namo Valokiteshvaraya Namo Valokiteshvaraya Namo Valokiteshvaraya In the heart of me there you are.

In the heart of you there I am.

Ooh,

Aah,

Aah,

Aah,

Aah.

I am home,

I am home,

I am home,

I am free.

I am free,

I am free.

I am free,

I am free.

I am free,

I am free.

Reviews

This is lovely. Peaceful, well paced and your singing is beautiful 🙏🏽

Simply exquisite. Beautiful quotes and lovely singing for peace, grounding, and comfort.

Your singing was so beautiful and unusual. Thank you. I felt very calm and peaceful by the end of the meditation.

Lovely

Thank you so much for your offering. I feel so warm and loved and nourished.

Thanks for reconnecting me with Thich’s teachings 🙏🌸

Lovely. The combination of words and song went straight to my heart.

Oh, how radiant and plentiful kindness present. Thank you. May you be happy, may you be free, may you feel safe, may you feel loved.

That was a lovely tribute, Debra. Even better, it was beautiful and comforting. I just had a anxiety- and sadness- and alienation- etc. provoking incident and I was trying to find something to help me get grounded again and this helped quite a bit. A lotus for you, Buddha to be.

Thank you for this lovely interpretation of Thay’s teachings! 🙏☮️💕🌎

Mystical magical sweet tender-hearted loving devotion to our ever-present friend. Thank you for this lovely gift. Namaste🙏🏽🙏🏼🌈🦋❣️🕊

Truly cantering, grounding & deeply calming. 🙏🏻 Thank you 💜

Wunderschön wonderful

Stunning. So peaceful and inspiring.

Peaceful thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you, you sang and spoke so beautifully the miracle of Thich Nhat Hanh 🧘‍♀️🙏❤🦋🌳🚶‍♀️

Thank you for this blessed tribute to Thich Nhat Hanh 🙏🏻🌅

So lovely and beautiful, thank you kindly ♥️
Namaste 🙏🏼 🌺