It's OK to Cry: Understanding My Father | Brother Phap Dung (Deer Park Monastery) 

This video is helping me a loro Thank you so so so much❤

my father is sometimes crazy, but I appreciate all the kindness and love in him 🙏

I also had many difficulties with my father, my whole life. He was a child during WWII and he suffered a lot. His father had died during the war when he (my father) was 4 years old. Growing up, he’d always say, “I don’t know how to be a father, because I didn’t have one.” Much of my narrative towards him is resentful, but I also work on changing the narrative. He would also drop everything to come and pick me up if I was in trouble. I’m sure he worried about me during the times we weren’t speaking. In his later years, he would make a big effort to get up and be ready to have Sunday breakfast, just with me, in a lovely restaurant. He knew I wanted to spend time with him, and he gave me as much time as he could. And he was an excellent listener. Thank you for this talk, dear Brother ❤ “It’s OK to cry” (speaking for myself)

Love you so much dear brother ❤ infinite gratitude for your love and wisdom 🙏🏿

"Nobody in your family will ever be perfect. So you have to pay attention to their diamonds." Thank you dear brother for opening up to us and teaching how to be vulnerable. That crying is very healing and we can rewrite our memories to change the narrative from different angles. We have the power to do that! Deep bow of gratitude 🙏 💜🌼

Thank you dear Brother, thank you so much for sharing with us your deepest emotions 🙏 💜

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Beautiful reminder ❤ thank you Brother 🙏

Thank you so much for your valuable teaching and connecting to us through your open and vulnerable sharing, Thay Phap Dung!

So beautifully real and authentic ❤ xxx

I appreciated this sharing and teaching. In watching this, I'm learning that I can nurture the memories that spring compassion and connection, and uproot or starve out the memories that inspire anger.. treat them as invasive weeds that cause nourishing plants to die. This means so much to me, thank you!

I loved this, thank you for sharing!

🙏💪😢😁🧡🦋👋prayers .

Thank you for sharing❤

Thank you so much for sharing 🙏

It is good to cry........💞

Thank you Thay for your dharma talk it helps me a lot 🙏💕

Thanks a lot for sharing your memories, Br Phap Dung. Greetings from Barcelona - Spain 🪷🙏

I remember watching the talk and appreciated the vulnerability as well as the truth ❤

Merci beaucoup! 💜

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Oh how I wish I'd known about the Plum Village and your wonderful teachings 20 years ago. I miss my father, still keep in touch by phone, but haven't visited in years. I don't have as fond memories of my mother, but your assertion of everyone expresses love in different ways resonates with me. Perhaps in meditation the narrative can be rewritten and maybe a visit even take place. Thank you 🙏

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Está bien llorar y es muy sanador pero no sé porque lo vemos como algo negativo o como un símbolo de debilidad. Gracias por esta charla.

අනුන්ට අන්චි අදින උන්ට සසරම අඩන්ඩ පුලුවන් වෙයි. එතකං කෙලවපියව්. ඕනෙ...ක්. Ok...ok..ok...අංපිටියෙ වසලයෙක් ගෙ පවු හෝදන අවස්තාවක් ..ශෑං ශෝං ඌරු ඩියර් බ්‍රදර්...

Fred mayers evil I know great awaking

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