Time Magazine: The Monk Who Taught the World Mindfulness Awaits the End of This Life

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Br. Phap Khong- Diep Nguyen, one of the monastic brothers from Blue Cliff monastery, posted this personal, recent experience: "It is an interesting article, but only from an outsider point of view with limited information.  There are many things that I can mention as we work together as a sangha with designated spokesperson .

For 7 days , I was room mating with one of the main attendants and I have a lot of gratitude for their dedication to be around our teacher.  He is doing well, is very sharp, lucid and makes him own mind about everything. We did have a lot of monastics taking turns to go to the root temple to see our teacher.  So we have to take shifts of 3 to 6 to see our teacher while allow him to rest.  Lay friends are not allowed to see our teacher (except special circumstances).

Whenever the weather is sunny, our teacher loves to go for a walk and visit the grounds of the monastery. During the time of my stay of 7 days, our teacher went at least for a walk (ride) 3 days, there was some days that I went out sightseeing.

So I advice our lay friends to stay in a house near Chùa Từ hieu. Come to the temple and talk to us, visit the stupas, specially during sunny days. At least, we can meet our teacher at each mindful breath, mindful steps."

Time Magazine's The Monk Who Taught the World Mindfulness Awaits the End of This Life