In a lecture called “True LOVE”, Thích Nhất Hạnh highlights the significance of individuals becoming their partners’ true homes by addressing their own inner healing and fostering compassion through mindfulness and empathy.
Thích Nhất Hạnh stresses that love goes beyond sexual desire and that offering a warm and nurturing home to a partner requires focusing on one’s own suffering and offering empathy and acceptance to others.
He suggests that recognizing and listening to each other’s needs fosters a healthier and more loving relationship.
Thích Nhất Hạnh also highlights the role of mindfulness in understanding and embracing suffering, offering a foundation for genuine love and compassion towards oneself and others.
Through these teachings, he encourages individuals to cultivate inner peace and compassion as a means to enrich their relationships.