On the fourth day of the "Happiness is Here and Now" Retreat at the YMCA of Hong Kong on Sunday, November 7th, 2010, Thay speaks on the teaching of being free from a separate self.

"You are a flower in the garden of humanity. You are made of non-you elements. You are made of father, mother, ancestors, food, education. If you remove all these non-you elements, there is no you left. So when you look into the lotus and see the mud, you know that the mud is essential for the lotus to be. So you have no further discrimination against the mud. This insight is so crucial for us to be happy, because if you see things in a dualistic way there will always be discrimination, separation, violence and fear."