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Read by Thich Nath Hanh, chanted by brother Phap Niem.

The creators of this audio track were Gary Malkin, the composer/arranger, producer, and collaborator Michael Stillwater. The work came from a CD/book called Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying, and it could be purchased by going to wisdomoftheworld.com.

Visuals taken from:
HOME, Earth and Baraka

You can download the audio here
MP3 Download: wkup.org/images/audio/thay_phapniem_greatbellchant.mp3

If you want to download the video, you can do this by clicking the link that says; "download this video", right below the "About this video" menu, on the right of this page.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments :-)
  • Van Dao 2 years ago
    I thank you very kindly for this beautiful and exotic compilation. Of particular interest is how the angle of the camera and the 'arm fold' posture of the Egyptian statues reflect so accurately a segment of a dream of mine one early Sat morning of September 30th, 2006 [PST].

    I had written it out and sent to some of my friends, with much details - All except for a few [perhaps not so minor] incidents: One of which reveals the face on the 'wooden manikin' [木 偶 ] in my dream as that of Thay Nhat Hanh's [a.k.a. SuOng] in his usual and customary dark brown outfit, but with long and flowing sleeves.

    Another point I'd like to share with you is a scene [in my dream] where the lustrous creamy white material of the inside of the cut cable of the bridge on which I was crossing bears resemblance to the words Bon / Bien [笨 辮 辫]
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  • Sandrine Deleuze 2 years ago
    This is the most beautiful video I've ever seen ! thanks for sharing ! I would like to buy the music that we can listen with this video ;-) Can you please tell me the name of it and where I can buy it ?! thank you soooo much !
  • Hang Khiem 1 year ago
    I think the song is offered on Wakeup.org, you can download it from here (for free, that's the beautiful of the Dharma :) wkup.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183:the-great-bell-chant&catid=41:listen&Itemid=131&lang=en

    Hope you enjoy it! ;)
  • Toby Tom Leetham 4 months ago
    oh good! thanks
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  • Arno Elfert 2 years ago
    Listening to this wonderful video made me feel very happy and I could really feel the affliction dissolve. I deeply bow to you in gratitude for this flower of beauty.
    I am currently an aspirant for the Order of Interbeing, and sent the link to all other aspirants in my area.
  • R Smittenaar 2 years ago
    Many thanks to you Arno :-) Can you tell me about the Order of Interbeing? I've never heard of it before...
  • Arno Elfert 2 years ago
    This order was founded by Thich Nhat Hanh and is open also for lay members (non-monastics). Its basis are 14 mindfulness trainings, that are like an enhancement of the 5 ethic guidelines. The main goal of the order - as I understand it - is to help each other to transform from afflication to happiness.

    For more information see the following site:

    deerparkmonastery.org/community/order-of-interbeing

    Greetings from Germany :-)
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  • Mimiguguloi 2 years ago
    I love it very much!!! it's beautiful :X
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  • mplcreative 2 years ago
    This made me weep it was so beautiful.

    I, too, study Buddhism through the wonderful lessons of Thich Nhat Hanh. I would love to be an aspirant in the Order of Interbeing but, unfortunately, have no sangha near me.

    This was a complete blessing!
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  • Hang Khiem 1 year ago
    I was thrilled to watch the beautiful scenery and listen to Thầy's voice together with Br Pháp Niệm's chant. Thank you so much for sharing!

    May you be happy and at peace.
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  • Elly Makuk 1 year ago
    Incredibly beautiful and deeply moving. Thank you very much.
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  • gautam saigal 1 year ago
    Divine awekenings
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  • Sky Pedersen 1 year ago
    Most Excellent...Thank You
    Deep peace to you
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  • Paul Arneson 1 year ago
    Thank you for this lovely presentation. I have taken the liberty of sharing it with many of my friends. Promoting peace through understanding and tolerance of others.
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  • Tamzin 1 year ago
    Beautiful, thank you! <3
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  • immanuel 1 year ago
    My Truth.........My Breathe...........My Life.........Thank you for this Wonderful and Beautiful Energy..............LOVE-LIGHT
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  • Denise Pang 1 year ago
    namaste. i am filled with gratitude and stirring from this warm embrace for all, for one, for mother earth as she labours to bring forth a higher consciousness. in full faith.
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  • Shine149 1 year ago
    Amazing ty for sharing
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  • Marcela Basail 1 year ago
    My deepest gratitude for this most inspiring video.
    _/l\_
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  • Thank you for this offering to humanity, and thank you Willie, a true friend for sending this to me, Gratitude & Respect.
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  • Lin Zhi Ying 1 year ago
    love it ! Thank u for sharing.
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  • april buffalo-robe 1 year ago
    thank you!
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  • Drew Mills 1 year ago
    Thank you for the video and words, wonderful together.
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  • Truly spacious & lovely... a wonderful gift to all of us. Thank you everyone who contributed to creating this, starting with Thict Nhat Hanh. Ngakpa K. Jigme Tonpa
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  • samsibar 1 year ago
    Hi,
    wonderful pictures and music and meditation.! Thanx for sharing.
    Unfortunately when watching the video the music is not playing fluently. Is there a way I can change this?
  • R Smittenaar 1 year ago
    Hi, well, maybe it is because your pc isnt fast enough (the video is in HD, this is rather demanding), in that case, turn HD off. Or, let it load entirely, before playing..maybe this will help :-)
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  • Leon Puplett 1 year ago
    absolutely stunning visuals, beautiful stuff!
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  • Many thanks for this beautiful video.
    It makes me feel happy and is helping me with my practise.
    I,m sharing this video and feeling with my sangha in Rotterdam!
    Can you tell me wat brother phap niem is singing?
  • R Smittenaar 1 year ago
    I have no idea what phap niem is singing :) Leuk dat je de video deelt, hij krijgt veel aandacht de laatste tijd :)
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  • Vaughn Bresheare 1 year ago
    Reminds me of Desiderada, Thank You
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  • cappie 1 year ago
    This video brought me to tears... made me realize that the end of suffering, inner peace and true happiness are but one toll of a bell away from everyday life...
  • R Smittenaar 1 year ago
    Yes, I believe so as well :-) Suffering does make it more of a challenge to find that place of inner peace, but it is not impossible, speaking from my own experience
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  • Maya Hayward 1 year ago
    Beautiful. I've not heard anything as beautiful. Thank you.
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  • Richard Tamerighi 1 year ago
    I listen to this everyday since I first found it some time ago on wkup.org I cannot ever fail to be deeply moved and this wonderful video only enhances my experience of Thays words...thank you.
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  • Hannah Fraser 1 year ago
    so wonderful.. I think I will listen to this every day :)
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  • Christine Br-Ode 1 year ago
    <3 felt thanks to you for making this, to Thich Nhat Hahn and Thay Phap Niem for their prayers (I can't understand the words either, but it feels like a prayer to me) Just beautiful. My heart opens wide to the truth and beauty of the words, the sounds and the images. Very moving.

    Een grote dank je wel :-)
    _/l\_
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  • Lee Carroll pro 1 year ago
    Hello! I am simply in love with this beautiful video! I would like to know how to obtain permission to show it to my seminar attendees Internationally. I would also like to know if I can obtain an official copy. This will touch so many who may not see it here.
    Thank you for this!
    Lee Carroll
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  • Lee Carroll pro 1 year ago
    Wonderful! Thanks for this. If you make changes, or find the original, please email me. Meanwhile, many will be touched by this.
    Blessings,
    LEE
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  • Amy Flynn 1 year ago
    Thank you for this AMAZING and beautiful video. Like someone above me, I am moved to tears by the beautiful haunting sound of the music, the haunting and magnificent toning of the bell, the beauty of Thay's words and the incredible beautiful tone of Phap Niem's chanting. Your work with the images and video is nothing short of breathtaking.

    Together you have created a piece that flings the heart wide open and invites in the Soul to sit quietly and lovingly for a while.

    I thank you deeply. I have shared this video on my Facebook page and on twitter. I have also shared it with my subscribers in my weekly Ezine.

    In Gassho,
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  • Kerry Byler 1 year ago
    Thank you for this amazingly beautiful video. It takes my breath away.
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  • Marianne Souliez 1 year ago
    Thank you very much! The words are timless and fully relevant of our times. Beautiful.
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  • Jeannette Jackson plus 1 year ago
    Thank you so very much, there is something undeniably divinely reverent about Bells..I love them..and I love this video..it is breathtakingly beautiful in all it's aspects.. love, light, wisdom, peace and happiness...
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  • Kristine Lutz 1 year ago
    namaste.....Wonderful, Joyful, and all my heart to the children of the world.....that they may see this video and hear the call!
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  • Wim Daniels 1 year ago
    Dear Creator,
    Your Message goes Beyond Words, Beyond Duality,...
    Thank You for creating this unique piece of Art.

    Namaskar :-)
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  • Jenni Balis 1 year ago
    Thank you and Namaste!!!
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  • Cheryl A. Townsend 11 months ago
    Beautiful, moving, will share...Namaste
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  • adventa 10 months ago
    Thank you for the glory and splendor and peace of your works. I cannot find words to say how they are! Beyond words . . . what an oasis of blessing. Thank you, thank you.
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  • Caesar Films plus 10 months ago
    Beautiful Cinematography, very well edited! Thank you for this..
  • R Smittenaar 10 months ago
    Well the cinematography can't be accredited to me, but nonetheless thank you :-)
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  • mary disney 10 months ago
    I am listening in the mornings before awakening. It is a wholly healing beginning to a new day. Thank you for the love you inspire.
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  • Kristine Lutz 10 months ago
    The frequency of these tibetan/thia/bowls have changed me...my thinking/feeling...everything! I am listening every morning also...and I have spread this video to whomever will listen/look. Thank you R. Smittenaar. This is so very important now....the world is changing so fast....come....look to my facebook and read...kristine lutz....there are l00's of thousands now...and the soul group is growing and I am so happy!
    kristine Lutz
    Dragon Spirit and Light!
  • Terri Parbs 7 months ago
    Kristine--I feel the same! Also, I'll look you up on Facebook. :-) xoxoxo
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  • Tarryn Jamison 9 months ago
    This was so beautiful, and what I needed this morning...
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  • I believe you won't mind if I share this right? Everybody needs this. Thank you.
  • R Smittenaar 9 months ago
    go right ahead :-)
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  • cloecouturier 8 months ago
    Peace ~
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  • Kristine Lutz 8 months ago
    i play this to bring peace to my friends....who are suffering....may i bring them peace and compassion and understanding to their problems and find solutions. love kris lutz aka dragon spirit
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  • Alan Marchant 8 months ago
    Hello. Thank you so much for this, it's breathtakingly beautiful.

    I write to ask your permission to upload this to my YouTube account. I would love to share it with family members who have no access to a computer, but do have a television that can stream content from YouTube (but not Vimeo, sadly).

    If you'd rather I didn't, I completely understand.
  • R Smittenaar 8 months ago
    Hi Alan,
    Well, I already put it on youtube, but it is blocked because I used certain copyrighted material. You could try to view it by going to this address: youtube.com/watch?v=hlAlOZx0UfI

    But if it doesnt work, you know why. So uploading it to youtube yourself wouldnt work either :-) Though, I just thought of something. I could send you the video, which you could upload to your own account. Others won't be able to view it, but if your tv allows you to log in onto youtube, then you could actually view it, by going to your videos. Lemme know :-)
  • Alan Marchant 8 months ago
    Hi :) Thanks for agreeing. As you say, it's been blocked - I don't understand why the IP holders don't use the micro-payment scheme Youtube offers them in these situations.
    Surely a small payment per view - and it is a world stage, after all - would generate far more revenue than the occasional album sale, it doesn't make any sense.

    The music industry loves shooting itself in the foot.

    Appreciate your efforts and suggestions - your idea about adding it to my account is a good one, but I haven't been able to figure out how to "log in" to YouTube from the TV (it's a Sony Bravia, of some model or other - a quick check with Google confirms lots of other people with the same issue).
    Unfortunately this model doesn't have a proper web browser, just a sort of cut down YouTube experience that's rather cumbersome to navigate.

    I think it can play MP4 files from an external device, though, so I might look into loading it onto a memory stick or something, and seeing whether that works!

    All the best, and thanks for the reply :)
  • Terri Parbs 7 months ago
    I, too, wish I could view this through YouTube so I could stream it to my TV.
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  • Chanel Winn 8 months ago
    this fills me with such peace
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  • Ann Marie 8 months ago
    Meditate to this 2-3 times a day. Beautiful images backed by the calming voice of Thich Naht Hahn. Thank you for creating such beauty :)
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  • imTV 8 months ago
    Thank you for this beautiful creative journey that touches my heart each time I flow on its river.
    Deepest of Love.
    Imzaia
  • Terri Parbs 7 months ago
    "...I flow on its river". Perfectly said! :-)
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  • Mike Bell 8 months ago
    This is a terrific video. Do you still have the original components? There are one or two typos which I think distract from the overall 99% wonderful and it would be great if the monk's singing was a bit louder than the added music.
  • R Smittenaar 8 months ago
    Hi, no I lost the original file...sadly, so I can't correct the typos. The audio I wouldnt be able to change anyway, since they're not separate files.
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  • Farnoosh Brock 8 months ago
    Incredibly powerful. I am so happy someone shared this on twitter so I could hear it. THANK YOU!
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  • Chantal Champ 7 months ago
    Merci pour ce merveilleux moment de paix et de grâce ♥♥♥
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  • Terri Parbs 7 months ago
    This is my all-time favorite video!! I share it on my Facebook often. I can't thank you enough for uploading this. I've seen other versions since, but this one is THE one that moves me like none other. It's made me cry--it's given me an incredibly awakening moment where I realize that "all experiences are beautiful"...that's what I came away with, while tears of joy poured down my face. Absolutely amazing!!
  • R Smittenaar 7 months ago
    Pretty intense :-) I've seen it too many times by now to have that experience, but I know what it's like :-) Thanks for your words
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  • Agust Agustsson 7 months ago
    Thank you for this moment of peace and reflection. Simply a joy to stumble upon. And flawless because it touched and captivated me fully. Amazingly universal and wondrous in scope and yet speaking so clearly to each individual who can open their heart to an enlightened universe.
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  • Dream Tiger 7 months ago
    It is rare that the fragrance of true peace is conveyed in an such a public and accessible medium. Thank you for this blessing which continues to unfold within after the video has ended.
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  • Merci pour ce très beau partage,Denis tant de beauté et une vidéo qui qui pendant 7 minutes t'apaise sentiment étrange, lavoix les images qui te tranportent pour un moment hors du temps j'ai vraiment aimé !!
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  • Maiyaee 6 months ago
    Beyond beautiful , ty Angel ☀
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  • patrickmahoney 5 months ago
    Beautiful! Magnifique!

    Thank you so very much for this wonderful piece of art and calmness....
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  • Bob Moon 5 months ago
    So Lovely. I am deeply grateful.
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  • Toby Tom Leetham 4 months ago
    wonderful, i have listened to it and watched it a dozen times, quite beautiful. I'm looking for some more of brother Phap Niem chanting.
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  • Cassie Bee 3 months ago
    Thank you for this video. I've watched it countless times since originally stumbling onto it. This video brings me such a feeling of peacefulness..
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  • Panther Morgan 3 months ago
    so beautiful i love this movie.
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  • Paul Arneson 3 months ago
    This short film moves me every time I watch. Peace, namaste...
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  • Paul Dhadialla 3 months ago
    Simply Beautiful
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  • gfusione 2 months ago
    Absolutely Magnificently Divine!! Thank you for expressing Divine's presence & messages through your amazing videos!
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  • Linda Worbey 1 month ago
    This brought me back to myself thankyou so much for sharing, beautiful.
    Peace :o)
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  • susana bombal 1 month ago
    I found your wonderful video via facebook, and like Linda, came back to my true self and found joy.
    Namaste :)
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  • Shawne Beavers 1 month ago
    So beautiful, simple and profoundly peaceful.
    Be blessed!
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  • Gennaro Gelmini 1 month ago
    Wow!
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  • Yolanda Bertaud 1 month ago
    Absolutely Magnificent! Who is the music by? I like to download this for meditation... can you provide me the name of the artist & song. Thank you
  • R Smittenaar 1 month ago
    see the video description :-)
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  • Parrishh 1 month ago
    Amazing)
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  • Shastina Free 1 month ago
    MANY MANY THANKS! for this BEAUTY!!! > PLEASE ENJOY my "Thank You" song. It is offered as a Gift:
    FREE download on the DVD page, at: GracefulSpontaneousEvolution > on the web.
    Wishing You All the goodness of life ~ you are!
    Shastina Free
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  • Steve Lawson 1 month ago
    Every time I watch this video I weep. It touches something deep within me. Thank you so much for producing this!
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  • don swanson 1 month ago
    Beautiful!
    I produced a CD inspired by church campaniles and temple bells for anyone interested;

    donswanson.bandcamp.com/album/campanile
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  • joy mills 1 month ago
    It's just so beautiful and to see Mother Earth at her best was just divine. Thank you so much (
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  • Yolanda Bertaud 1 month ago
    Many Blessing... and thank you for reply. I had posted this in all my Facebook pages, blogs, and twitter, because this message is so unconditionally true to one's heart. I believe we can all transform to "One" global consciousness working from the heart. There is no time better then now to relate to this message, your Dharma is fulfilled by this beautiful creation.
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  • Cathy Ginter 1 month ago
    Beautiful sharing ~ OM
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  • Sigi Kolbe 1 month ago
    fantastic!!
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  • Borino Productions 1 month ago
    beautiful... namaste
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  • Seven White-Wolves 1 month ago
    Beautiful, powerful, makes my heart expand/open more and brings tears to my eyes... thank you for uploading and sharing, wonderful service for all who see it. I watch it every night...a meditation. Gratitude to Thich Nath Hanh and brother Phap Niem. The power of their voices combined with the visuals and music is magnificent. The peace vibration(s) goes out and changes the world.
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  • Alvina Renfrow 1 month ago
    Thank you!
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