This Episode Will Make You Stronger | Sister Dang Nghiem

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

It's hard to be a human. No matter how good things are for you, being alive is still hard; whatever your life circumstances are, we're all subject to impermanence and entropy. This episode dives into a five-part Buddhist list for being stronger in the face of whatever life throws at you. And the person who will be walking us through this list has an enormous amount of standing to talk about strength.

Sister Dang Nghiem, who goes by Sister D, is a nun in the Plum Village tradition and a disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. She was born in Vietnam during the war, the daughter of a Vietnamese mother and an American soldier. Sister D experienced an unfathomable amount of loss before relocating to the US, where she became a doctor and later, after experiencing more loss, became a nun. She's written several books. Her most recent is Flowers in the Dark.

In this conversation, Sister D shares her story, and then walks us through The Five Strengths of Applied Zen Buddhism which include trust, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, and insight.

Content Warning: This episode covers difficult topics including death, mental illness, and sexual abuse.

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0:00.0	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.
0:19.8	Hello, my fellow suffering beings. I know I'm not breaking any news here, but it is often very hard to be a human.
0:26.4	No matter how good things are for you and for many of us myself included, things are pretty good.
0:31.1	Still, we are all subject to impermanence and entropy. No matter what your life circumstances are,
0:37.5	being alive can be pretty hard. Today, we're going to dive into a five-part Buddhist list for
0:43.6	being stronger in the face of whatever life hurls at you. And the person who's going to be walking
0:48.0	us through this list has an enormous amount of standing to talk about resilience. Her story is
0:55.1	extraordinary. In fact, one of our producers, the amazing DJ Kashmir. Yes, that's his actual name,
0:59.6	it's an amazing name. DJ was on the line listening in during this conversation and he said it was the
1:05.3	first time that he has openly wept while listening to an interview. My guest is Sister Dan Gim,
1:12.8	although she goes simply by Sister D. She's a nun in the plum village tradition and disciple of
1:19.2	Zen master Tick Nhat Han. She was born in Vietnam during the war, the daughter of a Vietnamese mother
1:24.6	and an American soldier. I don't want to tell you too much of her story because I want you to hear
1:28.8	it from her, but suffice it to say she experienced an unfathomable amount of loss. And then she ended up
1:34.3	here in the US where she became a doctor who later after experiencing even more loss became a
1:40.9	Buddhist nun. She's written several books. Her most recent is called Flowers in the Dark. In this
1:46.4	conversation, you're going to hear her tell her story and then walk us through a list, you know,
1:51.1	the Buddhists like to come up with lists. This one is called The Five Strengths of Applied Zen
1:56.9	Buddhism, which include trust diligence, mindfulness, concentration and insight. A heads up as you might
2:03.3	have inferred, we do touch on some heavy stuff in this interview, war, death, mental illness,
2:07.9	and sexual abuse. Also a quick note, this is an episode that we have pulled out of the archives,
2:14.0	we first posted it in 2021 and it became one of our top 50 most popular, so we're playing it again.
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