How to Promote World Peace

From the Rising Tide Meditation Hall at a retreat at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is a session of questions and responses from those at the 6-day retreat with the theme Healing Ourselves, Healing the World. The date is September 28, 2013. Try the BetterListen Version of this entire retreat - click the image below * How do you deal with depression? * How is it possible for humankind to achieve world peace? * How do I help a friend who is depressed? * How can I help a friend who has a problem with his parents and has suicidal thoughts? * How can I help a friend who speaks in anger to his mother and to be less angry? * What do you do when you are stuck between two paths in your life? * What is the Buddhist perspective on mental disorders, particularly personality disorder, and how a family can heal with this ongoing challenge? * How can I practice with my fear of dying? * What is the essence of true love? * Should we act as a human shield to raise awareness and to stop war and violence in the world? * Concerns about consumption of products with less integrity. * How can I work with the historical suffering of the Jewish community? * I would like to offer walking meditation and do you feel that I am qualified? * How does this sangha influence the other sanghas we have created, such as government?