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.

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* 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?