“Man is not the enemy”, Thay has often reminded us. “Our enemy is hatred, anger, ignorance and fear.” The roots of terrorism are not to be found in religious philosophies or unfamiliar cultures, but in misunderstanding, fear, anger, and hatred. “Terrorists are human beings who are sick with the virus...
AVAILABLE IN: ESPANOL | FRANCAIS | ITALIANO | VIETNAMESE | PORTUGUESE | JAPANESE People’s Climate Prayer: November 29th – December 11th, 2015 12th November 2015 To All Plum Village Practice Centers,To All Order of Interbeing Members,To All Our Sanghas World-wide,To Our Dear Beloved Friends, To support the upcoming Paris Climate Summit (COP21) and...
This article was published on The Huffington Post: 11/04/2015 5:50 pm EST What We Can Learn From Buddhist Insights for the Climate Crisis On October 29 our Teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, came together with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Buddhist leaders from over a dozen countries to make...
Thay, Sister Chan Khong and over 40 Plum Village Dharma Teachers from all over the world signed the Buddhist Climate Statement to World Leaders yesterday, October 29th, 2015. This new declaration builds on Thay’s powerful message “Falling in love with the Earth”, submitted to the United Nations last year, and his call to action...
The Plum Village Happy Farm is inviting applicants for their one-year Happy Farm Volunteer Program for the coming season, from November 2015-October 2016. The Volunteer Programme offers a rare opportunity to combine mindfulness, community, deep sustainability and organic farming, in the peaceful nourishing environment of Plum Village Practice Center. What is The...
Sister Chan Khong joined elders from many of the world’s religions and wisdoms in Paris on July 21 for a World Summit of Conscience to answer the question “Why do I care about the planet?” and launch a “Call to Conscience for the Climate”. The event, which was intended to...
Thay’s senior disciples have arrived in Indonesia, as part of the 2015 Plum Village Asia Tour. The monks and nuns have just completed a 5-day Family Retreat in Cipanas, and will be offering mindfulness events for educators and businesspeople this weekend. Land has been donated to establish a new...
A few miles from Bodhgaya, our Sangha walked the edges of rice fields to the stupa commemorating the place where legend has it that the young village girl named Sujata offered kheer to the exhausted ascetic Siddhartha. Ahead of us flowed the river Niranjana on whose banks it is...
A large delegation of the most senior Dharma Teachers in the Plum Village Tradition, including many abbots and abbesses from our centres around the world, led events in Japan, from April 28 – May 13, as part of the 2015 Plum Village Asia Tour. It was the sangha’s first major teaching tour...
As a symphony of greens explodes here in Plum Village, and soft rains fall on our lotus ponds, many of our elder Dharma brothers and sisters have set off to share the dharma in Europe and Asia. It is just like in the time of the Buddha, when after...
ABC | Earshot | Tuesday 31 March 2015Presented by David Rutledge | Produced by Kerry Stewart Running time: 53m 50sListen to the radio show onlineDownload mp3 The extraordinary life of Thich Nhat Hanh Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most important spiritual leaders of the last 100...
Produced by Kenny Clarys Vocals by Bert Evens and Marie-Joëlle van der Burgt Celtic harp by Tilde Claeys Violin, alt and tenor recorder, bodhran, frame drum, Irish bouzouki by Kenny Clarys Flemish Bagpipes by Bert Evens Mixed by Ward Neirynck Song that can introduce the practice of hugging meditation
It is with great sadness that Plum Village has learned of the passing away of our beloved dharma sister Kayla Mueller in Syria earlier this month. Kayla was a student of Thay’s and a lively, loving and passionate member of the Sparkle dharma discussion group that formed in New Hamlet in...
In this Dharma Talk from 29th December, 2013, Thay teaches us with great power and humour, how to prepare ourselves for the coming of the New Year.
How to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax’s popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Slow, concentrated walking while focusing on in- and out-breaths allows for a unique opportunity to...
Repost from Buddhistdoor International: Buddhistdoor View On 12 November, Thich Nhat Hanh (or Thay) suffered a severe brain hemorrhage that put him in hospital. As the global Buddhist community continues to keep close watch on the world’s most famous Zen master, the most recent Plum Village press release on...
For Immediate Release Contact: press@plumvillage.org www.plumvillage.org +33 638 058 158 (Sister Dedication) +34 007 852 06 (Sister Peace) Thich Nhat Hanh’s Representatives Join Pope Francis and Other Spiritual Leaders in Rome to Speak Out Against Modern Slavery Vatican City, Italy, December 2, 2014 – While Zen Master Thich Nhat...
Dear friends, I wrote this poem in veneration of Thich Nhat Hanh, whose inspirational writing and poetry has helped me live more peacefully with mental health issues. I am very new to Buddhism, but I feel a deep connection. I hope this poem conveys the peace and calm within...
Official Announcement Re: Guidance on Visiting Thay and Plum Village, France to help Thay’s recovery Plum Village, November 14, 2014 To all Plum Village Practice Centers, To all Practice Centers and Sanghas World Wide, To our Dear Beloved Friends, We would like to express our gratitude to everyone for...
Oct.15th, 2014 Bodh Gaya, India Dear Thầy, Dear Sangha of the Order of Interbeing, I write on behalf of our little magazine, the Mindfulness Bell, one of the communication channels for our Plum Village community throughout the world. At present, I am in India traveling with a beautiful Fourfold...
We invite you to read this beautiful article by Sr Linh Di (Emyo Wang), our newest Australian monastic, who was ordained by Thay at Plum Village this Summer, together with her brothers and sisters in the Oriental Cypress Ordination Family. Dear ones, I will be asked to release personal email,...
For the past twenty years the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) and Plum Village have been quietly spreading through the Spanish-speaking world, as Thay’s books were translated from English into Spanish. In the past six years this wave of material has been joined by subtitled video Dharma talks...
Available August 15, 2014 see details at Parallax.org How to Eat is the second in a Parallax’s series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduce beginners to and remind seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Pocket-sized, with bold black-and-white illustrations by Jason DeAntonis,...
We are very happy that our teacher is coming to the EIAB in August. Together we will offer a Day of Mindfulness and two retreats. Before, during and after these events we will need staff to help us, so we invite you to apply to be a staff member....
Is there a way to deal with death of a beloved person? [In particular] How can a mother deal with the loss of the father and give the kids the best upbringing. Is there a way to take the gloominess away?
How can I fight the injustices of this world without being consumed with anger, bitterness, outrage and resentment?
An Interview with Joanne Friday Joanne Friday is a Dharma Teacher in the Order of Interbeing. In 2003, she received authority to teach from Thich Nhat Hanh, her teacher for twenty years. Joanne leads meditation retreats for Sanghas and groups throughout the Northeastern U.S. She lives in Rhode Island,...
Don’t worry if you feel you can only do one tiny good thing in one small corner of the cosmos. Just be a Buddha body in that one place. This week Thay’s community of followers on Facebook reached ONE MILLION. To celebrate, we invited people to share how they are...
Dear friends, The Happy Farm team would like to offer a warm thanks to everyone who supported our fundraising campaign. The campaign was a huge success and we raised a lot more money than we expected. This means we can do some wonderful work to establish the Happy Farm...
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