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Upcoming Retreats
Below you can find our upcoming in-person and online retreats hosted by Plum Village monasteries around the world. Please note, that Plum Village Monastery, France remains physically closed to visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
What is happening
Sharings from the Heart
Monastic Life / Interview: Going to the Other Shore
We interviewed Plum Village nuns and monks who have just received their full Bhikshuni/Bhikshu ordination in the recent transmission ceremony.
Recent Dharma Media
Discourse on Youth and Happiness
I heard these words of the Buddha one time when the Lord was staying at the Bamboo Forest Monastery near the town of Rajagriha. At that time there was a bhikshu who, in the very early morning, came to the banks of the river, took off his robe and…
Don’t leave your fate in the hands of others
Book excerpt from “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
Upcoming Online Events 10 items
Practice sessions with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in English, at Mountain Spring Monastery
Join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia for sessions of sitting meditation and other practices including sutra recitation, sutra class, Touching the Earth, Dharma sharing, Be-in, Mindfulness Trainings recitation, or a collective questions and answers session.
In September, the Meditation Focus is Satipatthana- 3rd Establishment of Mindfulness- Observing the Mind and the Key Sutra is Four Establishments of Mindfulness.
You may like to follow the Compassionate Ocean Sangha website or Facebook page.
You can join through this Zoom link.
Meeting ID: 981 6914 4405
Passcode: breathe
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Invoking the Bodhisattvas’ Names
The word Bodhisattva means “awakened being”. In the text Invoking the Bodhisatva’s Names, written by Thich Nhat Hanh, 5 Bodhisattvas are mentioned who represent qualities we can all uncover in ourselves. In this talk, Sister Tu Nghiem offers us an explanation of this text. You can find the text…
Sr Từ Nghiêm
Dharma Talks View All
The Discourse on Youth and Happiness
This talk, the first in our Rains Retreat, was offered by Brother Phap Huu from the New Hamlet of Plum Village, France.
Br Pháp Hữu
The Spirit of a Rains Retreat
Brother Phap Huu introduces the 2021 Rains Retreat: Gems of the Plum Village Tradition.
Br Pháp Hữu
An Offering of the Heart: Transmission, Continuation, Aspiration
What are we made of? What do we transmit to the future, and to the world? How do we connect to our ancestors, understand them, and see how we continue them? How can we practice, so that our practice is an “offering of the heart”? Sister Đào Nghiêm offers…
Sr Đào Nghiêm
Cultivating Kindness, Building Community
What does it feel like to receive kindness, from a loved one or even a stranger? What does it mean to have kindness in our own heart, and to be a true friend to ourselves and others? How can we cultivate these qualities, to help build a kind community…
Br Pháp Hữu
Dharma Media
Discourse on Youth and Happiness
I heard these words of the Buddha one time when the Lord was staying at the Bamboo Forest Monastery near the town of Rajagriha. At that time there was a bhikshu who, in the very early morning, came to the banks of the river, took off his robe and…
Don’t leave your fate in the hands of others
Book excerpt from “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
I am a cloud (Instrumental)
We would like to invite you to enjoy an instrumental version of “I am a cloud” played by Plum Village monastics.
The Firefly and the Monk (story for children)
This is a story about the meeting between a monk and a firefly in Deer Park, California.
Br Pham Hanh
Discover more Dharma Talks in our Library or our Listen podcast.