Thay is continuing to write a letter to you from the hermitage Thach Lang in Blue Cliff Monastery. It is October 13th, 2009. Thay just came back from New York. In New York, Thay and the Sangha guided two days of practice for over 2000 American practitioners in the...
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Seeing Thay in the Sangha
This letter was written by Thay in 2009, after he was urgently hospitalized with a serious lung infection, in the middle of a 3-month U.S. Tour. About 900 people had gathered in at the YMCA campus in Estes Park, Colorado, for a 5-day retreat that he would lead. However,...
Thay Misses The Sangha
Dear Friends and Co-practitioners at the Retreat One Buddha is Not Enough, Estes Park, CO. My dear friends, I am writing to you from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. I know the Sangha has manifested today in Estes Park. I miss the Reterat. I miss the beautiful setting...
The Mountain Cliff Robe
European Institute of Applied Buddhism Waldbroel, Germany 2009 Last night while sleeping here Thầy had a dream. He saw that he was climbing a mountain with the Buddha and with little Hải Triều Âm (Sound of the Rising Tide). At that time, it was about 2 am in the...
Sitting Still, Imperturbable
Sitting Still Hut, Upper Hamlet, Plum Village July 20, 2009 To my students in Bat Nha, Tu Hieu and everywhere, Thay is sitting at “Sitting Still Hut,” in the Upper Hamlet of Plum Village while writing this letter to you. The Summer Retreat in Plum Village is very joyful...
The Toadskin Hut and Paths of Legend
Thay wrote this end-of-year letter addressed to all of his students about the Toadskin Hut, the hermit of Still Sitting Hut, walking meditation paths that have become legendary, and the new young Dharma Teachers in Plum Village. Still Sitting Hut, Plum Village Upper Hamlet, France December 5, 2008 There is sunshine in Upper...
Letter to Tommy in Prison
Thay replies to a prisoner who wrote to him sharing about his mindfulness practice. He asked for Thay's advice on how to handle his strong emotions when violently provoked and challenged by other prisoners.
The Right Kind of Power
Thich Nhat Hanh gave the following interview to coincide with the publication of his book The Art of Power.
Sitting in the Autumn Breeze: Thay’s Blue Cliff Letter, 2007
In this landmark letter, Thay announces that his monastic community is turning vegan, to protect the planet and stop contributing to climate change.
Call for a Collective Awakening: Speech to UNESCO
Thich Nhat Hanh gave this speech at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, October 7, 2006 Ten years ago, I was asked by the director of UNESCO, his Excellency Federico Mayor, to write a manual on the practice of peace and nonviolence, and I readily accepted the work. For me,...
The Art of Prayer
Upon the publication of his book, “The Energy of Prayer”, Thich Nhat Hanh was asked by Publishers Weekly to answer ten questions about his teachings on prayer.
This Is the Buddha’s Love
The great Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh talks about non-self, interdependence, and the love that expands until it has no limit.
Embracing our pain: comments on 2004 Asia Tsunami
Paris, France – The whole human race is in mourning … Over the past days I have offered incense and recited Buddha’s name every day to send energy to the victims and their families. The whole world is shaken by the disaster in southeast Asia. Indonesia and Sri Lanka have...
Mindfulness, Suffering, and Engaged Buddhism
We visited the Buddhist monk at a Christian conference center in a lakeside setting of rural Wisconsin. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers stark, gentle wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence. He discusses the concepts of “engaged Buddhism,” “being peace,” and “mindfulness.”
Buddhism and the Badge
Thich Nhat Hanh was interviewed in Madison, Wis. during a five-day retreat for police officers and public service workers and their families. A live web chat accompanied the article (transcript available).
An advocate for peace starts with listening
Thich Nhat Hanh on the power of dialogue.
Message to Osama bin Laden: interview with Thich Nhat Hanh
Thay shares his thoughts on how America should respond to the terrorist attacks. This interview was published in From the Ashes: A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America (Rodale Press, Oct. 2001) What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden Thich Nhat Hanh – Interview by Anne A....
Building a Community of Love
In this remarkable exchange, bell hooks interviews Thich Nhat Hanh on the theme of “Beloved Community” and realising Martin Luther King’s dream.
A Monk in Exile Dreams of Return to Vietnam
Gustav Niebuhr visits Thich Nhat Hanh at the Green Mountain Dharma Centre.
Stop Running, Start Being
Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh at Kim Son Monastery in the mountains between Gilroy and Watsonville.
Giving back to our motherland
Writing from exile in Paris in 1974, Thay wrote these words of encouragement and inspiration to his social workers back in Vietnam, dreaming of creating a village and practice center together.
The Menton Statement, “A Message to our 3.5 billion neighbours on Planet Earth”
In 1970 together with Alfred Hassler (of the Fellowship of Reconciliation) and other leading intellectuals and scientists, Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong helped convene Europe’s first conference on the environment, in Menton, France. The conference produced this statement.
In Search of the Enemy of Man
Thay's first letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, sent on June 1, 1965. This was the start of their correspondence and friendship, and they met for the first time in Chicago one year later.
Calligraphy
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen calligraphies have been exhibited in North America, Europe and Asia. These eloquent ink artworks capture his insights, peace, and gentle compassion. In my calligraphy, there is ink, tea, breathing, mindfulness and concentration. This is meditation. This is not work. Suppose I write ‘breathe’; I am...
Сестра Чан Конг
Сестра Чан Конг е първа от учениците на Тик Нят Хан, получила пълна монашеска ординация и е ръководителка на неговите хуманитарни проекти от 60-те години на миналия век. Родена през 1938 г. в Бен Тре в Южен Виетнам, още като ученичка сестра Чан Конг започва да помага на социално...
Отворено писмо, призоваващо за мир
Прочетете писмото на различни езици: английски, френски, немски, италиански, испански, корейски, индонезийски, китайски, холандски, португалски, японски, гръцки, виетнамски Скъпо човешко семейство, Бидейки свидетели на трагедията на продължаващата ден след ден война в Украйна, ние отваряме сърцата си за страданията на млади и стари. Като международна общност на ангажирания будизъм...
Тринадесет начина да успокоим нашите негативни чувства
Какво правят монасите и монахините от Плъм Вилидж, когато изпитват трудни емоции? Една от основните практики в Плъм Вилидж е разпознаването на негативните емоции и навици в момента на възникването им. Вместо да ги отхвърляме, се учим да приемаме присъствието им и да ги успокояваме. По-късно можем да отделим...
Extended Stay
Plum Village is a Buddhist monastery, where both monastics and lay people train in the art of mindful living. The only permanent residents of our community are nuns and monks, but we offer mindfulness retreats year-round, ranging from one week to as long as three months for the Monastic...
Wake Up network (young adults)
Wake Up is an active global community of young mindfulness practitioners, aged 18-35, inspired by the teachings of Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. We come together to practice mindfulness in order to take care of ourselves, nourish happiness and contribute to building a healthier and a...
Thich Nhat Hanh: Extended Biography
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, renowned for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace. Read a brief account of Thich Nhat Hanh’s life Table of Contents Early life Monastic training: traditional roots Monastic training: seeking a new...