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Mindfulness Apps

The Plum Village App allows us to take Plum Village with us wherever we go. We also suggest other meditation apps which can support our mindfulness practice.

The Mindfulness Bell

The Mindfulness Bell is a journal of the art of mindful living. It is an inspiration and teaching resource for those practicing mindfulness in daily life. Each issue features a teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh. Also included are stories and teachings by teachers and students in this lineage, based...

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Key Teachings

Thich Nhat Hanh’s pioneering teachings on mindfulness, “interbeing” and engaged ethics have opened new ways forward for meditators, peace-makers, activists, educators, business people and politicians around the world.  Mindfulness Thich Nhat Hanh began teaching mindfulness in the West in the early 1970s. His 1975 book The Miracle of Mindfulness...

Thich Nhat Hanh’s statement on Climate Change for the United Nations

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Sister Chan Khong

Sister Chan Khong is the first fully-ordained monastic disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and the director of his humanitarian projects since the 1960’s. Born in 1938 in Ben Tre in Southern Vietnam, Sister Chan Khong began social work in the city slums as a teenager. After meeting...

Becoming a Monastic

Information on joining the international monastics community either with a lifetime commitment or through the „Five-Year Program“. Becoming a Monastic Creating an engaged, international monastic community present all over the world, was one of our teacher Thay’s dearest dreams.  Those with a sincere aspiration to cultivate understanding and compassion...

Five-Year Monastic Training

When we train as a monastic we have the opportunity to find the root of our freedom, solidity, joy and happiness, and to help our society. When we ordain and wear the brown robe we learn to cut through our illusions and our afflictions. We learn to transform our...

Exclusive interview with Oprah

In this penetrating and intimate long-form interview, Thich Nhat Hanh reflects on the beauty of the present moment, being grateful for every breath, and the freedom and happiness to be found in a simple cup of tea.

Bat Nha: The Indestructible Seed of Awakening

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Bat Nha: Rekindling the Sacred Fire

Thay’s letter to the Bat Nha Monastics, continued. Blue Cliff MonasteryOctober 21, 2009 Yesterday, in the Great Harmony Meditation Hall of Blue Cliff Monastery, there was an ordination ceremony for two young people, one who had already graduated from Dental School and the other, from Business School. They are...

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What is Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020

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