Querida familia humana, Somos testigos de la tragedia de la guerra que continúa desarrollándose diariamente en Ucrania, y abrimos nuestros corazones al sufrimiento de las personas jóvenes y mayores. Como comunidad internacional de budismo comprometido en la tradición de Plum Village, observamos la guerra con dolor y alarma. En...
We hope you will enjoy this synopsis of a teaching offered by Brother Pháp Dung during an online retreat in October of 2020.
Querida y amada comunidad Dentro de unas semanas, el 11 de octubre, Thay cumplirá 94 años. Estamos muy contentos de que Thay esté con nosotros aún después de su derrame cerebral masivo hace casi seis años, y que continúe ofreciéndonos su presencia, estabilidad y testimonio, mientras nosotros seguimos avanzando...
Today, January 4th, Thay will fly back to Vietnam, and return to Từ Hiếu Root Temple in Huế, after spending a month in Thailand for a medical check-ups. Thay is doing well, has recovered his appetite, and remains strong in spirit.
1st December, 2019 Dear Beloved Community, We’re happy to announce that on Thursday 28th November, Thay traveled from Huế, Vietnam to Bangkok, Thailand for a full medical check-up in Bangkok. The trip and hospital visit went smoothly. Yesterday morning, Thay decided to travel on to visit our community at...
Dear Beloved Community, We are very happy to share that today Thay has been celebrating his 93rd birthday at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, his “Root Temple” where he first entered the monkhood aged sixteen. Over the last few days, Thay’s monastic students from across Vietnam have been...
An update on how our Beloved Teacher is doing as we enjoy preparing for the Lunar New Year.
Thay has made the journey from Thailand to Vietnam and has expressed a clear wish to live out his days at the Root Temple in Hue, Vietnam.
As we celebrate Thay’s 92nd continuation day on 11th October, we'd like to take this opportunity to share with you how our beloved Teacher has been doing in Thailand.
We are very happy to confirm that earlier today, 29th August 2017, at 12h35 local time, our dear Teacher landed safely at Đà Nẵng airport in Vietnam. This is his first visit to Vietnam since 2008.
The Thai Plum Village Sangha is delighted that our beloved teacher was strong enough to travel to Thailand from France a week ago, arriving in the early morning on Saturday, December 10.
Thay has decided to return to Plum Village, France to be with his spiritual community after six months of steady progress in San Francisco.
Although Thay is unable to recover his speech, he continues to inspire with his spiritual vitality, his strong perseverance, and his immense will that has directed his recovery from the start.
We are happy to be able to share that Thay is benefitting from the best of Western, Eastern, conventional, and alternative medical approaches. Thay is receiving acupuncture every day, as well as physical therapy, speech therapy, osteopathy, and neurofeedback, with the support and oversight of a phenomenal team of...
Thay has been able to communicate more clearly a very strong wish to intensify his recovery program. Thay is very determined to do everything possible to recover both his physical movement and speech. After many options were presented to Thay, he made a clear decision to travel to the...
We are happy to report that Thay's health has improved greatly since he returned from hospital to his Plum Village Hermitage in early April. Every day Thay has been out in nature, enjoying the blossoms, listening to the birds and resting at the foot of a tree. Thay enjoys...
This week the medical team have given their approval for Thay to leave the rehabilitation clinic and return to his Hermitage at Plum Village. We are deeply grateful to the entire medical team at the University Hospital in Bordeaux for their professionalism and wholehearted care to support Thay’s healing...
The team of monastic attendants work closely with doctors, nurses and professional therapists, and accompany Thay twenty-four hours a day, offering massage, acupuncture and comfort care, and helping Thay with his physical training. Thay is steadily recovering his strength and rebuilding his muscles day by day. We have been...
In the last three weeks Thay has gradually emerged into wakefulness, and has his eyes open for much of the day, to the point where the doctors can now say that he is no longer in a coma. Thay is able to recognize familiar faces and is very responsive...
Thay continues to surprise the doctors with his strong vital signs and steady, peaceful breathing. They are still amazed that Thay has been able to survive and even to show small signs of progress. A few days ago, one of the doctors shared that "Thay is an enigma",...
Thay continues to rest peacefully with the ticking clock on his pillow, and we sense that he is relying on his deep awareness of breathing, rooted in Store Consciousness, to guide his healing process. Even the doctors have been surprised at the consistent level of oxygen in his blood....
Thay's blood pressure and pulse are stable, he is still breathing on his own, and he is becoming increasingly peaceful. However, in recent days Thay has been sleeping more deeply and communicating less.
Thay has been transferred to a specialist hospital with a highly reputable neurologist monitoring his progress. He is in the right place with the best possible care and attention. New tests have been done. Doctors report that Thầy is showing good progress in terms of remaining stable and not...
Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020