Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 17th tenet. The 17th Tenet “The Third Noble Truth can be called the truth of happiness.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum Village Looks at...
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(Class #16) The Four Noble Truths: Conditioned and Unconditioned
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 16th tenet. The 16th Tenet “The Four Noble Truths are all conditioned. The Four Noble Truths are all unconditioned.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum...
(Class #15) Recognizing Conditions of Happiness
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 15th tenet. In addition, Thay responds to questions that have come in over the past months we have been doing the class. The 15th Tenet “The awareness of suffering helps us recognize the existing conditions of happiness and...
(Class #14) Mindfulness, Concentration and Insight Include Each Other
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 14th tenet: “Mindfulness, concentration and insight include each other. All three have the capacity to bring joy, happiness and liberation.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or...
(Class #13) Right Diligence
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 13th tenet: “Right diligence is mindfulness trainings (morality, Śīla) and therefore is also mindfulness.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum Village Looks at Vulture’s Peak”...
(Class #12) Precepts are Mindfulness
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 12th tenet: “Precepts are mindfulness. (Śīla is smṛti). Precepts and mindful manners are concrete expressions of mindfulness.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum Village Looks...
(Class #10) The Basic Concentrations (Samādhi): Impermanence, No-Self, and Nirvāṇa
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 10th tenet: “The basic concentrations (samādhi) are the concentrations on impermanence, no-self, and Nirvāṇa.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum Village Looks at Vulture’s Peak”...
(Class #11) Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 11th tenet: “Mindfulness, concentration and insight are the essential practices that give rise to liberation.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum Village Looks at Vulture’s...
(Class #9) The Three Dharma Seals Are Impermanence, Non-Self and Nirvana
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 9th tenet: “The Three Dharma Seals are: impermanence, non-self and nirvāṇa. We can uphold Four Dharma Seals or Five Dharma Seals with one condition: that they include nirvāṇa.” This class is based on a book written by our...
(Class #8) The Concentrations on Emptiness, Signlessness and Aimlessness Help Us to Touch Nirvana
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu further discussed the 7th tenet (“Not born means nirvāṇa and it is awakening to the truth of the deathless, the no-coming and no-going, the not the same and not different, the not being and not non-being.”) in light of Nagarjuna’s “Middle...
(Class #7) Not Born Means Nirvana and It Is Awakening to the Truth of the Deathless
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 7th tenet: “Not born means nirvāṇa and it is awakening to the truth of the deathless, the no-coming and no-going, the not the same and not different, the not being and not non-being.” This class is based on...
(Class #6) Nirvana Is Not a Phenomenon, but the True Nature of All Phenomena
Dear friends, In tonight’s class Thay Phap Luu will discuss the 6th tenet: “Nirvāṇa is not a phenomenon, but the true nature of all phenomena.” This class is based on a book written by our teacher called “Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu” or “Plum Village Looks at Vulture’s Peak”...
(Class #5) It Is Possible to Touch Nirvana in the Present Moment
Dear friends, Welcome to a weekly class from Deer Park Monastery on the topic “The 40 Tenets of Plum Village”. This class will take place live on Wednesday nights and will be available to watch on-demand afterwards. This class is based on a book written by our teacher called...
(Class #4) Nirvana Is Nirvana: There Does Not Need to Be a Nirvana With Residue or Without Residue
Dear friends, Welcome to a new weekly class from Deer Park Monastery on the topic “The 40 Tenets of Plum Village”. This class will take place live on Wednesday nights and will be available to watch on-demand afterwards. This class is based on a book written by our teacher...
(Class #3) Nirvana Is the Absence of Ignorance and Afflictions, Not the Absence of the Aggregates
Dear friends, Welcome to a new weekly class from Deer Park Monastery on the topic “The 40 Tenets of Plum Village”. This class will take place live on Wednesday nights and will be available to watch on-demand afterwards. This class is based on a book written by our teacher...
(Class #2) In the Ultimate Dimension, Every Dharma Is an Unconditioned Dharma
Dear friends, Welcome to a new weekly class from Deer Park Monastery on the topic “The 40 Tenets of Plum Village”. This class will take place live on Wednesday nights and will be available to watch on-demand afterwards. This class is based on a book written by our teacher...
(Class #1) Space Is Not an Unconditioned Dharma: It Manifests With Time, Matter and Consciousness
Dear friends, Welcome to a new weekly class from Deer Park Monastery on the topic “The 40 Tenets of Plum Village”. This class will take place live on Wednesday nights and will be available to watch on-demand afterwards. This class is based on a book written by our teacher...