This talk was recorded on the 14th January 2024 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village (France). It is the 14th and last of our live Sunday talks of the Rains Retreat 2023/2024. 0:00: 🧘 Reflection on teachings during retreat and remarks on ethics and suffering. • 0:00: Emphasis on practicing...
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Aiming for Aimlessness: Setting Goals in the Present Moment
0:08: 💬 Exploring the concept of happiness through living in the present moment and experiencing joy with others. • 0:08: Happiness is found in the present moment by appreciating what one already has. • 8:04: A spiritual community offers a platform for everyone to practice and benefit from collective...
The Art of Happiness
This Dharma Talk was recorded in Lower Hamlet on 10th August 2023 during our Day of Mindfulness. The Art of Cultivating Happiness and Peace through Mindfulness 0:28: 🙏 Practicing mindfulness in daily activities to cultivate happiness and peace. • 0:28: Starting the day with mindful breathing and smiling •...
Vesak 2023: Honoring the Buddha Within
“Let the Buddha breathe, I don’t need to breathe”. Can we take refuge in our Buddha nature when times are hard? If we can manage to find some peace within, we become a solid refuge for ourselves, our loved ones and the world. this Dharma Talk was recorded on...
Right View is No View: Letting go of Rigid Beliefs
Hello 🙂 make sure to turn on English subtitles if you need them! 🙏 Join us in reflecting and applying Thay’s 2008-09 teachings on a Buddhist contribution toward a Global Ethic – made available for the first time with English subtitles. This is the fifth talk of the series,...
The Journey Through Mindfulness, Compassion and Difficult Choices
What are the roots of our personal sufferings and the pains of the world? We bring our mind home to re-examine our sufferings, to find a path.
Taking Care of Emotions with Mindfulness
This talk was recorded on the 16th November 2023 in New Hamlet, Plum Village (France). It is the fourth of our live Thursday talks of the Rains Retreat 2023 offered to our lay friend guests. 0:26: Embracing inner peace and love amidst global challenges through mindfulness and collective energy....
🎄 Inner Peace This Holiday Season: Come Home, Smile to Yourself & Be There for Others
This Dharma Talk is the ninth talk of the Rains’ Retreat 2023 Sunday Talk series and part of the week-long Christmas retreat with the title “Coming Home to Peace”. 0:27: 🕯️ Brother Phap Huu shares about the practice of mindfulness as a way to find inner peace and healing,...
The Luminous Path: Christmas Buddhist Wisdom on Hope and Resilience
This Dharma talk was recorded in New Hamlet, Plum Village (France) on 7th December 2023. It is the seventh of our live Thursday talks of the Rains Retreat 2023 offered to our lay friend guests. 8:57: 🕯️ Sr. Trai Nghiem shares about the significance of light in various festivals...
Gentleness Starts from Within
This talk was recorded on the 9th November 2023 in New Hamlet, Plum Village (France). It is the third of our live Thursday talks of the Rains Retreat 2023 offered to our lay friend guests.
Understanding Suffering, Compassion, and Interconnectedness
This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 12th of November 2023 in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village (France). It is the third talk of the Rains’ Retreat 2023 Sunday Talk series. 0:00: 🙏 Our sister discusses the power of collective energy and mindfulness in sending compassion to areas of need,...
Going Beyond the Historical Truth
This talk was recorded on the 2nd November 2023 in New Hamlet, Plum Village (France). It is the second of our live Thursday talks of the Rains Retreat 2023 offered to our lay friend guests. 0:16: ⛩️ Our brother discusses the concept of the lay day of mindfulness, and...
Learning About True Compassion
“Compassion is the intention and the capacity to relieve suffering in the world.” This dharma talk was given on Thursday, 8 June in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, during a retreat for young people who have grown up away from home.
Transcending Dualism in Ethics
1:39: 📚 The video discusses three approaches to ethics: religious, scientific, and Buddhist, with a focus on the theistic traditions of Judaism and Christianity. 14:45: ⚖️ The video discusses the importance of right view and right action in Buddhism, emphasizing the impact of thinking, speech, and action on our...
The Festival of Stars is Here
This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 29th of October 2023 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village (France). It is the second talk of the Rains’ Retreat 2023 Sunday Talk series. 0:00: 🌟 The video discusses the Festival of Stars and the tradition of remembering ancestors. 9:10: 🌧️ The video...
Redefining the Four Noble Truths
Hello 🙂 make sure to turn on English subtitles if you need them! 🙏 What are the roots of our personal sufferings and the pains of the world? We bring our mind home to re-examine our sufferings, to find a path. How to act. What we ought to do....
Continuous Practice in our Daily Life
0:22: 🧘 The video discusses the uninterrupted practice of mindful breathing and steps, emphasizing the importance of staying present in the moment. 8:30: 🚶♂️ The video discusses the practice of walking meditation, its healing effects, and a story of rescuing refugees. 16:57: 🕊️ Our sister shares Thay’s experience of...
Simple Life, Spiritual Richness
A Journey of Mindfulness, Dealing with Anger, and Letting Go in War-Torn Areas and Peaceful Environments 🌍 Our sister recounts their experience of being in a war-torn area and the contrast of returning to a peaceful environment. 🧘 The video discusses the practice of mindfulness and walking meditation to...
Finding Our True Home
Where is our true home? Is it a particular place with particular people within a particular culture? What if we had to leave our “home”? Or lost the people we held most dear? Or grew up in a culture vastly different to that of our parents’? In this deeply...
Recognising and Embracing our Emotions in the Present Moment
By becoming mindful of our emotions we can respond appropriately instead of reacting to a challenging situation. This is the art of mindfulness that we can cultivate in our daily life, to be the change we want to see in the world.
Ethics, Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
What are the roots of our personal sufferings and the pains of the world? We bring our mind home to re-examine our sufferings, to find a path. How to act. What we ought to do. What we ought to be. Join us in reflecting and applying Thay’s 2008-09 teachings...
To Become a Dharma Teacher
This Panel Sharing was recorded on the 19th of March 2023 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France. We are sorry that some sharings in Vietnamese haven’t been translated yet.
Courage on the Path
This Dharma Talk was offered in New Hamlet, Plum Village, France on the 24th September 2023 during our Autumn retreat.
Breathe as a Free Person, Walk as a Free Person
Freedom is possible with our mindful breathing and mindful walking. Breathe in and focus your attention on your in-breath. Your in-breath becomes the only object of your mind, you are concentrated on your in-breath, you are mindful of your in-breath. You release the past, the future and your worries...
The Joy of Letting Go
This Dharma Talk was offered by sister Tu Nghiem (Sr. Elleni) on the 18th of May 2023 in the New Hamlet, Plum Village France.
Young Buds Glistening in the Sunshine
This Monastic Panel was recorded in Upper Hamlet on 9th March 2023.
Celebrating 40 Years of the Plum Village tradition | A Music and Meditation Evening
on the 14th of June 2022, we had a wonderful music and poetry concert to celebrate 40 years of the Plum Village tradition. The concert was part of a two-week long mindfulness practice retreat, with the theme “Now We Have a Path, We Have Nothing to Fear”, held in...
Our Actions are Our True Legacy
This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 10th August 2023 in Plum Village Upper Hamlet. It is the fourth and last talk of the Annual Wake Up retreat (mainly for young people 18 to 35 years old).
Compassion in Action, True Happiness and Peace, True Love and Sexual Energy: A Monastic Q&A
This session of monastic Q&A was recorded on the 9th August 2023 in Plum Village New Hamlet. It is the third Dharma session of the Annual Wake Up retreat (mainly for young people 18 to 35 years old). The monastic Dharma Teachers in this session are Sisters Luc Nghiem...