What is more important than peace? It is the capacity to enjoy peace. The conditions for peace and joy may be there already. But are we able to touch them?
In this festive season, there are many conditions for joy. There are the joys of sensual pleasures, which are like the “froth” of a cappuccino. We can certain enjoy them. But we can also go deeper and taste deeper, calmer joy.
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In this Dharma Talk, Brother Phap Lai shares his experience and insights on the different Buddhist teachings on power. First, Brother Phap Lai looks at the teaching on the Three Powers: Love, Understanding, and Cutting Through Afflictions. How can we have the power to love ourselves? Can we begin...
Book excerpt from “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
Sister Thuận Nghiêm (Sister Harmony) takes us along her life-long journey of transforming her way of thinking and speaking with the practice. She shares many true stories about the importance of checking our perceptions and speaking more humbly and lovingly. The impact of our speech is immediate and wide....
Sr Dieu Nghiem gives the Christmas Eve talk at Plum Village. She begins the talk by giving a history of the rains retreat during the Buddha’s time and how we have conducted the yearly rains retreat at Plum Village. In the past, the Plum Village rains retreat always encompassed...
When we look into the history of humanity, there has not been a single day where there is no war somewhere on earth. It is important to have peace in oneself first, so we see the world differently. The river of our life can be seen as five streams...
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