Dharma Talks / Taking Care of Business

This talk was given at Deer Park Monastery at the start of the annual 90-Day Retreat.

Br Phap Dung teaches on community living and reverence in our life and in our practice. Br Phap Dung encourages us to give 100% of our being to the practice, much like a newly ordained novice. The Plum Village community is a community of resistance, a radical, non-violent, 2,500...

This is the first Dharma Talk of the 5-day Retreat at Blue Cliff Monastery, NY, given as part of the Plum Village International Community’s “Miracle of Mindfulness” Tour of the US, Fall 2015. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/HCVV/

This is a teaching on accompanying the sick and dying. ~~~ You can support us by: – donating: https://plumvillage.org/support – helping to caption & translate: https://amara.org/en/profiles/videos/plumvillage/ or http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCcv7KJIAsiddB2YRegvrF7g Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/C0n1t/

The full question was: When we find another person’s presence not nourishing, how can we withdraw skillfully? Or should we withdraw? This question was asked by a teenager during a Q & A session with Thich Nhat Hanh at a summer retreat in Plum Village (2014). You can support...