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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...

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...

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...

Our latest online course “Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet” is now open for registration! Sign up here: https://plumvillage.org/zasp What is the “flavor of Zen”? And what does it have to do with the urgent work we need to do to face the climate crisis? Brother Pháp...

This Dharma Talk was offered in New Hamlet, Plum Village, France on the 24th September 2023 during our Autumn retreat.

This Dharma Talk was recorded on 20th August 2023 as part of our retreat for teachers.

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).

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...

This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 7th August 2023 in Plum Village Upper Hamlet. It is the second talk of the Annual Wake Up retreat (mainly for young people 18 to 35 years old).

This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 5th August 2023 in Plum Village Upper Hamlet. It is the first talk of the Annual Wake Up retreat (mainly for young people 18 to 35 years old).

This session was recorded on 20th July, during our second week of the Plum Village Summer Opening retreat in 2023. Thumbnail photo credit ©Jerome Cabeen — jeromecabeenphotography.com

This talk was recorded during the Plum Village Summer Opening, in upper Hamlet, France, on 14th July 2023.

This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 11th of July 2023 in Lower Hamlet Plum Village France, during our Summer Opening retreat.

This session was recorded during our first week of the Plum Village Summer Opening retreat in July 2023. Thumbnail photo credit ©Jerome Cabeen — jeromecabeenphotography.com

This Dharma Talk was recorded in upper Hamlet, Plum Village France. It was the last talk of a series, as part of a special retreat for Business people, held in June 2023.

This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 22nd of June 2023 in the Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France. It is part of the “Love is Freedom” Earth Retreat.

This Dharma Talk was recorded in Upper Hamlet, Plum VIllage France on 20th June 2023 during our Earth Retreat with the title “Love is Freedom”.

“Compassion in 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.

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...

This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 6th of June 2023, in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of the retreat “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...