Library / Dharma Talks

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 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...

Br Phap Dung talks about the historical and ultimate dimension, training our minds and healing ourselves in the present moment. Buddhism is a practice to touch the ultimate dimension (absolute truth) from the historical dimension (relative truth). Teachings such as dependent co-arising or causes and conditions for the manifestation...

Br Phap Dung gives the New Year’s eve talk. In his talk, he pays homage to our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh who loves festivals and celebrations and talks about the importance of commitment. New Year is a time to look back on the old year and a time to...

Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/ldUj/

What is our reason of being, raison d’être, our passion or aspiration? Is it to be free? Is freewill the same thing? Volition is a source of energy that makes us want to wake up and keep going in life. We need to have a clear and still mind...

Letting go is not about suppressing or denying our experiences, but rather acknowledging and accepting them with compassion and understanding. By embracing impermanence and non-attachment, we can free ourselves from the burden of past regrets and future worries, and cultivate a deeper sense of peace and freedom in the...

To download the retreat booklet: https://plumvillage.org/news/booklet-of-the-21-day-retreat-a-real-soulmate-of-the-buddha/ Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/jmsA/

The Buddhist path is just on the cushion but envelopes every aspect of our daily lives, our family, couple or community life. It is not an outward path but a path leading inside. (4:34) The meditative path is not to know, but to be, feel and touch. Don’t look...

“To live is more than just to eat and run around.” We have forgotten the spiritual dimension of life. When we breathe, we remember. Remember to return to our spiritual home, to build it, to cultivate it. We have a room for everything in our homes, even for cars....

Wake Up Earth Retreat Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/9U6O/

When we were born, we did not come with a manual for life. No manual for how to be a child, a teen, a partner, a mother, a father. No manual for how to face difficult moments in life. The prince Siddhartha 2,600 years ago searched for such a...

When we were born, we did not come with a manual for life. No manual for how to be a child, a teen, a partner, a mother, a father. No manual for how to face difficult moments in life. The prince Siddhartha 2,600 years ago searched for such a...

We eat three times a day, and sometimes snack in between. Yet, do we know how to nourish ourselves with food for the spirit? Or are we ceaselessly running; searching for something to fill our emptiness? How long have we, and our ancestors done this? What are we lacking?...

Talk giving during “Mindful & Compassionate Leadership”: An International Business Retreat Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/7c2K/

This is the Dharma talk by Thay Pháp Dung on New Year Eve in Upper Hamlet. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/2ATK/