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This Question and Answers session was recorded on June 13, 2024 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France. It is the 7th session of the series of talks published from the 2024 June Retreat held in Plum Village, France, with the theme: “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: Applied Ethics.” The...

2:31: 🏡 The importance of coming home to oneself, prioritizing happiness, and enjoying lazy days for inner peace and joy. • 7:07: Prioritizing happiness and joy in daily life is crucial for inner peace. • 8:52: Our sister encourages the enjoyment of lazy days for relaxation and self-care. •...

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 •...

“Mindfulness of breathing is the great vehicle used by buddhas to save beings who are drifting.” – Master Khương Tăng Hội Meditation Master Khương Tăng Hội, the first patriarch of Zen in Vietnam, was a great source of inspiration for our teacher Thầy to practice and develop Engaged Buddhism....

Sr Hoi Nghiem talks about going home to take care of ourselves. When the Vietnamese people prepare for the Lunar New Year, they clean up their home to make it spacious and beautify it by planting flowers in the garden. The same is true for our inner home –...

Sr Hoi Nghiem starts off the talk by making three drawings representing the things that she loves. She talks about each picture and its importance to her and her practice, covering topics such as being still, taking root in the Sangha, being ourselves, being solid and being vast and...

Sr Hoi Nghiem explores the conditions we can cultivate in our lives to have more happiness. In this new year, we can be a new person, and also look at others with new eyes and allow them to begin again. We need to have mindfulness in our lives in...

This is the English translation of a talk in Vietnamese. Watch it together with the original video here: http://www.youdubber.com/index.php?video=4I4ibGMgx4w&video_start=68&audio=RgdRbnXbaiw&audio_start=82 Watch the original in Vietnamese here: https://youtu.be/4I4ibGMgx4w (Tieng Viet) In the fifth talk of the Rains Retreat 2018 sister Hoi Nghiem goes into the fourth of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings:...

Ease, or tranquility is a lightness and peace within. How do we cultivate this factor of awakening? We can find a quiet place, sit down, start by being aware of the body. Feel the skin on our face, feel the pores of the skin breathing. We can breathe with...

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