on the 14th of June 2022, we had a wonderful music and poetry concert to celebrate 40 years of the Plum Village tradition. The concert was part of a two-week long mindfulness practice retreat, with the theme “Now We Have a Path, We Have Nothing to Fear”, held in...
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Bringing Mind and Body in the Present Moment
This Dharma Talk was recorded on the 11th of July 2023 in Lower Hamlet Plum Village France, during our Summer Opening retreat.
Direction, Aspiration, and Obstacles on the Path | A Monastic Q&A Session
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
Mindfulness for Educators: Listening to Ourself, Being There for Others
This Dharma Talk was recorded on 20th August 2023 as part of our retreat for teachers.
How to be a Good Ancestor: Mindfulness for Business People
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.
Presence, Ethics, and the Rewarding Challenges of Caring for Others
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
Exploring the Nature of Consciousness
This talk was recorded during the Plum Village Summer Opening, in upper Hamlet, France, on 14th July 2023.
Breathe as a Free Person, Walk as a Free Person
Freedom is possible with our mindful breathing and mindful walking. Breathe in and focus your attention on your in-breath. Your in-breath becomes the only object of your mind, you are concentrated on your in-breath, you are mindful of your in-breath. You release the past, the future and your worries...
Free from Birth and Death, Live Life More Meaningfully
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.
Happiness in the Here and Now: let Mother Earth guide you Home
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”.
Let Your Breath Guide You Back
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”.
Sacred Synergy: Science and Spirituality Are Not Two Separate Things
In this enlightening talk offered by our elder sister, we will embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery, learning the profound art of resting, healing, and meditating together. Guided by ancient wisdom and modern scientific insights, attendees will delve into the benefits of these practices, unraveling the intricate connections...
The Gift of A Quiet Mind
Please enjoy the first Dharma Talk of the Plum Village Online New Year’s Retreat. Find out more about Sister True Dedication : https://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/sister-hien-nghiem/
Ending the Vicious Circle of Negative Habits
Thich Nhat Hanh offers this dharma talk at Deer Park Monastery during the Colors of Compassion Retreat on March 25, 2004.
Learning About True Compassion
“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.
Vesak 2023: Honoring the Buddha Within
“Let the Buddha breathe, I don’t need to breathe”. Can we take refuge in our Buddha nature when times are hard? If we can manage to find some peace within, we become a solid refuge for ourselves, our loved ones and the world. this Dharma Talk was recorded on...
The Power of Cutting Off & Letting Go
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...
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...
Balance in the Spiritual Life
Before taking a deep dive into our suffering, practicing mindfulness according to the breathing exercises taught in the Anapanasati Sutta increases our capacity for happiness and joy. In this way, we are able to hold our deep suffering. Thay regularly taught his students to balance the spiritual life among...
Peace in Your Heart
In the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings, we read “the mind is always looking outside of itself and never feels fulfilled”. How can we overcome this constant running and come back to our true home? The obstacle to our peace of mind is our inability to...
Recognising and Embracing our Emotions in the Present Moment
By becoming mindful of our emotions we can respond appropriately instead of reacting to a challenging situation. This is the art of mindfulness that we can cultivate in our daily life, to be the change we want to see in the world.
Breathe and Remember
The flower only exists if we are present for it. Life is miraculous. Only when we are present are we fully living. What are the things that stop us from fully living? It is our worries, fears, physical pain, regrets, shame, frustration … The practice of mindfulness helps us...
The Four Kinds of Nutriments: Change Yourself to Change the World
We all have aspirations, dreams, joys and sorrows deep in our hearts. But are we aware that anything we want to cultivate needs food to grow? In Buddhist psychology, we learn that there are four kinds of nutriments: edible food, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness. In terms of edible...
True Spiritual Friendship
from 2022 11 03, Rains Retreat, Lay Day, Talk 7. How can we embrace our ancestors that we have never met? This and the below questions were addressed by Brother Phap Huu and Sister True Dedication in this “a-la-carte Dharma Talk”. * How can we understand our deep suffering...
Love and the Six Ingredients of the Path
To feel love, be loved, and to share love is the spiritual need of human beings. This is the heart of our spiritual path: how to grow to a state of boundless love that is not restrained by any conditions. Sister Lực Nghiêm (“Sister Power”) dives deeply into the...
On Acceptance: New Year’s Eve Talk
As the new year begins to unfold, we have the opportunity to look back: What have we cultivated in ourselves in 2022? Was there a habit energy that manifested strongly, carrying us away? And how about our relationships? Were we able to cultivate deep friendship? Do we hold pain...
Simplicity, Love and Understanding
What is the spiritual meaning of Christmas in our times? In a society of consumerism where we can easily feel alienated, we are longing for an atmosphere of simplicity and love. If the most important element of Christmas is our brotherhood, sisterhood, and siblinghood, then how can we practice...
On Grief and Loss
In Zen, we often say that the moment of death is the moment that reveals how we have been practicing. Indeed, the fear of dying is the base for all other fears. As practitioners, death should be an object of our contemplation. Sister Insight shares her experience of practicing...
In Harmony on Our Path
Practicing the Six Harmonies is a deep practice to ensure a long life in the Sangha and continue on the path of transformation with our spiritual friends, even when facing difficulties in communication. If we are still unable to deeply connect with another person through the heart, maybe because...
Mindful, Caring Consumption
Are you aware of your body in daily life? Do you take time to pause and relax between activities? How do you start your day? Do you take a moment to touch a feeling of gratitude and joy for being alive? Let’s explore these and many more questions as...