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Practice sessions with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in English
Join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia for sessions of sitting meditation and other practices including sutra recitation, sutra class, Touching the Earth, Dharma sharing, Be-in. You can join through this Zoom link.
Practice sessions with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in English
Join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia for sessions of sitting meditation and other practices including sutra recitation, sutra class, Touching the Earth, Dharma sharing, Be-in. You can join through this Zoom link.
Regular meditation practices with Deer Park Monastery sisters in English, Vietnamese, at Deer Park Monastery
You are warmly invited to join the sisters at Deer Park Monastery in their live weekly practice of sitting meditation and chanting the sutras (Tuesdays in Vietnamese, Fridays in English), and live walking meditation on Thursdays.
Regular meditation practices with Deer Park Monastery sisters in English, Vietnamese, at Deer Park Monastery
You are warmly invited to join the sisters at Deer Park Monastery in their live weekly practice of sitting meditation and chanting the sutras (Tuesdays in Vietnamese, Fridays in English), and live walking meditation on Thursdays.
Weekly online meditation practice with Magnolia Grove Monastery Brothers and Sisters in English, at Magnolia Grove Monastery
You are invited to join us on Zoom for our weekly online meditation practice session.
The program will be as follows (subject to change):
– 5′ introduction
– 15′ guided meditation,
– 30′ Dharma talk
– 45′ Questions and Answers
Newcomers welcome. No previous experience with meditation required.
Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://plumvillage.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtduqgpj4vH9eJOnZMvwMbpHLuF75-Pt2P
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We look forward to seeing you there!
What to Wear
Please wear casual and modest clothing that is comfortable for sitting (i.e. long sleeve shirt (shirt covering shoulders), long pants (below the knees), loose fitting clothes…).
Regular meditation practices with Deer Park Monastery sisters in English, Vietnamese, at Deer Park Monastery
You are warmly invited to join the sisters at Deer Park Monastery in their live weekly practice of sitting meditation and chanting the sutras (Tuesdays in Vietnamese, Fridays in English), and live walking meditation on Thursdays.
Practice sessions with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in English
Join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia for sessions of sitting meditation and other practices including sutra recitation, sutra class, Touching the Earth, Dharma sharing, Be-in. You can join through this Zoom link.
Practice sessions with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in English
Join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia for sessions of sitting meditation and other practices including sutra recitation, sutra class, Touching the Earth, Dharma sharing, Be-in. You can join through this Zoom link.
Live Dharma Talk by Sr. Tue Nghiem in English, French, Vietnamese, at Plum Village France
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Sr. Tue Nghiem will offer a Live Dharma Talk in English this Sunday
Translation into French, Italian, Chinese and Japanese will be available on Zoom (Meeting ID: 999 8543 4454, passcode: rains2020)
Collective Questions & Answers in English
Every second Sunday there is a collective questions and answers session with the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney and Br Phap Hai.
You can join by this Zoom link.
Regular meditation practices with Deer Park Monastery sisters in English, Vietnamese, at Deer Park Monastery
You are warmly invited to join the sisters at Deer Park Monastery in their live weekly practice of sitting meditation and chanting the sutras (Tuesdays in Vietnamese, Fridays in English), and live walking meditation on Thursdays.
Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery in English, at Deer Park Monastery
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Come and enjoy a day of mindfulness practices with the brothers and sisters at Deer Park Monastery.
The program begins at 5:45am (PST) with 45 minutes guided sitting meditation and three Earth touchings, followed by live walking meditation at 9:00am (PST), and a live Dharma Talk at 10:15 (PST).
Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery in English, at Deer Park Monastery
We are not yet ready for the Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery, please refresh this page 10 minutes before the event starts.
Come and enjoy a day of mindfulness practices with the brothers and sisters at Deer Park Monastery.
The program begins at 5:45am (PST) with 45 minutes guided sitting meditation and three Earth touchings, followed by live walking meditation at 9:00am (PST), and a live Dharma Talk at 10:15 (PST).
Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery in English, at Deer Park Monastery
We are not yet ready for the Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery, please refresh this page 10 minutes before the event starts.
Come and enjoy a day of mindfulness practices with the brothers and sisters at Deer Park Monastery.
The program begins at 5:45am (PST) with 45 minutes guided sitting meditation and three Earth touchings, followed by live walking meditation at 9:00am (PST), and a live Dharma Talk at 10:15 (PST).
Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery in English, at Deer Park Monastery
We are not yet ready for the Online Day of Mindfulness with Deer Park Monastery, please refresh this page 10 minutes before the event starts.
Come and enjoy a day of mindfulness practices with the brothers and sisters at Deer Park Monastery.
The program begins at 5:45am (PST) with 45 minutes guided sitting meditation and three Earth touchings, followed by live walking meditation at 9:00am (PST), and a live Dharma Talk at 10:15 (PST).
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Dharma Talk by Br Phap Hai in English
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Every second week Br Phap Hai will explore a series of talk titled “Book of Eights”.
The Dharma talks are hosted in this Zoom room.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Join the monastic Sangha at Plum Village Thailand to recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Inter-being. Please click on the link five minutes before the session starts. Recitation will be in English (10/11/2020, 8/12/2020, 5/1/2021) and Vietnamese (24/11/2020, 22/12/2020, 19/1/2021).
Recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings with Plum Village Monastics in English, Vietnamese, at Deer Park Monastery
The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings are a modern distillation of the traditional Bodhisattva precepts of Mahayana Buddhism, and were created by Thich Nhat Hanh in Saigon in 1966. You can recite these trainings with the Deer Park Monastery Sisters (01-11-2020) or with Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha (12-12-2020).
Monastics and lay friends who have made a vow in a formal ceremony, to receive, study and observe these fourteen trainings are known as “Members of the Order of Interbeing”. The Order of Interbeing, through the Plum Village lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, belongs to the Linji (Rinzai) tradition of Zen Buddhism.
The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings are the very essence of the Order of Interbeing. They are the torch lighting our path, the boat carrying us, the teacher guiding us. They allow us to touch the nature of interbeing in everything that is, and to see that our happiness is not separate from the happiness of others. Interbeing is not a theory; it is a reality that can be directly experienced by each of us at any moment in our daily lives. The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings help us cultivate concentration and insight which free us from fear and the illusion of a separate self.
Collective Questions & Answers in English
Every second Sunday there is a collective questions and answers session with the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney and Br Phap Hai.
You can join by this Zoom link.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Dharma Talk by Br Phap Hai in English
We are not yet ready for the Dharma Talk by Br Phap Hai, please refresh this page 10 minutes before the event starts.
Every second week Br Phap Hai will explore a series of talk titled “Book of Eights”.
The Dharma talks are hosted in this Zoom room.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Join the monastic Sangha at Plum Village Thailand to recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Inter-being. Please click on the link five minutes before the session starts. Recitation will be in English (10/11/2020, 8/12/2020, 5/1/2021) and Vietnamese (24/11/2020, 22/12/2020, 19/1/2021).
Collective Questions & Answers in English
Every second Sunday there is a collective questions and answers session with the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney and Br Phap Hai.
You can join by this Zoom link.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Dharma Talk by Br Phap Hai in English
We are not yet ready for the Dharma Talk by Br Phap Hai, please refresh this page 10 minutes before the event starts.
Every second week Br Phap Hai will explore a series of talk titled “Book of Eights”.
The Dharma talks are hosted in this Zoom room.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Join the monastic Sangha at Plum Village Thailand to recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Inter-being. Please click on the link five minutes before the session starts. Recitation will be in English (10/11/2020, 8/12/2020, 5/1/2021) and Vietnamese (24/11/2020, 22/12/2020, 19/1/2021).
5 Mindfulness Trainings Recitation in English
You can join Br Phap Hai and the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney, Australia to recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings through this Zoom link
The Five Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha. They have been expanded and updated so that they represent a way to bring mindfulness into every area of life. Rather than hard and fast rules, they offer as a framework to reflect on our actions, speech and thinking so we can create more happiness for ourself and for the world around us.
The Five Mindfulness Trainings are one of the most concrete ways to practice mindfulness. They are nonsectarian, and their nature is universal. They are true practices of compassion and understanding. All spiritual traditions have their equivalent to the Five Mindfulness Trainings. The first training is to protect life, to decrease violence in oneself, in the family and in society. The second training is to practice social justice, generosity, not stealing and not exploiting other living beings. The third is the practice of responsible sexual behavior in order to protect individuals, couples, families and children. The fourth is the practice of deep listening and loving speech to restore communication and reconcile. The fifth is about mindful consumption, to help us not bring toxins and poisons into our body or mind.
The Five Mindfulness Trainings are based on the precepts developed during the time of the Buddha to be the foundation of practice for the entire lay practice community. I have translated these precepts for modern times, because mindfulness is at the foundation of each one of them. With mindfulness, we are aware of what is going on in our bodies, our feelings, our minds and the world, and we avoid doing harm to ourselves and others. Mindfulness protects us, our families and our society. When we are mindful, we can see that by refraining from doing one thing, we can prevent another thing from happening. We arrive at our own unique insight. It is not something imposed on us by an outside authority. Practicing the mindfulness trainings, therefore, helps us be more calm and concentrated, and brings more insight and enlightenment.
Collective Questions & Answers in English
Every second Sunday there is a collective questions and answers session with the Compassionate Ocean Sangha in Sydney and Br Phap Hai.
You can join by this Zoom link.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Join the monastic Sangha at Plum Village Thailand to recite the 14 Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Inter-being. Please click on the link five minutes before the session starts. Recitation will be in English (10/11/2020, 8/12/2020, 5/1/2021) and Vietnamese (24/11/2020, 22/12/2020, 19/1/2021).
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
Weekly practice session with our Thai Plum Village Sangha in English, Vietnamese, at Plum Village Thailand
Come and join our monastic brothers and sisters in Thailand for a session of guided sitting meditation and Touching the Earth. To join, please click on the link five minutes before the session starts, and have your headphones ready for English translation as the sessions can be in English, Vietnamese or Thai.
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