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Recent Dharma Talks View All
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.
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
Br Pham Hanh, Br Troi Bao Tang
Exploring the Nature of Consciousness
This talk was recorded during the Plum Village Summer Opening, in upper Hamlet, France, on 14th July 2023.
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
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.
Sr Đào Nghiêm
Dharma Talks from Thich Nhat Hanh View All
The Mind of Love (part 3) in English & Italian
This is the 3rd Dharma talk by Thay for the Italian Retreat: “The Mind of Love transforms all difficulties” in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Practice of True Presence
This is the second dharma talk of the “The Mind of Love Transforms All Difficulties” retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh at the New Hamlet of Plum Village in France. The talk is given in English with consecutive translation into Italian. In this very short talk on August 29, 2014, Thay teaches…
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of Love (English & Italian)
This is the 2nd Dharma talk by Thay for the Italian Retreat: “The Mind of Love transforms all difficulties” in New Hamlet, Plum Village. Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/FIuW/
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Mind of Love (part 1) in English & Italian
This is the first Dharma talk by Thay for the Italian Retreat: “The Mind of Love transforms all difficulties” in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Book Excerpts View All
Interbeing and Interpenetration
We would like to invite you to enjoy a reading from book “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
Don’t leave your fate in the hands of others
Book excerpt from “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
“The Sun My Heart”
We would like to invite you to enjoy a reading from book “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai, Piano by Bao Tich Nguyen.
Thanh Thuy’s Apple Juice from The Sun My Heart
Book excerpt from “The Sun My Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Br. Phap Lai.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Br Pháp Lai
Questions & Answers View All
Q & A for Children: The Happiest Person in the World | Plum Village Monastics
A Q&A session with questions from children in our Summer Retreat 2022, with Sr. Hoi Nghiem, Sr. Dang Nghiem, Br. Phap Linh, and Br. Phap Kha. 0:00 Introduction by Br. Phap Linh 2:45 What is the story of the Buddhas’ hill in Upper Hamlet? 10:18 How has Plum Village…
Q&A: Finding Balance | Br. Phap Linh, Br. Phap Kha, Sr. Hoi Nghiem, Sr. Dang Nghiem
0:00 Introduction by Brother Phap Linh 3:59 How can I stay true to my values while also being useful in my work? 14:46 With repeated manifestations of racism and the rise of the extreme right in the West, how not to lose respect and become hateful towards this western…
Br Pháp Linh, Sr Hội Nghiêm, Sr Dang Nghiem
Q&A: News, Enlightenment, & Pain | Brs Phap Huu, Bao Tang, Srs Thuan Nghiem, Hien Nghiem
0:00 Introduction by brother Phap Huu 2:50 How to deal with News? How to protect ourselves when we read the News and how to balance the negative energy created by the News? 12:55 How can the peace movement respond in a non-violent way to the invasion of Ukraine? 21:42…
Br Troi Bao Tang, Br Pháp Hữu, Sr Thuận Nghiêm, Sr Hiến Nghiêm
Songs View All
I Smile to the Stars (sung by Sister Chan Khong)
Sister Chan Khong, Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London 2012
Sutras View All
Discourse on Transforming Violence and Fear
1) Let us listen and observe to understand how, from a happy and wholesome state, people have brought society into a state of terror and violence. How have past generations acted for the situation to become like this? I want to talk to you about this suffering and tell…
Discourse on Turning the Wheel of the Dharma
This is what I have heard. At one time the World-Honored One was staying near Varanasi at Isipatana in the Deer Park. At that time the World-Honored One addressed the group of five monks, saying, “Bhikkhus, there are two extremes that a monk should avoid. What are the two?…
Elder Discourse
I heard these words of the Buddha one time when the Lord was staying at the monastery in the Jeta Grove, in the town of Shravasti. At that time there was a monk named Thera (Elder), who always preferred to be alone. Whenever he could, he praised the practice…
Discourse on the Land of Great Happiness
This is what I heard the Buddha say one time when he was staying in the Anathapindika Monastery in the Jeta Grove. At that time the Buddha had with him a Sangha of 1,250 bhikshus, all arhats and the most well-known among his senior disciples, including Shariputra, Mahamaudgalyayana, Mahakashyapa,…
Chants View All
Chant of Praise & Aspiration
A flower held up speaks wonderfully. Its five petals have a special fragrance. The Dharma Treasure is transmitted from India and continued in the Mind-Seal school in China. May all generations of Ancestral Teachers, residing in the Nirvana of the Wonderful Mind, seated high on the precious Dharma throne,…
Listening To The Bell
“With body, speech and mind in perfect oneness, I send my heart along with the sound of this bell…” Brother Phap Linh was encouraged by Thay (Thich Nhat Hanh) to use “local material” to compose music. This piece became like a meeting of two ancient traditions of Celtic Christianity…
