“Now I see” means that until now, I did not see. Why not? I may have been looking for a very long time, but still I did not see. Perhaps because now I am not looking anymore, I begin to see. What is it that I see? What is...
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New buds on ancient trees
I am told to take care of the garden left to me by my ancestors. A garden always has beautiful trees and others that are not so healthy. That is the reason why we have to take good care of it.You are my garden, and I know that I...
An Open Letter Calling for Peace
Read the letter in a different languageFrench, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Greek, Vietnamese, Bulgarian Dear Human Family, Watching the tragedy of war continue to unfold daily in Ukraine, we open our hearts to the suffering of people young and old. As an international community...
Updates from India – Celebrating Vesak in a Time of Suffering
On this evening we had a chance to hear firsthand the suffering that many have endured during the pandemic and watch it unfold into an evening of gratitude and joy of being alive in the present moment.
To Meditate is to Look Deeply
87-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Hong Kong. The sangha is on the spring Asian Tour and this talk is given in English with simultaneous translation into Chinese. The theme of the retreat is Happiness is the Way. To meditate is having the time is to look...
Volunteering with Ayslum Seekers
How can we bring Engaged Buddhism into our day to day lives? We interview regular Plum Village retreatant Joe Holtaway about his experiences volunteering at an Asylum Seeker’s day center including his experiences during COVID-19.
The Horse is Technology
November 10, 2013. 94-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Stillwater Meditation Hall, Upper Hamlet of Plum Village. The sangha is preparing for the upcoming 90-day winter retreat. We begin with two chants from the monastics. It is five days before the winter retreat begins at Plum...
The Sun My Heart
The Sun My Heart, first published in 1988, is a timeless book by our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, about the power of the mindfulness practice in daily life. Please enjoy some excerpts from the book and listening to Br Phap Hai, an elder monastic in the Plum Village tradition,...
French Speaking Retreat 15 – 22 March 2013
We are happy to announce the annual 7 day retreat for French speakers which will take place from Friday 15th to 22nd May, 2013. During this week long retreat, Thay (Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh) will offer a series of four talks including a Question and Answer session all...
Educators Retreat 2023
Over 300 educators from Europe and afar gathered for this one week retreat in late August to rest, renew, and connect within and with each other.
Memories from the Root Temple: Tangerines in Heaven
This is the second in a series of memories written by Thay, called Memories from the Root Temple, based on his time with his teacher, Master Thanh Quy at Tu Hieu Temple, Vietnam, to which he has recently returned to live.
Freedom In Every Smile – Parallel Verses for the Lunar New Year
Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year.
Commonly Asked Questions about Plum Village Guided Meditations
In this video, our senior Dharma teacher Sister Chan Duc (Sister Annabel) answers some commonly asked questions about Plum Village guided meditations and how to practice with them.
Interbeing, Service, and Our Little Wars
By: Ray Hemachandra In September I drove to Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi, to spend a day at a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen Buddhist monks and nuns both from this monastery and mindfulness meditation practice center and from Plum Village in France. In many ways...
Memorial Ceremony Photos from Hue, Vietnam
Ashes ceremony – Thay’s ashes were formally carried to our Từ Hiếu Root Temple (Sunday 30 of January 2022) Thay’s funeral on Saturday, 29th January 2022, was one of the biggest Huế, Vietnam has seen for decades. Thousands came out to join the procession, in a deep expression of...
Coming home to the mother pagoda
Dearest Thay, We, more than 400 of your monastic children from four continents and fourteen centers have returned to the mother pagoda. Did you already see this day dear Thay?
Waking up to Whiteness
In February 2020, [the White Awareness Sangha] organized a small retreat for ourselves. Our group was welcomed by the Healing Spring Monastery near Paris, allowing us to ground ourselves in the collective energy of mindfulness throughout the training.
The Five Mindfulness Trainings
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 us a path to cultivate and...
An Interview with Sr. True Virtue
An interview with Sister True Virtue (Chan Duc). She tells us how she has stayed on the path and shares some stories about Thay.
Love Letter To The Earth, “Can Mother Earth Count on Us?”
“Love Letter To The Earth” is Zen Master and Peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh’s passionate and personal call to develop an intimate relationship with the source of all life. He shares why our personal happiness is intricately tied to the happiness of our planet and offers clear and concrete...
Memories from the Root Temple: Washing Dishes
This is the third in a series of stories Thay has told of his time as a young monk at the Root Temple in Hue, Vietnam, to which he has recently returned to live.
Turning Darkness into Light on a Grand Scale – 10 years of the EIAB
Sr. Chân Đức expresses gratitude for our practice center the European Institute of Applied Buddhism, Germany to celebrate it's 10 year anniversary. She tell us how Thay and the sangha have turned a place with a dark history into a place of peace and joy.
Plum Village in the past week
Sangha life is very vivid with many activities. During the past week, there was a Sikshamana precept transmission, a path renovated by monastic brothers and an online mindfulness day for families of monastics. We would like to share with you some photos of these events. Sikshamana Transmission Ceremony In Buddhist tradition,...
Two Families, One Heart: A Western Bhikshu Comes Home
Br. Chân Trời Phạm Hạnh I still remember vividly my community as a young boy. We had to go up the stairs and into a big hall with stained glass windows. It was full of older and younger brothers and sisters, or uncles and aunts, as we called them...
Enjoy Sitting Meditation
Sitting meditation is one of the basic Plum Village mindfulness practices. Brother Phap Luu offers guidance on how we can get started.
Chanting as a River a New Plum Village Album
Dear Friends, We are happy to tell you that the monks and nuns of Plum Village, together with some of our wonderful friends in the practice, have made a new album of chants. Many of our chants have been renewed with harmonies and instrumental parts. These chants were recorded...
The Way Out is In
August 12, 2013. 76-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario during the 2013 Nourishing Great Togetherness teaching tour. This is the first dharma talk for the 6-day retreat with the theme Happy Teachers will Change the World. Topics Listening to the...
New Contemplations Before Eating
Dear Spiritual Family, Thay has just announced a new version of the Five Contemplations before Eating, after receiving a letter from scientists recommending replacing “global warming” with the more appropriate term “climate change.” As a spiritual family and a human family, we can all help avert climate change with...
Christiana Figueres
cfigueres On the passing of Thay @thichnhathanh ?, I want to recall his own words: “I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling. The leaf told me, -No. During the whole spring and summer, I was completely alive. I...
Chestnut Tree Family Novice Ordination
Last Saturday, the 3rd of October, we once again experienced the beautiful novice ordination ceremony. Nine men and women were ordained as young monks and nuns. After nine months of training and practicing as aspirants, the had time arrived for their ordination into the Sangha of monks and nuns.It...