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New Hamlet
We would like to invite you to visit New Hamlet through this video, and enjoy an excerpt of the poem “New Hamlet”. Thay (Thich Nhat Hanh) wrote this poem to the workers of the School of Youth for Social Service during Vietnam War at 1960s. He inspired his students...
Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living (Part 2)
Enjoy more mindfulness practice poems (gathas) to help you bring calm and peace into your daily life.
Thirteen Ways to Calm our Negative Feelings
What do the monks and nuns at Plum Village Monastery do when they experience difficult emotions?
A True Bodhisattva
To celebrate Sister Chan Khong's (Sister True Emptiness) continuation day on April 9, we share here glimpses of this remarkable nun through the eyes of Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chan Duc, and Sister Dinh Nghiem.
Black is beautiful
I was the first Black monastic in the Plum Village tradition, and it was Thay’s inclusiveness, especially of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, that helped me see how I could actually live Engaged Buddhism.
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Mindfulness Practices for Children
During a typical summer, Plum Village hosts hundreds of families that come with their children to practice mindfulness. We invite you to enjoy a selection of Plum Village practices created especially for children.
Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices
With this book Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh contributes to current thinking on how we can define secular guidelines that will allow us to create a compassionate, and healthy way of living. The Five Mindfulness Trainings (also referred to as “Precepts”) are the basic statement of ethics in Buddhism....
How to practice when the fires of grief are burning
Our Senior Dharma Teacher Larry Ward offers a message on how to practice with the trauma and anger of this time.
Nhat Hanh brings Dharma to Delta
by David Waters A 10-year-old boy held a Buddhist monk’s hand as they walked with hundreds of others slowly, quietly, peacefully through Overton Park in 2002, in part to honor the nonviolent ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As they passed through the sunlight and shadows of the...
Understanding our Father
Many of us have painful relationships with our parents. Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how can use meditation to understand and accept our own suffering, and then look deeply into the suffering of our father.
The Plum Village Survival Kit – Part I: Taking Care of Yourself
In Part I we offer resources for dealing with anxiety and stress, creating calm and ease, some beautiful mindful music and online resources.
“Thanh Thuy’s Apple Juice” – Reading from “The Sun My Heart”
We would like to invite you to listen to “Thanh Thuy’s Apple juice”, a lovely story written by Thich Nhat Hanh in the book “The Sun My Heart”. This reading can be like a friend that is there for you as you are on the bus or subway, when...
Openness in the face of fanaticism and intolerance
In this extract from the newly published 4th edition of Interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a commentary on the first of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of Engaged Buddhism. This training reminds us to guard against discriminative and dualistic thinking and to avoid becoming bound by any ideology.
On Anger, Sadness and Regrets (video)
Anger, sadness and regrets can all be doorways to peace and beauty, not only for ourselves, but for the people around us, the people of our past and also for those who will come after us.
Rose ceremony 2021
On 8 August 2021, the Rose Ceremony was organized at Plum Village in France. The tradition of wearing roses to remember the kindness and love of our parents started in Plum Village during the Summer Retreat in 1983.
In the Country of the Present Moment (Shambhala Sun, January 2013)
BY ANDREA MILLER | NOVEMBER 15, 2012 ANDREA MILLER visits Plum Village in France to explore how Thich Nhat Hanh’s community is practicing the five mindfulness trainings. Could these be the basis for a better, kinder world? I thought there would be a brown-robed monk or nun to pick me...
Can we Love and Trust Ourselves? (Video)
Love and trust in ourselves form the basis of a healthy relationship with our inner landscape. Please enjoy three answers that our teacher gives on how we can love and trust ourselves and how to have a 'good' day.
Alone Again
Lyric: Thich Nhat Hanh Singer: Phap Khoi alone again I’ll go on with bent head, but knowing the immortality of love and on the long rough road both sun and moon will shine promise me, promise me this day while the sun is just over head even as they...
Handling our strong emotions
All of us encounter despair and loneliness at some time in our lives. How do we weather these emotions when they threaten to overwhelm us?
True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun by Sister Annabel Laity
Sister Chân Đức has been a disciple of Thầy since 1986. She became the first Western European woman to be ordained as a nun by Thầy on November 10th 1988 in India. She is a much-loved senior Dharma Teacher and travels widely, leading meditation retreats and inspiring many with...
Celebrating the History of Buddhism in Vietnam, and a way forward
THICH NHAT HANH Celebrating 1,000 Years of Hanoi In the year 1010, one thousand years ago, the first king of the Ly dynasty founded Thang Long, the city now known as Hanoi. The Ly dynasty has been described as “the most compassionate, peaceful and harmonious in the history of...
A Message to our 3.5 billion neighbours on Planet Earth
In the lead up to Earth Day we are happy to republish "The Menton Statement" from 1971. It is an early and powerful contribution to raising awareness about climate change.
Book: How To Walk
How to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax’s popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Slow, concentrated walking while focusing on in- and out-breaths allows for a unique opportunity to...
New issue of The Mindfulness Bell now available
The Mindfulness Bell is the magazine for the international Plum Village community. The current issue is guest edited by ARISE Sangha and Canadian Dharma teacher André Vellino. It focuses on practicing with climate disruption, racial justice and the pandemic.
Relax, Let Go
Dear friends, I wrote this poem in veneration of Thich Nhat Hanh, whose inspirational writing and poetry has helped me live more peacefully with mental health issues. I am very new to Buddhism, but I feel a deep connection. I hope this poem conveys the peace and calm within...
Thay’s Memorials in Vietnam and France
Photos of Thay's memorial in Vietnam and details of the memorial at Plum Village on January 22nd
Transforming Resentment into Compassion
Brother Dinh Thanh shares his experience of transformation in the field of engaged ethics, thanks to a practice inspired by Thay's teaching.