Dharma Teacher

Dharma Healing Life Story Brother Chân Pháp Liệu was ordained as a novice monk on February 8th, 2003 as a member of the “Walnut” family. He received full ordination as a bhikshu on January 14th 2006, and the Lamp Transmission from Thầy, to become a Dharma Teacher, in January 2010. He...

True Pure Joy Life Story Sister Chân Thuần Khánh was ordained as a novice nun on February 5th 2000 at Từ An Temple in Hue, Vietnam. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni on February 9th 2004 in Deer Park Monastery. She received the Lamp Transmission from Thầy to...

Adornment with Peach Blossom Life Story Sister Chân Đào Nghiêm ordained on the 26th of  October 2003 as a member of the “Simsapa” (Rosewood) family  in Plum Village, France. She received full bhikshuni ordination on December 18th 2006, and received the Lamp Transmission from Thầy to become a Dharma...

Dharma Stream Life Story Brother Pháp Lưu was ordained as a novice monk on December 13th 2003, and received full ordination as a bhikshu on December 16th, 2006. He received the Lamp Transmission from Thầy to become a Dharma Teacher in 2011. He has been active in the Wake Up movement for...

Adornment with Understanding Life Story Sister Chân Hội Nghiêm was ordained by Thầy as a novice nun on December 4th 1999 in the “Cherry” family, and received full ordination as a bhikshuni on January 9th 2003. She received the Lamp Transmission as a Dharma Teacher in 2006. When Sr....

Dharma Embrace Brother Chân Pháp Dung was ordained on February 4th 1998 as a member of the “Apple” family at Plum Village France. He received full bhikshu ordination on December 18th 2001, and received the Lamp Transmission from Thầy and became a Dharma Teacher in 2004. He is the former...

Coming of the Dharma Life Story Brother Chân Pháp Lai was ordained as a novice monk on May 26th 2002 in the “Bead Tree” family. He received full ordination as a bhikshu on January 14th 2006, and the Lamp Transmission as a Dharma Teacher in January 2010. Br. Pháp...

Dharma Friend Life Story Brother Chân Pháp Hữu was ordained as a novice monk on February 7th 2002 in the “Sugar Palm Tree” family. He received full bhikkhu ordination on December 18th 2006, and the Lamp Transmission as a Dharma Teacher in 2009. He became vice abbot in 2008 and...

Sister Jina Sister Chân Diệu Nghiêm was ordained as a novice nun at the Hokyoji Temple, Fukui, Japan on November 11th 1985, with the ordination name “Ji Na” (“Loving Kindness”). She joined the Plum Village community in 1990 as one of Thầy’s first European monastic disciples. Sr. Diệu Nghiêm...

Adornment with True Loving Kindness Sister Chân Từ Nghiêm (also known as “Sr. Eleni” to lay friends) was ordained by Thầy as a novice nun on January 26th 1991 in the Red Candle Meditation Hall of Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, France. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni on...

Adornment with Insight Sister Tuệ Nghiêm (“Sr. Insight”) ordained as a novice nun on December 11th 1993 at Plum Village France as a member of the “Fish” family. She received full bhikshuni ordination on December 2nd 1996, and the Lamp Transmission from Thầy to become a Dharma Teacher on...