True Virtue
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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 received the Lamp Transmission to become a Dharma Teacher in 1990 and served as Director of Practice at Plum Village. She is the former abbess of the Green Mountain Dharma Centre in the USA. Sister Chân Đức has been on the board of directors for the Unified Buddhist Church since 1998.
She is a much-loved senior Dharma Teacher and travels widely, leading meditation retreats, including in her ancestral land of England. She inspires many with her unique teaching style throughout the world. She is currently Dean of Practice at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Germany.
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Dharma Talks

We Continue Always
In this final talk of the commemorative retreat to honor 49 Days of Thay’s passing, Sister Chan Duc (Sr. Annabel) teaches the practices of recognizing and cultivating our continuation bodies, to touch the our true nature of no-birth and no-death. Find out more about Sister Chan Duc.
Sr Chân Đức

Guarding of six senses
Lyrics: Thich Nhat HanhMusic: Sr. True Virtue (Sr. Chan Duc) & RashaniSang: Sr. Chan Duc
Sr Chân Đức

Gatha for Eating meditation
Eating can be very joyful and a deep practice. It nourishes us not only physically but also mentally and spiritually. We can spend a moment to be grateful for all the conditions that support our life – our parents, Mother Earth and Father Sun, etc… By living happily and…
Sr Chân Đức

Hope In Action
“For me, hope is right now. We can realize the virtue of hope by dwelling in the present moment.” In this talk, offered on the eve of New Year’s Day 2021, Sister Chân Đức shares about the path of True Love, with the four elements of lovingkindness, compassion, joy,…
Sr Chân Đức

Taking Refuge in the Island within Ourselves
This talk was offered on 3rd December 2020. Where can we go to be truly safe in the most difficult moments? Do we know how to come back to that safe place and dwell there whenever we need? In the “Discourse on Taking Refuge in Oneself”, the Buddha encouraged…
Sr Chân Đức

Right View: Understanding the Roots of Our True Happiness
Which actions in our daily life nourish lasting happiness? Which of them contain seeds of suffering for ourselves and others? How can we understand this more clearly, and what does this have to do with the deepest fruit of mindfulness practice, Right View? In this talk, our respected elder…
Sr Chân Đức

Compassion is Non-Local
“Even if you don’t call yourself an environmentalist but you take good care of your body, then you are taking good care of Mother Earth. Some people say that they lose trust in their body when they become sick, but I gain trust in my body when I become…
Sr Chân Đức

Bodhicitta in Action
Talk in English given on September 22nd, 2019, in the Lower Hamlet of Plum Village. Sr Chan Duc (Sr True Virtue/Sr Annabel) gives a Dharma talk on bodhicitta (the mind of love and awakening), and taking care of Mother Earth. We have to cultivate the insight that Mother Earth…
Sr Chân Đức

UK Tour
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/
Sr Chân Đức

UK Tour
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/
Sr Chân Đức

Compassion and Ethics
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/ ~~~~ This Rains Retreat we will look into the 14 Mindfulness Trainings. Sr Chan Duc continues exploring the foundations of ethics in our tradition. The 3rd…
Sr Chân Đức

On Full Awareness of Breathing
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/ ~~~~ This is the opening talk in the Summer Retreat 2018 at Lower Hamlet. In this talk Sister Chan Duc introduces to us the first eight…
Sr Chân Đức

Nirvana is in Samsara, Samsara is in Nirvana
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/ To download the retreat booklet: Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/kBoC/
Sr Chân Đức

The Twelve Nidanas
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/ ~~~~ To download the retreat booklet: https://plumvillage.org/news/booklet-of-the-21-day-retreat-a-real-soulmate-of-the-buddha/ Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/jwK5/
Sr Chân Đức

Criteria for Studying the Sutras
Dharma talk during the 21- day retreat. What does it mean to be a soul-mate of the Buddha? It means have I understood the Buddha and his teachings? Do I give enough time and space to understand? Understanding very much depends on our practice, and our correct practice also…
Sr Chân Đức

Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
Before the Buddha passed into mahaparanirvana he taught about how to take refuge in the island within oneself, which means taking refuge in your inner teacher. Taking refuge in the Buddha is to touch your awakened nature within, even if you come from a different faith, because everyone has…
Sr Chân Đức

The Three Doors of Liberation or the Three Dharma Seals
During the Italian Retreat Sr Chân Đức begins the talk by answering some written questions from the Q & A session: 1. How do we manage our relationship so that we are not too needy nor too self-sufficient? 2. How do I deal with aggression in a relationship? 3….
Sr Chân Đức

US Tour: MGM: First Dharma Talk
Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/ ~~~~ Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/dhao/
Sr Chân Đức
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Books
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Articles
- An Interview with Sr. True Virtue
- Turning Darkness into Light on a Grand Scale – 10 years of the EIAB
- A Hut for Thay in Our Heart – Mindfulness Bell #68 Winter/Spring 2015
- Master Tang Hoi for Our Time – Mindfulness Bell #68 Winter/Spring 2015
- Twenty-Three Years as a Nun – Mindfulness Bell #57 Summer 2011
- The Collective Bodhisattva – Mindfulness Bell #51 Summer 2009
- The New Gurudharmas for Monks – Mindfulness Bell #49 Autumn 2008
- The Way to Well-Being – Mindfulness Bell #48 Summer 2008
- On the Way Home – Mindfulness Bell #42 Summer 2006
- On the Way Home (part 2) – Mindfulness Bell #43 Autumn 2006
- On the Way Home (part 3) – Mindfulness Bell#44 Winter/Spring 2007
- On the Way Home (part 4) – Mindfulness Bell #45 Summer 2007
- On the Way Home (part 5) – Mindfulness Bell #46 Autumn 2007
- Letter from the Editor – Mindfulness Bell #45 Summer 2007
- Sitting Separately – Mindfulness Bell #42 Summer 2006
- The Role of the Lay Sangha – Mindfulness Bell #41 Winter/Spring 2006
- Letter from the Editor – Mindfulness Bell #36 Summer 2004
- Making up Songs – Mindfulness Bell #34 Autumn 2003
- Dharma Talk: Knowing We Have Enough – Mindfulness Bell #33 Summer 2003
- A Guided Meditation for Listening Deeply – Mindfulness Bell #32 Winter/Spring 2002
- A Chance to Go Onwards on the Path of Practice (Visiting Vietnam) – Mindfulness Bell #32 Winter/Spring 2002
- Being the Practice – Mindfulness Bell #31 Summer 2002
- Practicing as a Dharma Teacher – Mindfulness Bell #30 Winter 2001
- Here Is the Pure Land. The Pure Land Is Here.– Mindfulness Bell #28 Winter 2000
- Breathe! – Mindfulness Bell #25 Winter 2000
- Maple Forest Blooms – Mindfulness Bell #21 Spring 1998
- Temple Anniversary – Mindfulness Bell#18 Winter 1997
- Liberation – Mindfulness Bell #19 Summer 1997
- Renewing Buddhism – Mindfulness Bell #17 Summer 1996
- Reflections on Nuns’ Conference – Mindfulness Bell #14 Autumn 1995
- Beginning Anew by Sister Annabel Laity
- Our Environment