Sister Chân Đức

True Virtue

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.

Dharma Talks

Books

True Virtue

The Journey Of An English Buddhist Nun

In 1988, Sister Annabel Laity became the first Western person to be ordained as a monastic disciple in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vietnamese Zen lineage. She was given the Dharma…

Mindfulness

Walking with Jesus and Buddha

How in our busy daily life can we have the opportunity to stop running and come back to the present moment? God is always present. It is we who…

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