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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 received full bhikshuni ordination from Thầy on January 10th 1992, and the Lamp Transmission to become a Dharma Teacher on January 11th 1992. She is the former abbess of Lower Hamlet from December 20th 1998 until September 25th 2014.
Each year, Sr. Diệu Nghiêm leads mindfulness retreats around the world, including her ancestral lands of the Netherlands and Ireland. Her gentle and illuminating teachings have nourished generations of practitioners.
Sr. Diệu Nghiêm is a beloved elder in the community, tirelessly offering her time to listen, reflect, and guide her younger Dharma sisters and brothers. She loves to relax in nature, and enjoys mountain-hiking, birdwatching, and folk-dancing.
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Dharma Talks
True Joy, Peace and Love
Sr Dieu Nghiem gives the Christmas Eve talk at Plum Village. She begins the talk by giving a history of the rains retreat during the Buddha’s time and how we have conducted the yearly rains retreat at Plum Village. In the past, the Plum Village rains retreat always encompassed…
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
The 6th & 7th Trainings of the OI Sr Dieu Nghiem
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Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Questions & Answers
First questions and answers session of the 2018 Rains Retreat.
Br Pháp Lai, Sr Diệu Nghiêm, Sr Thăng Nghiêm, Br Phap Khoi
The Four Immeasurable Minds – The Four Elements of True Love
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Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Right View and the practice of ‘Not Two’
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Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Questions & Answers
1. How do I reconnect and communicate again with my family members after many years of separation and deep sorrow? (5:45) 2. How do I know when to listen to my inner teacher because sometimes it seems very clear and other times it seems so confused.(23:15) 3. How can…
Sr Diệu Nghiêm, Sr Từ Nghiêm, Br Pháp Hữu, Br Pháp Bản
Questions & Answers
In the last Q&A of Winter Retreat 2017-18, the following questions are answered: – 0:03:38 How to use telephone, email and social media mindfully? – 0:10:37 How do I deal with not feeling able to help my loved ones? – 0:23:52 How can I embrace ancestral suffering and not…
Sr Diệu Nghiêm, Sr Tuệ Nghiêm, Br Pháp Dung, Br Pháp Hữu
Mindfulness as a Factor of Awakening
Mindfulness is the first factor of enlightenment. If that doesn’t motivate you to practice, what will? Sr Diệu Nghiêm (Jina) explains the seven factors of awakening and their relation to the five hindrances. When we look into what hindrances come up when we practice mindfulness, for example during walking…
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Six Mantras of True Love
In this opening talk of the 2017 Summer Retreat, Sr. Dieu Nghiem invited us to try the magic of uttering six mantras of love, in our own language. These began with: “Darling, I am here for you.” How often are we truly present, in body and in mind, for…
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Busi-ness, How to Busi-less
In this opening talk of the Business Retreat, Sr. Dieu Nghiem (Jina) asks the question: Who is really the boss [in our life]? Knowingly or not, we fall into habitual ways of thinking, speaking, and acting. These are influenced by the inclination of our mind, whether positive or negative….
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Right Livelihood, Part 1
This is the 1st part of the Dharma talk given by Sr. Jina in New Hamlet on 18th December 2016. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/1rj5/
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Christmas Eve Dharma Talk
Offered live by Sr. Jina (Dieu Nghiem), senior Dharma Teacher and former abbess of the Lower Hamlet of Plum Village. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/Ha1X/
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Cultivating Joy and Happiness
This is the third talk offered at Magnolia Grove Monastery during “The Time is Now” retreat. Sr. Dieu Nghiem shares about practice of cultivating joy and happiness in our mind, through mindfulness of the mind. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/HIvi/
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Celebrate Our Spiritual Roots
An excerpt from the New York City Public Talk on September 12, 2015 during the Miracle of Mindfulness Tour. Sr. Jina shares about our spiritual roots.
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
Stop Waiting, Start Living
Public Talk in NYC Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/HFyC/
Sr Diệu Nghiêm, Br Pháp Dung
Signlessness and Impermanence
This Dharma Talk is the teaching given on Saturday 5th September, the final day of the 2015 Miracle of Mindfulness Retreat at Blue Cliff Monastery, New York, as part of the 2015 Miracle of Mindfulness Tour of the USA. Sr Dieu Nghiem presents the final four exercises of the…
Sr Diệu Nghiêm
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Articles
- Kitchen as a Meditation Hall – Lá thư Làng Mai #40, 2017
- Dharma Talk: Silence – Mindfulness Bell #35, Winter/Spring 2004
- Love – Mindfulness Bell #32, Winter/Spring 2002
- Happy Rooting! – Mindfulness Bell #10, Winter 1994