Adornment with Insight
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Life Story
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 February 19th, 1999. As a “baby” of the then small community, Sr. Tuệ Nghiêm was cherished by Thầy and the elders, but also firmly guided.
Sr. Tuệ Nghiêm was born in Vietnam, and grew up in California, USA. Influenced by her loving and spiritual mother, she joined the Vietnamese Youth Buddhist Society as a teen. She studied psychology at university, with a strong interest in the mind and the aspiration to alleviate the mental pain she saw around her. The same interest and aspiration then brought her to Plum Village France, where her elder brother (Brother Pháp Đang, “Br. Dharma Lamp”) had already ordained under Thầy. After the sojourn at Plum Village, she returned to California. The contrast between the malaise of a fast-paced living and the simple, fulfilling life at Plum Village helped set her life direction.
Sr. Tuệ Nghiêm balances her time in administrative roles with growing organic vegetables on the New Hamlet “Happy Farm”. She firmly believes in taking care of the body to sustain the practice, thus shares her experience in holistic medicine, yoga, Qi Gong, and nutrition with the community. Her favourite practices are breathing, walking, and reflecting on the sutras. She also enjoys learning neuroscience, Chinese, and loves to knit socks, swing in a hammock, listen to Mozart, and make samosas for the community.
Sister Tuệ Nghiêm regularly leads retreats in Europe, Asia, and North America. While at home in New Hamlet, she finds many ways to be with her younger sisters: hiking, mentoring, teaching the precepts, Buddhist psychology, and Vietnamese/English classes, driving and car maintenance.
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Dharma Talks
The face of Manas revealed: understanding a hidden aspect of our consciousness
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Practices to Find and Dwell in Our True Home| New Year’s Eve Talk
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Mindfulness, concentration and insight in the context of Sangha building
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Loving Speech and Deep Listening
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
The Four Kinds of Nutriments Mindful Cooking Retreat
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Openness, Non-Attachment to Views & Freedom of Thought
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
The Power of Understanding – Transformation of Manas
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
The Three Dharma Seals | Dharma Talk by Sr Tue Nghiem, 2018 06 13
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Path of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Questions & Answers
Sr Diệu Nghiêm, Sr Tuệ Nghiêm, Br Pháp Dung, Br Pháp Hữu
Insight Through Investigation
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
The Four Establishments Of Mindfulness
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Guarding the Six Senses
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Why is Suffering Holy?
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
The Holiness of Suffering
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm
Introduction to the Miracle of Mindfulness
Sr Tuệ Nghiêm, Br Pháp Dung
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Articles
- Meet the Monastics: Sister Tue Nghiem – tnhtour.org, Aug 11, 2015
- Touching Peace and Pain – Mindfulness Bell #15, Winter 1995