Looking Deeply / The Door of Compassion
The door of compassion is the door of our hearts. In this article Br. Thay Minh Hy helps us look deeply into how to keep this door open for the benefit of all.
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Looking Deeply / Healing the Inner Child
As many countries celebrate Children's Day, we invite you to explore healing practices for your inner child.
Looking Deeply / Healing My Relationship With Mom
Brother Dong Tri shares how he healed his relationship with his mother during the Rose Ceremony in Plum Village, 2021.
Looking Deeply / Tangerine of Mindfulness
This is a story that Siddhartha Gautama, popularly known as the Buddha, told the first time to children when he had just founded a Great Way, the Path of Awareness. Please enjoy an excerpt of it from the book Old Path White Cloud. Siddhartha quietly gestured for the children...
Looking Deeply / The Miraculous Leaves
In this letter to children from 1987, Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) recounts a story about really appreciating the beauty in natural objects like leaves and pebbles.
Looking Deeply / “I am the cosmos”- Guiding words by Thich Nhat Hanh for sitting meditation
“I see that in the present moment, I am also the universe, the moon, the stars, the galaxies, all the plant vegetable species, the animal species, the rivers and mountains,…” You are invited to listen to the guiding words before your own sitting meditation to deepen your practice and...
Looking Deeply / “As a Dandelion” – Guiding words by Thich Nhat Hanh for sitting meditation
In the Rains Retreat of 2004, Thich Nhat Hanh offered some guiding words before every morning sitting meditation to help us go deeper in this practice. This is one of those sessions, and you are invited to listen to it before your own sitting meditation. Let’s enjoy his voice in...
Looking Deeply / Love Letter To The Earth, “Can Mother Earth Count on Us?”
“Love Letter To The Earth” is Zen Master and Peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh’s passionate and personal call to develop an intimate relationship with the source of all life. He shares why our personal happiness is intricately tied to the happiness of our planet and offers clear and concrete...