In this extract from Answers from the Heart, Thich Nhat Hanh addresses how he sees the Buddhist view of homosexuality, and how we can free ourselves from the suffering caused by discrimination.
As the calendar year draws to a close, we share an excerpt from a Dharma Talk offered on December 29, 2013, where Thay invites us to question what it means for a year to end and a new year to begin.
Thay teaches us how to put the sixth of his mantras of true love, “You are partly right”, into practice. He emphasizes that self-acceptance will also lead to the happiness of the people around you.
To mark the "manifestation day" of Thay (11 October 1926) we share a talk from him on sangha, a community of practitioners living the teachings of the Buddha and ancestral teachers. The sangha is Thay's deep aspiration and great legacy.
This Easter we are happy to share a talk from our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, offered on 20 April 2014.
eing a nun or a monk involves committing to a large number of guidelines. Thich Nhat Hanh explains the deeper purpose behind these precepts.
Our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh explains the difference between hierarchy and spiritual authority and how not to get caught in the forms of showing respect.
Plum Village community in France is enjoying our yearly 3-month rain retreat. Thay (our Teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh) offered a wonderful Dharma Talk regarding the spirit of the rain retreat on 12th September 2004 .
In the first of a 3-part series, Thich Nhat Hanh gives guidance on how to approach the 90-day Rains Retreat.
e book Happy Teachers Change the World, Thich Nhat Hanh explains the potential impact of teachers and students learning mindfulness.
At a 2003 retreat in Plum Village for Palestinians and Israelis, Thich Nhat Hanh offered insights into the situation in the Middle East based on Buddhist teachings as well as his own experience of war in Vietnam.
In this extract from Understanding Our Mind, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how our "Mind Conciousness" acts as a gardener to cultivate postive or negatives states of mind.
Please enjoy some excerpts on a teaching given by our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on the Christmas eve of 2012, about finding our true home within.
In this extract from a talk just after the inauguration of Barak Obama, Thich Nhat Hanh draws parallels between a president's task of uniting a nation and a meditator's task of bringing their different elements into harmony. He invites us to rely on each other, both in our mindfulness...
Many of us have painful relationships with our parents. Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how can use meditation to understand and accept our own suffering, and then look deeply into the suffering of our father.
The Sun My Heart, first published in 1988, is a timeless book by our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, about the power of the mindfulness practice in daily life. Please enjoy some excerpts from the book and listening to Br Phap Hai, an elder monastic in the Plum Village tradition,...
Our teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, explains how he combined practices from the East and from the West to create "Hugging Meditation".
In this extract from the newly published 4th edition of Interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a commentary on the first of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of Engaged Buddhism. This training reminds us to guard against discriminative and dualistic thinking and to avoid becoming bound by any ideology.
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