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On Stillness and Mindful Activism

Plum Village wishes everyone a happy 2020! To start the year off on a mindful and active note, we invite you to watch this interview of Sr Chan Duc speaking on mindful activism and the importance of cultivating stillness in the face of climate change.

The Earth Holders

Meet A Plum Village community helping to transform and heal our societies and the Earth and learn about a retreat they held in New Mexico.

Can you hear Mother Earth?

A special message from Sister Chan KhongPlum Village, July 2016 A DESPERATE CALL FOR HELPFROM MOTHER EARTH Dear Citizens of the Earth, Forty-six years ago, in 1970, I was a young biologist present at a ground-breaking meeting between Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and six leading scientists in Menton...

Reflections on the Paris Climate Conference

Thay Phap Dung, January 2016 Once again a generation is called to stop, reflect and take action for the collective, for our common home. The 2015 Paris Climate Conference was an opportunity for our human family to pause and look at the reality of the situation, and to discover...

Sister Chan Khong at Paris Climate Summit, 21 July 2015

Sister Chan Khong joined elders from many of the world’s religions and wisdoms in Paris on July 21 for a World Summit of Conscience to answer the question “Why do I care about the planet?” and launch a “Call to Conscience for the Climate”. The event, which was intended to...

The Five-Fold Steps of Training

Dharma Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 4th, 1996 in Plum Village, France. © Thich Nhat Hanh August 4, 1996 Good morning, my friends. Today is the fourth of August, 1996, we are in the Lower Hamlet, and we are going to speak English. In the...

Love Letter to the Earth

While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point. He believes that we need to move beyond the...

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What is Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020

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