Upper Hamlet, Plum Village June 19, 2012 Good morning, dear Sangha. Today is Tuesday, the nineteenth of June 2012, and we are in the Still Water Meditation Hall, Upper Hamlet. This is our nineteenth day of the twenty-one-day retreat. Sitting here, I can hear the sound of the rain. I…
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Dharma Talk: The Fourth Establishment of Mindfulness and the Three Doors of Liberation
photo by Paul Davis Dharma Talk at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom August 17, 2010 Good morning, dear Sangha. Here we are in the University of Nottingham, at our retreat, “Living Mindfully, Living Peacefully.” The other day, we spoke about the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, the four domains of…
Working Meditation
By Brandon Rennels illustration by Brother Phap Ban The first time I stepped into a monastery was the fall of 2011 at Deer Park in California. I arrived on a sunny September afternoon, and vividly remember scanning the retreat schedule on the bulletin board and seeing many practices I was…
Right Diligence
By Sister Chan Dieu Nghiem Sister Dieu Nghiem during the Great Ordination Ceremony, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, 2019; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha Lower Hamlet, Plum Village October 28, 2018 Dear Respected Thay, dear brothers and sisters, dear friends, good morning. Today is Sunday the 28th of October, and we…
Family Sangha – A Place to Be
By Noah, Hannah, and Claudia We felt magic in the air and a deep sense of peace after our last Family Sangha meeting. Something special grew through our day together. We love having toddlers and babies stay in the room as the adults meditate and share together, while the children…
Dharma Talk: Silence
A Dharma talk given by Sister Jina on September 1, 2002 in the Upper Hamlet in Plum Village I have been aware of silence this week. I would like to share with you a little bit how I practice with noble silence in my daily life. I first came to…
Breathing In: Breastfeeding as a Spiritual Practice
The Sangha dwells in mindfulness day and night, providing the foundation for us to realize the fruit of meditation. – Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh writes, in his book The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, “Sangha is the fourfold community of monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen, as well as the…
Oceans of Vows
Interview with Alex Cline photo by Ernestine Lona On the occasion of the release of Oceans of Vows (1), Karen Hilsberg sat down to talk to Alex Cline, an Order of Interbeing member, a professional jazz musician, and a composer. Oceans of Vows was initially composed and performed live as…
Dharma Talk: A New Teaching on the Twelve Nidanas
photo by Robert Felker Editors’ note: This is Part II of the Dharma talk from November 29, 2012. Part I is available here. We know that there is a dimension of reality called the historical dimension. We live in our time; we live in history. Therefore, in the historical dimension,…
Dharma Talk: Free from Notions
The Diamond Sutra photo by Phillip Fenty Ocean of Peace Meditation HallDeer Park MonasterySunday, September 25, 2011 Right view is the foundation of the Noble Eightfold Path presented by the Buddha. Right view helps us to think correctly. It helps us to say things correctly, and to do things correctly,…