Thích Nhất Hạnh teaches us to liberate ourselves from restlessness and find ease, joy, and happiness in the present moment and in Mother Earth.
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Drinking Tea
By Savitri Tsering There are times in my day that my actions are like ritual moments that help me remember to come back to the present moment. Some of those critical times are when I ride my bike to and from work, when I go for a walk at lunchtime and,…
Silence Is Goldish Blue
By Christian McEwen photo by Renee Burgard Twenty-six hundred years ago a little Indian boy lay resting in the shade under a rose-apple tree. It was the time of the spring plowing, and he watched the men and oxen as they worked their way up and down the lengthy furrows.…
The Six Concords
The Buddha taught Six Concords to help his disciples have happiness in their daily life together. Concord is the basis of a Sanghakaya. The first is the Concord of "bodily action." A Sangha lives together like a family. Our actions affect all those with whom we live, so our actions…
Bridging Communication Barriers
By Sister Tam Muoi Gardening; illustration by Youheum Son Practicing the Eighth of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, True Community and Communication, is like peeling an onion. We peel away layer after layer, and there’s always another layer to discover! If I have a difficulty with someone, it feels uncomfortable. It’s…
Ask the Dharmacarya: How do you practice in your Workplace?
Chan Huy - Montreal, Canada I am back to work after a two-year sabbatical. I am an engineer, a construction project manager for a federal department in Canada. I work with a team of consultants, architects, engineers, contractors and in-house resources specialists. This team changes with each new cycle of the work project. I…
Taking Care of Our Suffering
Thich Nhat Hanh welcomed at the temple in Danang, Vietnam in 2007; photo by Cilla Brady Retreat on Buddhist Psychology Key West, Florida November 8, 1997 Dear friends, At a past winter retreat in Plum Village, everyone was given an assignment to write a love letter to their father. A…
Dharma Talk: Liberation from Suffering
Questions and Answers with Thich Nhat Hanh Each Saturday afternoon during the September 1996 "Heart of the Buddha" retreat at Plum Village in southwestern France, the entire community gathered in the New Hamlet for a question-and-answer session with Thich Nhat Hanh. Thay responded to written questions that had been left…
Walking in Nirvana
By Thich Nhat Hanh New Hamlet, Plum Village January 27, 2013 photo by Paul Davis Dear Sangha, today is the 27th of January, 2013. We are in the Full Moon Meditation Hall in the New Hamlet of Plum Village during our Winter Retreat. During this retreat, we have practiced not…
The Better Way to Live Alone in the Jungle
By Terry Masters The Buddha taught: “…I want to tell you that there is a wonderful way to be alone. It is the way of deep observation to see that the past no longer exists and the future has not yet come, and to dwell at ease in the present…