I am living in Hanoi. Am I dreaming? How has this happened? The answers can, as always, be found in the teachings. This is because that is. Manifestation occurs when conditions are sufficient. The understanding of the answers, however, is found in life, and mine has definitely taken some unexpected…
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Giving is Receiving
During an afternoon of walking meditation in a beautiful park in California, I paused beneath a broad-leaved tree with a massive trunk and breathed and smiled. I remembered other parks in another town where people can be found beneath the trees; sleeping people, ragamuffin people, homeless people. I realized that…
Awakening and Deepening White Awareness
The murder of George Floyd and systemic inequalities revealed...
To Continue Beautifully
Sangha, Loss, and the Creative Process: An Interview with Susanne Olbrich By Philip Toy Susanne Olbrich Into the nebulous, ongoing mystery of life I welcome, as if through an open door, the continuing spirit of the one I have loved. – Martha Whitmore Hickman During our summer 2010 pilgrimage to…
Dharma Talk: The Art of Suffering
Questions and Answers with Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics, Pasadena, California, public talk, 2013; photo by David Nelson These questions and answers are from the 2013 retreats at Blue Cliff Monastery, Magnolia Grove Monastery, and Deer Park Monastery. For video and audio of the 2013 teaching tour,…
Building a Healthy Sangha #20 Winter 1997 By Jack Lawlor If we reflect on the life story of the Buddha, we see that the Buddha sank deep and broad roots in community, both before and after his enlightenment. His success at Sangha building was phenomenal. He brought together people from every level of a…
Cultivating Family Practice in the Sangha
By Michele Tedesco Two years ago, I presented the community at Plum Village a very special vase of flowers. It took me about fifteen minutes to arrange in front of the community. The whole community was breathing and smiling while I arranged these flowers. But that pot of flowers was quite different from…
Walking for Peace in Paris
By Christian Bonnin On Saturday, October 21, 2006, Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village traveled to Paris. Some of them spent the day seeing the sights of the city, guided by members of the Paris Sangha. That evening Thây gave a public talk at the…
How to Instantly Drop Feelings of Shyness, Loneliness, & Separateness
A Dharma Lamp Talk Plum Village November 13, 2004by Annabelle Zinser Often it is specific, concrete suggestions for practice that help us most in our process of transformation. In this section, practitioners, both experienced and beginner, share ways to incorporate a deeper awareness of mindfulness into our daily lives. We…
Boat People
by Christine Dawkins During the Vietnam War, Thich Nhat Hanh and the young members of the School of Youth for Social Service braved the mine-laden fields of the embattled countryside to bring food, clothing, building materials and medical supplies to the villagers whose homes and families had been destroyed. Later,…