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…
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Who Is The Boss?
Lower Hamlet, Plum Village June 1, 2017 This is the first day of our Mindful and Compassionate Leadership Retreat for Business People. We all have come here because we want to understand or learn something about how to become a mindful and compassionate leader. Maybe this can be best expressed…
Aspiring Bodhisattvas
Reflections on the Order of Interbeing Order of Interbeing Retreat, Blue Cliff Monastery, 2016. Photo by Paul Davis The Order of Interbeing is very dear to me. It has been a source of support, encouragement, and inspiration since I became a member in 1993. I am honored I have been…
Sacred Clowning
An Interview with Didier DanthoisBy Barbara Casey during the Hand of the Buddha Retreat in Plum Village in June 2002 Barbara: Didier, how did you create and develop the idea of sacred clowning? Didier: For me the “sacred” added to clowning is a way to celebrate the eternal quality of…
Seasoning the Soup with Peace
An Interview with My Elder Brother By Phap Lai Brother Phap Do and I sat and drank tea together on a number of occasions. Sharing tea is a time-honored way of building brotherhood in Plum Village. As the story of my elder brother’s journey and transformation unfolded I felt inspired…
Dharma Talk: The Day I Turn Twenty
Dear Sangha, today is the 13th of December 2001. We are in the Dharma Nectar Hall, at the Lower Hamlet, during the winter retreat. The committee, working on the book for the twentieth anniversary of Plum Village has asked me to talk about the history of Plum Village so that…
Deep Ecology
The World We Are By Felipe Viveros, Miranda van Schadewijk, and Bas Bruggeman photos courtesy of Felipe Viveros Look at the flower. Could it possibly exist without the rain, the sun, the soil, the gardener, the minerals or even without your consciousness? It could not exist if only one of…
Education for the Ecological Crisis
A webinar excerpt with Brother Pháp Dung, Bhante Bhikku Buddharakkita, and (Genla) Lobsang Phuntsok, edited by Orlaith O’Sullivan
The Path of Transformation
Continuing My Mom’s Dream By Brother True Communion Brother True Communion and his mom visiting Ayutthaya, Thailand My mom visited me for twenty-six days during the 2015 teaching tour of the Plum Village Sangha International Delegation to Thailand. She was extremely happy learning the practice and being surrounded by many…
The Ultimate Dimension
A Practice with Dying and Death By Haven Tobias photo by Grace Sanchez Some friends and I joined in a practice to write about death and dying.* When we shared what we had written, we learned that the following drama was everybody’s worst-case scenario. I am in a nursing home…