You’re invited to a series of book club discussions on Kazu Haga's new book Fierce Vulnerability. In times of collapse, we need a movement that recognizes injustice as a reflection of collective trauma and embraces its role as a catalyst for collective healing through transformative action. If you want to explore…
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Opening the Joyful Path
Brother Pháp Dung teaches us to cultivate our good seeds, community, and freedom.
Walking with Ancestors
Brother Pháp Xả shares how his aspiration to end suffering is a continuation of his family’s work to save onderduikers, people hiding from the Nazi German army, in World War II.
Enjoying an Apple of Mindfulness in the Big Apple
Stephen Pradarelli encounters Thầy while supporting the naming of Thích Nhất Hạnh Way in New York.
Is Peace in Ourselves Healing the Planet?
Brother Trời Đức Niệm reflects on his monastic journey and on the important role of Plum Village in supporting the climate movement.
Is Nothing Something?
In Is Nothing Something? Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh answers heartfelt, difficult, and funny questions from children of all ages. Illustrated with original full-color artwork by Jessica McClure, Is Nothing Something? will help adults plant the seeds of mindfulness in the young children in their lives. Beginning with the most…
Trans-formational: The Transgender Experience and the Monastic Path
Corey Prachniak shares how Buddhist teachings, practices, and chants—introduced in meditation groups and Plum Village monasteries—helped them relieve anxiety through self-acceptance and liberation.
Rooted in Resilience
At twenty-one years old I came into the monastery, leaving behind a life marked by anxiety and depression. I had dropped out of college because I was drowning. Waves of pain, sorrow, and hopelessness kept pulling me under, and I couldn’t find my way out. The weight of climate change, ethical concerns about career choices, economic uncertainty, conflict and violence, widespread environmental destruction, and the plethora of suffering in the world was constantly overwhelming me, and I didn’t know how to deal with it all.
Little Feather
By Asa O’Connor Jaeckal As a dove flies past,In the clear blue sky,A feather falls.A wind sweeps it up,Making it swirl, and summersaultover grassy fields, and snowy mountains.It floats gently in the breeze,connecting with the infinite power oftime and thought,While slowly, very slowly, making its wayto the ground.It lands, and…
How Can I Control my Temper?
Child’s question: How can I control my temper?Once we’re aware of our anger, we can be gentle with it. Don’t try to control your anger. As soon as you try to control it, this may start a fight between you and your temper. Instead, just be with it and accept…