Excerpt from Lotus Sutra book, by Thich Nhat Hanh, recently published by Parallax Press. In Chapter Twenty of the Lotus Sutra we are introduced to a beautiful bodhisattva called Sadaparibhuta, “Never Disparaging.” The name of this bodhisattva can also be translated as “Never Despising.” This bodhisattva never disparages living beings,…
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Dharma Talk: Consciousness and Quantum Physics
August 26, 2006 On the last day of the Retreat for Scientists in the Field of Consciousness, Thây gave this dharma talk explicating the Verses on the Characteristics of the Eight Consciousnesses. This material will be included in a new book by Thich Nhat Hanh slated for publication in March…
Love without Frontiers
By Thich Nhat Hanh November 25, 2004 Thanksgiving Day Lower Hamlet, Plum Village Good morning, dear Sangha. Today is the 25th of November in the year 2004, and we are in the Lower Hamlet during our Fall Retreat. This morning we spoke about a telephone line that should be called…
A Letter to My Brothers and Sisters in Baguio City Jail
By Sister Mai Nghiem photo by Fe Langdon Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is 5 a.m. and I’m sitting on the roof of the Baguio Buddha Temple, looking out at your city and thinking of you. Are you up yet? What are you doing at this time? I wish we…
Kid’s Week, May 11-15
With kids everywhere home from school, Peace Love Action author Tanya Zabinski is offering a raffle giveaway for all customers who buy a book from her website, planetlovedesigns.com, between now and June 10th. The raffle includes signed, silk-screened limited edition prints of Tanya's art from the book (!). Additionally, all…
Dharma Talk: The Horse Is Technology
photo by Fe Langdon November 10, 2013 Plum Village Good morning, dear Sangha. Today is the 10th of November, 2013, and we are in the Still Water Meditation Hall of the Upper Hamlet in Plum Village. The Winter Retreat will start in five days and will last ninety days. The…
Continuing after Suicide Loss
Brother Peace reflects on losing both his parents to depression, and grief as a beautiful path of awakening.
To Be Ready
Though many of us accompanied Thay and the monastic Sangha to Vietnam, it was not possible to understand all that was happening, right before our eyes. In this section, we get to hear Thay’s own words, fresh from returning, on what were the most notable events during the trip, and…
Touching the Blue Sky
The Story of Thay Phap An By Thay Phap An photo by Robert S. Harrison Before I became a monk, I suffered from depression but did not know it. This created a deep need within me to look for something, although I did not know exactly what I was looking…
Dharma Talk: No Birth, No Death, Only Transformation
Questions and Answers with Thich Nhat Hanh photo by Robert Felker Upper Hamlet, Plum Village July 24, 2012 Thay: Today is the 24th of July, 2012, and we are in the Upper Hamlet of Plum Village during our third week of the Summer Opening. We are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary…