Dharma discussions are a fundamental part of Sangha gatherings, retreats, and Plum Village life. At their best they embody qualities of group meditation, enabling us to enter a place of quiet in which we can stop and listen deeply to ourselves and each other. They are opportunities for us to deepen our understanding of the…
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Busynessless
Brother Phap Dung's Dharma talk about the practice of not being busy to young adults
Breathing Into Life and Death
An Interview with Rochelle Griffin by Barbara Casey, at Plum Village, June 2002 Barbara: Rochelle, how did you come to live in Holland? Rochelle: I was born and raised in the United States. During my first year of college my father became the director of the American International School in…
A Guided Meditation for Listening Deeply
One morning when I woke up in Green Mountain Dharma Center I remembered a dream I had had which made me feel ill at ease. In that dream l had a serious difficulty with a sister, but in waking life I did not feel I had a difficulty with 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…
Continuing Thầy’s Aspiration
Brother Pháp Dung shares about the relationship between grief and gratitude after Thầy’s passing and his father’s last breath. "This very special person showed us how to live."
Writing Your Autobiography:
A Path to Healing By Janice Rubin I am in my twelfth year of teaching adults to write their autobiographies—a new career begun after I had retired from a career in journalism—and in my fifth year of practice with my Sangha. Without knowing anything about Buddhism or the existence of…
On Reverence for Life
I am a tree, a palm tree. I live in Jerusalem’s Garden of Roses...
Embracing Ill-Being
Being Truly Present for a Temper Tantrum By Yvonne Mazurek A sleeping baby during the 21-Day Retreat, Plum Village, 2018; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha During the 2017-2018 winter retreat, some of the neighbors joined twenty long-term volunteers in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, for weekly classes dedicated to the Buddha’s…
From Warriors to Peaceful Warriors
Veterans Lighting the Way Brother Phap Uyen and Paul Davis in Conversation Brother Phap Uyen and Paul Davis at Magnolia Grove Brother Phap Uyen (Brother Michael) served in the military during Desert Storm, Desert Shield. He was ordained as a monastic by Thich Nhat Hanh on May 26, 2002, with…