A Lot of Suffering By Brother Pham Hanh Be-In during Monastic Day on Thay’s 92th Continuation Day, Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, 2018; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha As I sat in front of my tent and the sun was slowly rising, I looked at a spider web reflecting the sunshine.…
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Letting Go
By Roberta Schnorr Sweat. I am bathed in sweat. The temperature has gone up ten degrees since breakfast. I have put on more clothes: a long sleeved “Haz-Mat” suit, huge rubber overshoe boots, and three pairs of gloves (nitrile medical gloves, covered by dishwashing gloves, covered by leather work gloves).…
Mindfulness in Marriage
By Lynda Bidlake and Lewis BrightHeart Headrick photo by Renee Burgard I join my husband for a late lunch in a local restaurant. The waitress comes back again and again to refill our water glasses, even though we’ve only sipped. At our booth by the window, we are softly reading…
Freedom Is the Purpose of Our Practice
By Thich Nhat Hanh August 22, 2001 Deer Park Monastery photo by Paul Davis The purpose of practice is not to become a Dharma teacher; a Dharma teacher is nothing at all. It is not to become a Sangha leader; to be a Sangha leader does not mean anything at…
Here Is the Pure Land. The Pure Land Is Here.
One day, Queen Vaidehi asked the Buddha, "Is the place with no suffering very far away?" The Buddha replied, "No, it is not far away." And then the Buddha taught the queen how to touch the land of Great Happiness in her own heart and in her own mind. We talk about "the Pure Land." In…
Walking in Buddha’s Footsteps
By Kathleen Braza On December 8, 2000 thirty-four individuals began a life transforming pilgrimage to ancient Buddhist sites in India and Nepal. The trip was organized by Jerry and Kathleen Braza and led by Shantum Seth. The pilgrims included people from Oregon, Massachusetts, Arizona and Norway. This particular Sangha, however was unique in that it also…
Redwood Sangha
By Wendy Johnson Many years ago Thich Nhat Hanh walked through the filtered light of the redwood trees in Muir Woods National Monument and reminded us that West Coast Dharma students were practicing in the protection of a true "Redwood Sangha." Just as the stately sugar maple of eastern Canada gives color and form to…
Solidity and Generosity
A Retreat for the U.S. Congress By Susan Hadler Dharma talk at Warner Theater; photo by Abbie Chesler Word came from Sister Peace that Thay and the Plum Village Sangha would visit Washington, DC toward the end of their North American tour in October 2011. Thay would offer a talk…
Ubuntu and Interbeing
Order of Interbeing member rehena Harilall calls for Love in Action for Black History Month UK, October 2025
Mindfulness and the Police
By Cheri Maples photo by Paul Davis Cheri Maples offered this Dharma talk at the 21-Day Retreat: Vulture Peak Gathering on June 15, 2016, in New Hamlet, Plum Village. Dear Thay, dear beloved community, it’s so wonderful to be here with you. I was a police officer seven years into…