photo by Paul Davis Dharma Talk at Stonehill College, Massachusetts August 16, 2009 Today is the last day of our five-day retreat. We will speak about the sixteen exercises proposed by the Buddha on mindful breathing. The first four exercises are about practicing with the body. The second set of…
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How to Instantly Drop Feelings of Shyness, Loneliness, & Separateness
A Dharma Lamp Talk Plum Village November 13, 2004by Annabelle Zinser Often it is specific, concrete suggestions for practice that help us most in our process of transformation. In this section, practitioners, both experienced and beginner, share ways to incorporate a deeper awareness of mindfulness into our daily lives. We…
Walking for Peace in Paris
By Christian Bonnin On Saturday, October 21, 2006, Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village traveled to Paris. Some of them spent the day seeing the sights of the city, guided by members of the Paris Sangha. That evening Thây gave a public talk at the…
Mental Health
Approaches to Behavior Difficulties in the Sangha photo courtesy of monastic Sangha In August 2016, the Mental Health and Well-being Practices Committee of the North American Dharma Teachers Sangha Care Taking Council released a booklet entitled “Mindful Approaches to Behavior & Mental Health Difficulties: In Plum Village Sangha Practice.” The…
Dharma Talk: The Art of Suffering
Questions and Answers with Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics, Pasadena, California, public talk, 2013; photo by David Nelson These questions and answers are from the 2013 retreats at Blue Cliff Monastery, Magnolia Grove Monastery, and Deer Park Monastery. For video and audio of the 2013 teaching tour,…
Dharma Talk: Free from Notions
The Diamond Sutra photo by Phillip Fenty Ocean of Peace Meditation HallDeer Park MonasterySunday, September 25, 2011 Right view is the foundation of the Noble Eightfold Path presented by the Buddha. Right view helps us to think correctly. It helps us to say things correctly, and to do things correctly,…
Boat People
by Christine Dawkins During the Vietnam War, Thich Nhat Hanh and the young members of the School of Youth for Social Service braved the mine-laden fields of the embattled countryside to bring food, clothing, building materials and medical supplies to the villagers whose homes and families had been destroyed. Later,…
The Six Concords
The Buddha taught Six Concords to help his disciples have happiness in their daily life together. Concord is the basis of a Sanghakaya. The first is the Concord of "bodily action." A Sangha lives together like a family. Our actions affect all those with whom we live, so our actions…
Cultivating Family Practice in the Sangha
By Michele Tedesco Two years ago, I presented the community at Plum Village a very special vase of flowers. It took me about fifteen minutes to arrange in front of the community. The whole community was breathing and smiling while I arranged these flowers. But that pot of flowers was quite different from…
Sacred Justice and Mindful Activism
photo by Ron Forster Blue Cliff Monastery hosted a Sacred Justice Retreat on January 18, 2016. This is an excerpt from the retreat’s Q&A panel on mindful activism—a conversation about the challenges and successes that can come with activism and spiritual practice. Sangha members posed the following themes for the…