A Portrait of Sister Chan Khong By Eveline Beumkes photo by Robert Harrison Her original name is Phuong; her monastic name is Chan Khong (True Emptiness). Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong started Plum Village together in 1982. That Plum Village has become what it is today and that…
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Dropping My Worries
By Leah Matsui The plans for my trip to America were jampacked: a seven-day mindfulness retreat with Amie Kotler and Therese Fitzgerald, three days with my beloved aunt in Florida, and a meeting with my mother—the first in 24 years. I anticipated Florida as a high point—Aunt Helene and me drinking iced tea under the palm…
A Planetary Awakening
photo by Robert Felker By Lou Leonard and Kristin Barker During his life, the Buddha foretold that the next Buddha would be Maitreya, the Buddha of Love. Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh has predicted that “Maitreya Buddha may be a community and not just an individual.”1 This powerful thought at once reminds…
Beginning to Dance
By Miriam Goldberg photo by Jitka Slamova Of Grief And of grief, carry it not as a burden Though you are bent to breaking, and beyond do not carry it as a burden. Instead, bow down to it on your knotted hands cracked elbows, scarred knees Bow down in it…
Demons into Butterflies
Chronic Illness as Dharma Teacher By Hannah S. Wilder As a child, I was always in motion. I carried this energy into adulthood; it ran my life like a demon. As an adult with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), I have brain chemistry that operates like two extremes on a dial: scattered/distractible or hyper-focused. As…
An Adventure of Hope
A Wake Up Tour in Latin America By Sister Hai Nghiem (Sister Harmony) Plum Village monastics and Benedictine monks, Mexico. Photos courtesy of monastic Sangha Dear Thay, dear friends! I am very happy to have the opportunity to share a little bit about a great adventure I took part in last…
Flowers, Clouds, and Rivers
A story of gratitude for Thầy’s teachings on impermanence, interbeing, and continuation
Such Treasure
Gratitude for Plum Village Practice By Chan Ngo Nguyen Duy Vinh Retreat at Camp Les Sommets in Quebec, Canada, 1987, with Thay, Venerable Thich Vien Dieu (beside Thay), Chan Ngo Nguyen Duy Vinh (fourth from right) and new Order of Interbeing members. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Tan Hong and Maple…
Reflections on Nuns’ Conference
A retreat seminar, "The Future of a Bhiksuni Order in the West," held June 25-30, 1995, was the first time we as nuns in Plum Village had organized anything like that, and it was truly an experiment. The attendance was quite low—30 visiting guests and about 50 residents of Plum Village. Among our visiting guests…
Food – A Nourishing Step Towards Better Health
By Mark Bogues illustration by Brother Phap Ban Even after three years of intensive practice, it’s still not easy to write this article. I will share embarrassing behaviors that my manas would prefer to hide behind the airbrushed image I would like people to see, even though I’m aware of…