We can’t heal with our minds alone. Thinking can be something productive and creative, but without integrating body and mind, much of our thinking is useless and unproductive. In Peace of Mind, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that integrating body and mind is the only way to be…
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In Reverence to Thích Nhất Hạnh: A Tribute for These Troubling Times
Order of Interbeing member rehena Harilall explores the enduring relevance of Thầy’s wisdom as we face complex issues such as war, climate change, and systemic injustice.
Letter from Thich Nu Chan Khong, Thich Giac Thanh, Thich Nu Chan Duc, Thich Nu Dieu Nghiem
Dear Friends, Over the years, the number of Sanghas all over the world has grown steadily, and requests for retreats addressed to Dharmacharyas at Plum Village have increased accordingly. We are happy that the practice is bringing so much joy into people's lives and we always try our best to respond to all…
Ethnic Diversity
Picture the person sitting next to you in class asking you about your ethnicity. You tell this person that your ethnic background is Chinese. Now picture this person proceeding to make almond eyes, speaking in an "Asian" voice, and making references to Ninjas. Hold on a minute. Ninjas are Japanese warriors, not Chinese. This is…
Retreating to My Roots
By Loan To Phan I am a Vietnamese-born Australian citizen. While attending a winter retreat at Plum Village in November 2007, I got in touch with my ancestral roots on a level that over the last twenty-three years has been unacknowledged and unexplored, almost foreign. “Boi dap goc re, khai…
Going Home to Nature to Shift the Climate Narrative
Salina Khan-Fuchigami shares how mindfulness radically changed her understanding and approach as an environmental educator, from watering the seeds of fear and despair to cultivating reverence for nature and life.
Healing My Suffering
By Caleb Cushing Until I stop breathing, learning to recognize my suffering will remain my challenge. My parents trained me to suppress. Father never mentioned his parents. Mother never mentioned that her middle-aged mother committed suicide. I was “not allowed” to “make noise.” To be “well brought-up,” I was to…
A Magnolia Grove Remembrance
By Connor Figgins Thich Nhat Hanh with Connor (in yellow hat) and Sangha I remember back to September 29, 2011, at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi. I clutched the hand of one of Thay’s monks, and we were walking together right behind Thay and the other children. As we…
The Quest for the Holy Grail
This article is an excerpt from dharma talks given by Brother Phap Hai at Deer Park Monastery during 2005. Sisters and brothers, in the Chinese language they have a beautiful way of referring to a practitioner. They call practitioners “cultivators,” Cultivators of the Way. In English we tend to use…
On the Way Home
By Sister Annabel, True Virtue In response to a request from her teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Annabel is writing about her life. Thay suggested that her story be serialized in the Mindfulness Bell and then put together in a book. In this first installment, when the story begins she…