mb28-Conch I found a conch shell on the beach.The corridors of life are permanentlyetched into it.The endless spiral implies infinity.Or nothing.Layers of time converge in a point,and then fan out like aclan of pioneers seeking theirmanifest destiny.Here someone tried to get in.There someone tried to get out.The ocean's tough love…
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Tribute to Charlie Malat
By Friends Charles A. Malat, known to many hundreds at Plum Village as Charlie, died among friends and family in Ithaca, New York, on September 25,1994, of cancerous tumors discovered just two months earlier. He is survived by his parents, Doris and Hyman Malat, his brother David, many relatives, and an international network of close…
Dharma Talk: Take Refuge in Mother Earth
photo by Ron Forster Lower Hamlet, Plum Village November 29, 2012 Good morning, dear Sangha. We are in the Assembly of Stars Meditation Hall of the Dharma Nectar Temple, Lower Hamlet, in our winter retreat. Our society is not very healthy. Therefore, many of us are sick, and we need…
Prayers & Vows
To Be Expressed During the Great Requiem Ceremonies to Untie the Knots of Great Injustice By Thich Nhat Hanh Dear ones who have passed from this life, You are our fathers and mothers, our aunts and uncles, our husbands and wives, our sisters and brothers, our sons and daughters, who…
Letters
Dear editors, Earleen Roumagoux and I are volunteering as the Wake Up Schools Coordinators here at our Plum Village office. We recently read your reply to Lennis Lyon’s letter [Summer 2015] and would like to let you know that the office team talked to Brother Phap Luu about your request. We agreed that the…
A Great Horizon
Plum Village Sangha in Thailand By Lynda Berry and Karen Hilsberg Temple Reflecting Pool, Pak Chong, Thailand; photo by Paul Davis In October 2010, Thailand welcomed the Plum Village Sangha warmly. An international delegation of about thirty-six practitioners from the U.S., England, Italy, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Germany, Canada, and Australia…
Practicing Like a Bodhisattva
Lisa November shares about living courageously, accepting others exactly where they are, and the aspiration to act with the eyes and heart of compassion.
Sangha News
The European Institute of Applied Buddhism Distinguished programs of Buddhist Studies may be found at any number of universities around the world. There is, however, a crucial element missing from most, if not all of these programs: training in concrete methods for using the wealth of the Buddha’s teachings to…
Choice and Dignity
By Heidi Larsen As Buddhism enters American culture, it sometimes seems self-centered and commercial. Teachings flow into practice centers, but nothing flows out. Only those of a certain income level can afford the books, tapes, retreats, and time to become "enlightened." It's refreshing, therefore, to read Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings that speak of giving and receiving;…
True Happiness
By Ian Sneath Ian and the Charnwood Sangha on a boat photo by Steve Priestly One of the senior nuns, Sister Tu Nghiem, encouraged me to take the Five Mindfulness Trainings as Master Thay's vision of a global ethic on 27th March 2014. I agreed to do it, even though…