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Wake Up Meeting in Rome
Dear Sangha, Dear Thay,
Yesterday, a part of our group decided to meet up in Rome to share an afternoon of mindfulness.
It is always a...
Wake Up Africa!
Africa, a continent not commonly associated with Buddhism. When we think of Africa, we might rather have an image of lively, colourful and joyful...
A Letter to Thay
Our sharing about the Wake Up Music Retreat in April in a letter to Thay:
Plum Village, 7.6.2014
Dear Thay,
Yesterday at the Dharma talk you said...
Aimless Determination
By Jonathan Borella
The Buddha spoke of three doors of liberation: Signlessness, Aimlessness, and Emptiness. Often, these doors were taught as practices to engage practitioners...
Member of the Order of the Interbeing
An Interview with Stuart Watson
What inspired you to become a member of the Order of Interbeing?
After I'd been here two years, I was looking...
Sitting With Thay
By Brandon Rennels - True Garden of Faith
The poem below was written about a lunch experience at Plum Village during the winter retreat of 2012/2013
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Bell
Line forms, patiently waiting
Shuffling...
The Lack of Understanding Turns Us Into Victims
This article was featured in the Spanish newspaper Lavanguardia on 28 June 2014.
Thich Nhat Hanh, whom Martin Luther King nominated for the Nobel Peace...
Wake Up Madrid
This month's Sangha of the month is Wake Up Madrid.
Click here to read how they got started and what makes their sangha joyful!
Why I Chose the Monastic Path
By Brother Chan Phap Nguyen
During last spring’s Francophone retreat, Thay gave Dharma talks on the theme of "recognizing the conditions of happiness in and...
Permaculture in the Heart
Wake Up Permaculture retreat in Plum Village
"We give thanks to the earth, for the food she brings" – twenty young voices sing as they...
Tasting Waking Up in New York
A few months ago a group of young monastics and lay friends from Blue Cliff Monastery dropped by Wake Up New York for an...
Brotherhood and Sisterhood Will Change the World
Everyone who has been to Plum Village or came to one of the Wake Up tours must have noticed the tall and shining presence...
21-Day Retreat with Thay
by Fabiano Gentile
Hello everybody,
During this month’s 21-day retreat, Thich Nhat Hanh encouraged us to stimulate our creative side through his Dharma teachings. In fact, he...
The Benefits of a Sangha
During the Wake Up Ireland retreat in Plum Village on 18-25 April 2014, we got the chance to interview another Wake Up friend, Mick...
Mindful Soccer
By Gijs Van den Broeck
And that is why learning in a classroom is just one small part of our practice.
We learn working together. We...