Reconnecting My Family
By Monastic Sister Sinh Nghiem
As monastics we are allowed periodically to have a home visit. I wanted to have a home visit to see...
Mother Earth
by Brother Phap Man
Mother Earth
Earth Mother.
Womb.
We have never been apart for all of these ages,
and never apart for all these ages to come.
The willow...
Getting in Touch with Thay
Brother Chan Troi Dai Dong (Great Togetherness), a Vietnamese student, studied in Paris, France. In the summer of 2013, the brother came to Plum...
Love Your Mother
To celebrate this year's Earth Day, Monastic Sister Hai An put together a slideshow called Love Your Mother. The song was recorded with practitioners from Blue Cliff...
36 Years
By Sister Hai An (Sister Ocean)
36 years
36 years was all you got
36 years
to learn, to laugh, to work and to love
36 years was all...
The Healing Song
Dear friends!
This song "emerged" at the beginning of the 3-month-winter retreat in Plum Village and contains what I deeply learned from Thay.
May it support...
A Wonderful Morning
By Brother Ngo Khong
This morning was a wonderful morning. My roommates and I woke up at 5am for the morning meditation. I boiled some...
Vivir Despiertos 2014: A Mindfulness Tour in Latin America
Enjoy following the tour of seven monastic brothers and sisters introducing Plum Village practices for the first time to thousands of people in...
Six Mantras Remix
Enjoy listening to the Six Mantras Remix from the Children's Program Skit during this past summer retreat at the Blue Cliff Monastery!
The original version...
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...
Lessons On Healing After Loss
When she left her career as a medical doctor, Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, a Zen Buddhist nun and disciple of Thich Nhat Hanh, learned...
Welcome to France
By Brother Bieu Hien
This is another one of those wayback posts, from just after the end of the Winter.
Three monks from our US center...
The Eight Realizations of the Great Beings
The Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings is an ancient Buddhist text that we recite regularly in Plum Village practice centers all...
Now Featuring: Pictures of Me!
By Br. Bieu Hien
Some shots from a day in Carcassonne with Tai Sinh, Dai Dinh and Nyanayasha. I didn’t take them so there are pictures...
Wake Up Dreams
By Brother Phap Linh
Every year I am asked to write something for the magazine Lá Thư Làng Mai, and every year I feel confused....