Sex, Desire and Craving
By Evan Sutter
After my three-month 'detox' and with the supportive friendships I developed during my three-month stay at Plum Village, I decided to carefully...
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...
The Buddha Path
By Thomas from Wake Up Berlin
The photographs have been taken during the pilgrimage "In the footsteps of Buddha" in India and Nepal.
It was guided by...
Meditating For the Benefit of Another
The bell rings. With legs in lotus posture, twenty young people are sitting on meditation cushions in a circle. A Buddha statue, half the size of...
Enjoying the Spring Breeze
Enjoy watching some happy moments of the Wake Up Retreat (8-11 January 2015) at the AIAB in Hong Kong
What is Actually This Thing Called Meditation?
By Maarten Hunink
And what does it have to do with tomato soup?
That’s what I was wondering after staying in Plum Village for two weeks, and with...
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...
I Have Seen Your Continuation, Thay!
Dear Thay,
I’m writing this letter for you from Central Vietnam. I just returned to my hometown several days ago after six weeks of enjoying,...
Wake Up Toronto
This month as Sangha of the Month, Wake Up Toronto from Canada shares about their beginning, Sangha sessions, and how they have fun :D
Interview With 15-Year-Old Lay Friend From Plum Village
My name is Colia and I am 15 years old. I come from Angers in the northwest of France.
When was the first time you...
Growth in Wake Up Nijmegen
by Manon Wetzels and Reinier de Nooij
The seed for Wake Up Nijmegen germinated during a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh in Papendal, the Netherlands,...
How Mindfulness Helped Me to Recover from a Car Accident
On an Irish summer day, a Sangha friend and I were on our way to the Sangha by car, chatting joyfully about Sangha life...
Morning Song
by Zarah Reinhard from Switzerland
this morning
fresh, like a dewdrop
blooming in the mouth of a rose—
standing still,
waiting for awakenings;
dawn has already passed.
this sky
a circled wonder
hidden...
Wake Up Asia: Tears of Joy
By TS Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng
Men normally don’t cry. But I did cry before the end of the Wake Up Asia 2014 retreat. And I...
Break the Shell
During the Be-In on the last Lay Day of the winter retreat in Plum Village, Cheï from Amsterdam sang a beautiful rendition of India...