Brothers: A reflection on three months in Plum Village
Many people venture to Plum Village each and every year, the reasons are many and each brings with them their own unique story. Many...
Backwoods Camping in the Great Lake State
By Steven Larmore
Six of us gals and guys all agreed upon a retreat to the woods for some middle-of-nowhere mindfulness. I think we figured...
Wake Up Plum Village 2013 retreat: An impression
Dear friends,
In August there was a magnificent Wake Up retreat in Plum Village on the theme of "True Love".
Soon we will post interviews from...
Silence in your heart
By Leni Cellini
A retreat with ‘music’ as its theme: I didn’t want to miss it for the world. It combined my two great passions:...
Connecting Generations
By Miranda van Schadewijk
The 19th of May, the usual Sangha morning in Den Haag took a slightly different turn. Inspired by the theme of...
Wake Up Retreat in Berlin: Living True Love
3. – 5. Mai 2013
Wahre Liebe Leben: die Lehre des Buddha über Liebe in unsere Beziehungen bringen
Living True Love: Applying the Buddha’s teachings on...
Wake Up Wanderings Additions
There is more Wake Up news from last year than can be contained in one simple newsletter, so we'd like to share a sampling...
Wake Up Summer Retreat // The Economics of Happiness
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You can find a transcript of the Talk...
Sit in Peace
It has been nearly one year since the "Sit in Peace" in the heart of London, where 4,000 people gathered to meditate with Thay...
The Music We Are
Wake Up - The music we are – a Retreat for young people (age 16-35)
March 20th-27th, 2013 - At the European Institute of Applied Buddhism,...
2013: Everything Changes
From Friday 28th of December 2012 to Tuesday 1st of January 2013, Huize Nooitgedacht, Tricht, The Netherlands
A group of young people (aged approximately 16-35, the criterion...
Riding the Waves of your Mind
December 7 to 13, 2012
A Retreat for Young Adults (18-28)
at THE CENTRE OF MINDFUL LIVING
COROMANDEL, NEW ZEALAND
Dear young people from everywhere, let's come together...
Happiness is Here and Now – Poem
By Jonathan Borella
Happiness is here and now.
Do you hear the sound?
Can you feel the walls tearin' down?
You might as well wear a smile.
No need...
The Seedling Project
by Members of the European Wake Up Sangha
Thay believed that Buddhism had much to contribute to real social change. He said he would find...