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 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...
Less is More – Tasting Abundance During Lent
By Leni Cellini
In case you did not notice, Lent fasting has been going on for a while. Just as in 2012 and 2013, I...
Wake Up Poem
By Andreas Swart
Wake Up
There is beauty all around
In your pain, your fears, your loneliness
There is beauty within
Do you have the will and endurance to...
The Marching Band
by Dairíne Bennett
Poem composed at the Fall Wake Up 2012 Retreat in Newgrange, Ireland in response to a Q&A session.
For the longest time...
A Rap Song about Deer Park Monastery
A rap about a year of transformation, ordination, and staffing retreats at Deer Park
Alright, my heart is beating. Now I'm nervous.
So I'm thinking how...
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...
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...
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...
Peace Sounds
This year they are bringing the Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh to London.
The album is a 12 song collection recorded and collected over...
Teen Rap UK 2010 retreat
This rap came from some "deep looking" from our teen group:
"OK, today we are going to save the world - yes we can! What...
It’s so much fun at the EIAB!
Our brother Jeroen from Holland has created a video with pictures from the "One Buddha Is Not Enough" - Wake Up Retreat at the...
Love Poem from Israel
Dear Thay,
Yesterday a friend declared her hatred for Israel.
Another, his fear of Iran.
A mother dragged her crying daughter through the street by the arm,
and...
Wake Up: The Music of Community
Dear Friends,
Last night at the Dharma Nectar Hall of Lower Hamlet in Plum Village, lay and monastic
practitioners from around the world gathered to concentrate...
Daffodil Great Ordination Ceremony
Hi All,
The Daffodil Great Ordination Ceremony will begin this Tuesday, Jan. 12! Well I'm into it because our family, the Papaya family, will receive...