Tag: Plum Village
Wake Up Japan Day of Mindfulness with the Monastics
On Saturday, 9 May 2015, monastics from different Plum Village practice centres and about 100 young people participated in a meditation flash mob on Harajuku...
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...
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,...
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...
Breathe, Listen to the Silence, Realise Them
My name is Giuseppe and I am 32 years old. I currently live in Tuscany, in Arezzo. At the moment I am dedicating myself...
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...
New Year’s Eve in Plum Village
How does it feel to spend a morning in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village with the monastic and lay community on the last day of...
For Mindfulness and For Fun
Interview with a Wake Up Intern and International Sangha Builder
Hong-An is one of the Wake Up interns in Plum Village. When she was touring...
Feeling Joy in Plum Village
During the week of the Ordination Ceremony that took place in the last week of May 2014, Marianna, a practitioner from Wake Up Rome,...
Wake Up Friends Jazzing It Up in Plum Village
Thanks to Jo from Wake Up London for capturing this joyful moment of young adults singing from all over the world in Lower Hamlet this...
Wake Up Thailand Retreat – You Are Therefore I Am
Wake Up
You are therefore I am
5-9 December 2014
@Chiang Dao Youth Camp, Chiang Mai, Thailand
You are invited to practice together with us, come back to...
Building Peace in the Middle East, One Step at a Time
Dear brothers and sisters in the practice,
I hope this message finds you well, taking care of body and mind. Here in Plum Village the...