Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog, page 39

“Thanh Thuy’s Apple Juice” – Reading from “The Sun My Heart”

We would like to invite you to listen to “Thanh Thuy’s Apple juice”, a nice story written by Thich Nhat Hanh in the book “The Sun My Heart”. This reading can be like a friend that is there for you as you are on the bus or subway, when you have some minutes to relax.

“Action from the Heart”: A Diary

Action From The Heart was a Plum Village online retreat for activists which took place in February this year. Andrew Rock, who attended the retreat, keeps a diary of events and shares his highlights with us.

Singing with young people – Wake Up Earth retreat 2021

Let us enjoy the singing meditation offered by Plum Village sisters and brother in the Wake Up Earth retreat in May 2021. We hope the energy of joy in singing nourishes the young people and also helps you in practicing mindful singing. Go to Plum Village songs here.

Sharing with India

On 26 May, 2021 Plum Village community celebrated Vesak day with the various Plum Village sanghas in India and the Ahimsa Foundation (an organization founded to represent our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh and his practice communities in India). Due to the serious state of COVID-19 in India, people in India could not gather to celebrate Vesak

Updates from India – Celebrating Vesak in a Time of Suffering

On this evening we had a chance to hear firsthand the suffering that many have endured during the pandemic and watch it unfold into an evening of gratitude and joy of being alive in the present moment.

Peace between Palestinians and Israelis

At a 2003 retreat in Plum Village for Palestinians and Israelis, Thich Nhat Hanh offered insights into the situation in the Middle East based on Buddhist teachings as well as his own experience of war in Vietnam.

Vesak Day 2021

On the 26 of May, Plum Village centers around the world organized ceremonies to celebrate Vesak day. On this day we commemorate the birth of Prince Siddhartha, his enlightenment when he became known as Gautama Buddha, and his death known as parinirvana.

The Mind as a Gardener

In this extract from Understanding Our Mind, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how our "Mind Conciousness" acts as a gardener to cultivate postive or negatives states of mind.

The Divided Brain: A dialogue with Dr Iain McGilchrist

During the 2020 Online Retreat, Understanding the Mind, Brother Phap Linh and Dr. Liam Kavanagh hosted a disucssion with psychaitrist and writer Dr. Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and His Emissary, whose work focuses on the divide between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

Mindfulness – Walking with Jesus and Buddha by Sister Annabel

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book 'Mindfulness - Walking with Jesus and Buddha' by Sr Anabel Laity (also known as Sr Chan Duc).