Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog, page 39

Begin Anew

Beginning Anew is a key Plum Village practice for maintaining healthy relationships and healing difficult relationships. We are happy to offer you a short video explaining Beginning Anew.

Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living

We offer you some short verses or gathas to print at home to support your mindfulness practice.

Malam Suci Waisak (The Holy Vesak Night)

Plum Village choir came together to record the Indonesian song Malam Suci Vesak (The Holy Vesak Night), as an offering our the Indonesian friends around the world for Vesak day (May 26, 2021). This was sung in four parts. This is a song that is commonly sung in Indonesia on Vesak day to commemorate the

Reflections on the Buddha, his Teachings and the Ceremony of Vesak

On May 25th 2021, residents of Plum Village Monastery in France celebrated the holiday of Vesak which commemorates the life and enlightenment of the Buddha. We took this opportunity to ask some of the monks and nuns at Plum Village how they relate to the Buddha and the ceremony of Vesak.

The Plum Village Shop starts with… Plums!

We are happy to launch an online store to allow people to buy books, bells, calligraphies and other items to support their mindfulness practice. It's starting slowly though, by selling plums.

“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.