Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog, page 4

Plum Village Newsletter: Blossoms of Spring

With joy and gratitude, we are happy to share the newly published Plum Village Newsletter — a fragrant offering of insights, care, and creativity from our global monastic and lay sangha.

Women in the Practice 2025

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we shine light on inspiring Plum Village practitioners and teachers who share about their work and experience in the practice.

Being with Busyness

In Being with Busyness, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist and leadership coach Jo Confino examine how mindfulness can help the modern diseases of busyness, overwhelm, and burnout.

Plum Village on Tour 2025

Plum Village monastics are going on tour around Europe, North America and Canada. We highlight some of our trips and look forward to practicing with friends in every country.

Continuing Karim

Our dear friend Karim Manji, one of the founders of plumvillage.org and beloved by many passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Monday, 3rd February. We honour his life dedicated to sharing mindfulness, spiritual activism and continue his immense contributions to the Plum Village Community.

Make a True Home of your Love

Thay shares his insights on the three kinds of intimacy that can help us create a true home in ourselves and our beloved ones.

True Refuge in Oneself, Relationships, Solitude, and Loneliness

In this excerpt from Healing Our Way Home, Lay Dharma teacher Marisela Gomez shares insights about the tension between connectedness and aloneness and the meaning of true refuge.

Rebuilding after the fire

In the early hours of Thursday 23rd January, the oldest building of Lower Hamlet went up in flames. In this article we share what happened and how you can support us.

Each Breath Gives Life – Parallel Verses for the Lunar New Year

Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year.

How Thay Touched Lives

To mark the 3rd anniversary of Thay’s transition we share some deep and touching accounts of how his practices, teachings, and presence have impacted people’s lives.