Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog, page 56

The Plum Village Survival Kit – Part II Cultivating Compassion and Helping Others

In Part II, we explore practices to cultivate compassion for ourselves and others, through our daily practice, guided meditations and chanting. In caring for others, we offer a teaching on “The Six mantras” by Sr Dieu Nghiem (Sr Jina), and our teacher Thay draws on a key Plum Village sutra to explain how to be

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Extended Closure to end of August due to Coronavirus

Dear Sangha, it is our deep wish to open Plum Village again as soon as it is safe to do so. At the end of February, we made the difficult decision to close until May 1st, and we promised to review this decision at the end of April.

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The Plum Village Survival Kit – Part I: Taking Care of Yourself

In Part I we offer resources for dealing with anxiety and stress, creating calm and ease, some beautiful mindful music and online resources.

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In Service of Humanity and Mother Earth – an Interview with Satish Kumar

In celebration of Earth day on Apr 22, we offer this article about our time spent with the inspiring Earth activist, Satish Kumar. Satish Kumar is a renowned Indian-British activist and writer, and was the sangha’s distinguished guest during our “Earth Week,” held at Lower Hamlet from November 1-8, 2019.

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Wake Up Schools in Vietnam

Wake Up Schools has begun a series of initiatives to create opportunities for front-line people to come together to share and to experience the mindfulness practice. There was an urgency to support healthcare workers, and so with the Centre for Healthcare Improvement Research (CHIR), we co-hosted a workshop for in Vietnam on Sunday 7 April.

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The Long-term Resident’s Retreat – Co-creating, Supporting and Nourishing Each Other

This light-hearted article is dedicated to all lay Plum Village practice sanghas and their facilitators, who are finding creative ways to support and nourish themselves in these challenging times.

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Q&A with the teachers of “In the Footsteps of Thich Nhat Hanh”

This week: Join us for a free live Q&A with the teachers of the “In the Footsteps of Thich Nhat Hanh” online summit!

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Online Retreat for Activists – a Plum Village first

The cancelled Mindful Action Retreat at EIAB resurfaced as a four day online retreat. A participant, Jula Pethes reports on her experience.

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“When a seed is ready to grow, it will happen.”

About the Sangha Maresme The Sangha Maresme was born 14 years ago. Two of its founders, Andreu Majó and Jesus Pruna, first connected with Plum Village in the early 1990s and regularly attended its summer retreats. In 2005 Josep Rafols (known to his friends and fellow sangha members as “Pep”) attended for the first time,

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Vegan chocolate dessert

Ingredients for 4 servings: 150 grams dark chocolate (at least 70%)120 grams aqua faba (liquid of chickpeas, either cooking liquid or liquid from a tin)A few drops of lemon juice80 grams icing sugar1 teaspoon vanilla powder (optional)Optional: red fruit Recipe Melt the chocolate in a microwave or au-bain-marie. Whip the aqua faba with the lemon

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