Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog, page 59

Today, We See Clearly that There is a Beautiful Path

The newly ordained novices of the Ginko family are interviewed about their lives before and after ordination.

The Happy Farm Experience Week – A week of mindful farming at Plum Village, Lower Hamlet

Happy Farms in Plum Village are a radical experiment in organic farming, community living and mindfulness in action. There are a total of three Happy Farms in Plum Village, one in Upper Hamlet, one in Lower Hamlet and one in New Hamlet. The lay practitioners who volunteer for one year to work on a Happy

True Peace Work

Please enjoy this new anthology of writings from Thich Nhat Hanh, The Dalai Lama, Joanna Macy and many others on how buddhist teachings can help with some of the most pressing issues we are facing today.

How do I look?

This beautiful new design of the Plum Village website went live on Wednesday 9th October 2019. We hope you like it. We’ve taken the color style of Thay’s calligraphies (black ink on white paper) as well as distinctive Plum Village tones (the yellow of sunflowers & our sanghati robes; the brown of the monastic clothes

The New Issue of the Mindfulness Bell: The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, Part 2

AUTUMN 2019 ISSUE 82, AVAILABLE EARLY OCTOBER Guest edited by UK Dharma teacher Teri West, this issue shares the fruits of our practice with several of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. Bodhisattvas: In a Dharma talk, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us about practicing the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings and what it means to be an Order of

The New Issue of the Mindfulness Bell: The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, Part 2

AUTUMN 2019 ISSUE 82, AVAILABLE EARLY OCTOBER Guest edited by UK Dharma teacher Teri West, this issue shares the fruits of our practice with several of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings.   Bodhisattvas: In a Dharma talk, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us about practicing the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings and what it means to be an Order…Read more ›

Vows of Love and Action this Rains’ Retreat

Dear Thầy, Dear Noble Sangha Abroad on this precious planet, The monks, nuns, and lay practitioners of Plum Village gathered together, once again, in the Upper Hamlet for the Opening Ceremony of the annual Three Month Rains’ Retreat. It was a powerful and invigorating ritual reminding us how precious and fortunate we are to still

Vows of Love and Action this Rains’ Retreat

As the Rains' Retreat 2019 begins Brother Phap Dung tells us the community will spend the 90 days looking deeply into our aspirations, community building, and how we can better care for Mother Earth. Read more ›

Give Mother Earth 18 Months

Dear Plum Village friends everywhere, An exciting invitation to join thousands of PV friends around the world for coordinated Earth Justice practice! The Plum Village Earth Holder Community is encouraging sangha members around the world to support young people on September 20 in the Global Climate Strike, and then to follow this with various ways

Give Mother Earth 18 Months

earth holder, global climate strikeRead more ›