Thich Nhat Hanh's Blog, page 78

Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing

The Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing is one of the most important sutras in the Plum Village tradition, and is taught at every Plum Village retreat. When Thich Nhat Hanh discovered this discourse, he said, “I felt I was the happiest person in the world.” The translation below has been prepared by Thich Nhat Hanh from the Anapanasati…Read more ›

An Update on Thay’s Health: 14th July 2015

Official Announcement Plum Village, France July 14, 2015 To all Plum Village Practice Centers, To all Practice Centers and Sanghas worldwide, To our Dear Beloved Friends,   Since our last update, Thay has been able to communicate more clearly a very strong wish to intensify his recovery program. Thay is very determined to do everything…Read more ›

Thich Nhat Hanh’s statement on Climate Change for the United Nations

  In 2014, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approached Thich Nhat Hanh as an international faith leader, to request a brief statement about climate change and our relationship to one another and to the Earth. This statement was published on the UNFCCC website, ahead of the Paris Climate Summit in September 2015.   THICH…Read more ›

An Update on Thay’s Health: 28th June 2015

Official Announcement Plum Village, France June 28, 2015 To all Plum Village Practice Centers, To all Practice Centers and Sanghas World Wide, To our Dear Beloved Friends, We are happy to report that Thay’s health has improved greatly since he returned to his Plum Village Hermitage in early April. Every day Thay has been out…Read more ›

Connecting to Our Root Teacher: A Letter from Thay, 27 Sept 2014

Thay wrote this letter to all of his students last autumn, as his health was beginning to weaken. Although Thay did not have enough strength to give Dharma Talks, he was able to dictate and edit this letter. It has been translated from the Vietnamese, so that everyone enjoy his rich, deep and heartfelt teaching on how “devotional practice” and the…Read more ›

The Diamond Sutra

This translation of The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion, sometimes known simply as The Diamond Sutra, has been prepared by Thich Nhat Hanh from the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (in Sanskrit), and the Chinese Taisho Revised Tripitaka, No.335. The Opening Gatha was composed by Thich Nhat Hanh to precede the translation. This sutra appears in Thich…Read more ›

The Diamond That Cuts through Illusion

This translation of The Diamond That Cuts through Illusion has been prepared by Thich Nhat Hanh from the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (in Sanskrit) and the Chinese  Taisho Revised Tripitaka, No.335. Thich Nhat Hanh composed the Opening Gatha to precede the translation. This sutra appears in Thich Nhat Hanh, Chanting From The Heart (Parallax Press, Rev.Ed., 2006) It is recited regularly at Plum Village practice centers around the world, as part of our daily sitting and chanting sessions. For further commentary on this text, please see Thich Nhat Hanh, The Diamond That Cuts through Illusion (Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1992).   The Diamond That Cuts through Illusion Opening Gatha How may we…Read more ›

Volunteer Opportunities this Summer

Plum Village is looking for volunteers to support us during our 2015 Summer Retreat, our largest and most festive retreat of the year. We are looking for volunteers who have a heart of service to come and support us, in particular in the Upper Hamlet or Lower Hamlet. There will be many opportunities to practice together,…Read more ›

Plum Village in Indonesia 2015

Thay’s senior disciples have arrived in Indonesia, as part of the 2015 Plum Village Asia Tour. The monks and nuns have just completed a 5-day Family Retreat in Cipanas, and will be offering mindfulness events for educators and businesspeople this weekend. Land has been donated to establish a new Plum Village monastery and practice center…Read more ›

In the Footsteps of the Buddha

A few miles from Bodhgaya, our Sangha walked the edges of rice fields to the stupa commemorating the place where legend has it that the young village girl named Sujata offered kheer to the exhausted ascetic Siddhartha. Ahead of us flowed the river Niranjana on whose banks it is said Siddhartha fainted. In the distance,…Read more ›