On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 7-8:30 p.m. (EST), Elli Weisbaum, Ph.D., a faculty member at the University of Toronto, and Brother Phap Linh, a senior monastic at Plum Village Monastery in France, will co-present a special live-streamed event, “Science & Mindfulness: Pathways Towards Understanding & Healing.”
An Excerpt of Healing Our Way Home
In Healing Our Way Home, join three friends, three Black women, all teachers in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, in intimate conversation, touching on the pain and beauty of their families of origin, relationships and loneliness, intimacy and sexuality, politics, popular culture, race, self-care and healing.
Sister Peace reflects on Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As part of our celebration of Black History Month, recognized each February in the United States and Canada, Sister Peace reflects on the friendship between Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and shares her thoughts about a statue of the two of them that was installed at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi in 2015.
Book Study Guide for America's Racial Karma
Many thanks to the Midwest Moon Sangha of St. Louis, Missouri, for sharing this book study with the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation, and Dr. Larry Ward, the book’s author and co-founder of The Lotus Institute, for approving of its free distribution
Events for Thay's One Year Memorial
Thank You Dear Friends
Dharma for Christmas and New Year
A "Love Letter" for Our Community by Ocean Vuong
A Gathering of Buddhist Traditions - Memorial Ceremony for the AAPI Community
On May 4, three monastics from Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, CA, joined a local memorial ceremony for the AAPI community, along with dozens of monastics and teachers from other Buddhist lineages. We spoke with Sister Kinh Nghiem about her experience attending this memorial ceremony and offering her reflections on sila, one of the six paramitas, to a diverse Buddhist audience.
How to Be Your Own Soulmate: An Interview with Sister Dang Nghiem
2021 Lunar New Year Parallel Verses
Fearlessness and Togetherness: Q&A with Thich Nhat Hanh
Photos: Walking in Freedom for Thich Nhat Hanh's 94th Continuation Day
For Thich Nhat Hanh’s 94th continuation day (birthday), we invited our International Plum Village community to join us in practicing walking meditation, sharing an image of your meditation along with a condition for happiness that you noticed during your meditation. We were so happy to receive hundreds of photos. Please enjoy a sample of submitted photos in this post.
Challenging Her Edges: An Interview with Cedar Society Member Carolyn White
Carolyn White is a member of the Cedar Society, the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation’s legacy giving program. As a children’s author, poet, and the world’s leading expert on leprechauns, she enjoys varied opportunities to water wholesome seeds in society and in herself. She has practiced in the Plum Village tradition since 1997. She lives in East Lansing, Michigan.