The four-fold community of monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women of Plum Village, home of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh have released a new version of the 5 Contemplations before eating. I really liked an even older version, which began, “This food is the gift of the whole universe – the earth, the sky […]
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5 Reasons Why Mindfulness Will Change The World
February 22, 2014 by
This article, which first appeared on the Huffington Post, mentions 5 reasons why mindfulness will change the world in the 2014. It appeared on January 2 as Why 2014 Will Be The Year Of Mindful Living, and this is the first time I have had to review it. Before I go into the 5 reasons […]
Let My Heart Fly Open
January 1, 2014 by
Welcome to 2014. May this be the year that all your dreams come true. To begin the New Year with the right mindset, I’d like to offer the following metta practice. Metta is the Pali word for loving kindness. Loving kindness, in turn, is one of the Four Immeasurable Minds taught by the Buddha. The […]
Compassion With Thich Nhat Hanh
December 16, 2013 by
When Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was in the Bay Area, he appeared at The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University with Dr. James Doty on October 24, 2013. Dr. Doty engaged in a conversation on compassion with Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers. They talked […]
“The Culture Of Prosperity Deadens Us”
November 30, 2013 by
Pope Francis warns us that “the culture of prosperity deadens us” and we fail to see the suffering of people who lack opportunities and live stunted lives. This is totally aligned with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh‘s teachings on mindful consumption. These teachings say that we are a society addicted to consumption. We think the […]
Protecting Our Children
Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 7, 1998 in Plum Village, France. Protecting Our Children © Thich Nhat Hanh Good morning dear friends. Today is the 7th of August, 1998. We are in the New Hamlet, and today we are going to speak French. That’s good, isn’t it? You know well that […]
Going To The Shore Of Non-suffering
Dharma Talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 13, 1997 in Plum Village, France. © Thich Nhat Hanh Good morning, my dear friends. Today is the thirteenth of August, 1997, and we are in the Upper Hamlet. We still have one paramita to learn. Paramita means perfection, the perfection of the crossing over to […]
In Praise Of Mother Earth
April 22, 2013 by
This poem came to me by email from the monks and nuns at the Deer Park Monastery of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in honor of Earth Day. IN PRAISE OF MOTHER EARTH (written by Thay, Thich Nhat Hanh) Homage to you Refreshing Earth Bodhisattva Mother of this world with its many species. We want […]
True Love Knows No Boundaries
March 28, 2013 by
One of the most beautiful teachings of the Buddha was his teaching that true love knows no boundaries. This idea was expressed in the metta sutta as a mother’s love for her child: Even as a mother protects with her life her child, her only child, so with a boundless heart, should one cherish all living beings. […]
The Discourse on Love
Dear Sangha, today is Thursday, the 18 December 1997, we are in the New Hamlet in the winter retreat. Today we are studying the Discourse on Love. In the teachings of the Buddha there are the four immeasurable minds. The first one is loving kindness, maitri in Sanskrit, metta in Pali. The practice of love […]
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