We are often asked about the best physical movements to pair with the practice of meditation in the Plum Village tradition. If you took part in any of Plum Village’s off- or online retreats, you already know that they are not only about sitting meditations and dharma talks. Movement is central, but is equally mindful. […]
The 40 Tenets of Plum Village is a new series of in-depth video teachings on the Plum Village App. It is based on an ongoing weekly class run by Dharma teacher Brother Phap Luu, which is being live-streamed from Deer Park Monastery, California throughout 2021. Each class discusses a new tenet – a principle that […]
The Earth Seeds is a series of interviews featuring Plum Village monastics. By focusing on mindfulness, our relation with Mother Earth and the climate crisis, it opens a rare conversation about the many ways a spiritual practice can help us through the common crisis. The interviewer is Wouter Verhoeven, a filmmaker from the Netherlands and […]
It’s spring in the northern hemisphere and we can all celebrate this renewal of life as it blooms around us. To enhance your experience of this magical time of year, we have compiled a list of relevant mindful practices, which includes sounds from nature, guided meditations, and contemplations. They can all be found on the […]
In this short teaching from the Plum Village App, Thich Nhat Hanh talks about sitting meditation, the art of resting, and how to take care of the habit energy of worrying. This is an excerpt from a Dharma talk that took place in 1997 during a Buddhist Psychology Retreat. In a society that tells us […]
In the Buddhist tradition there are 51 categories of Mental Formations. Anger is one of them. Master Thich Nhat Hanh has often discussed this topic in his public Dharma talks; you can find many of them on the Plum Village channels. In the teachings of the Buddha, as Thay reminds us, “anger can never remove […]
