Dear friends, After more than three months of development, we are pleased to announce a new update to the Plum Village App. Version 2.8 introduces a new feature: a meditation timer! Many other small improvements include portrait videos, improved content-update alerts, and better support for French and Spanish. This update is available now on the […]
Why We Need a Global Ethic Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight The world in which we live is globalized. Economies halfway around the world affect our own. Our politics, education, and cultural consumption happen on a global scale. Our ethics and morality also need to be globalized. A new global order calls for a new global […]
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. […]
Many people think that to be empty means not existing. But it’s not true; emptiness does not mean nonexistence. In sutra we recite, “Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form”. There is a glass which is not empty because it has some tea in it. Another glass has no tea inside. To be empty or […]
Is there a way to deal with the death of a loved one? In particular, how can a mother deal with the loss of a partner and give their children the best possible upbringing? Is there a way to take the gloominess away? Visualize a cloud in the sky. Maybe one part of the cloud […]
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 […]
