If you have a Christian background, you can say that this flower belongs to the Kingdom of God. In the Buddhist tradition, we say this flower is a manifestation from the dharmakaya. The word “dharma” means “things”, “phenomena” – like a flower, a cloud. And “Dharma”, written with a capital letter, means “teaching”; the teaching […]
Beloved teacher and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was the founder of the International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism – where mindfulness is the basis for offering practical help. As such, Thay would spend hours answering questions on highly varied topics in front of audiences from around the world – children, adults, and new […]
This post collects excerpts about loving speech and deep listening from The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, in which Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh introduces the core teachings of Buddhism, and shows that the Buddha’s teachings are accessible and applicable to contemporary daily lives. For a better understanding of these teachings, we encourage you to read the […]
Our mind is made of particles. Modern physics speaks about matter, reality as being made of subatomic particles. But in Buddhist psychology we speak about consciousness – mind – in terms of mental formations: very tiny particles that make up our mind. ‘Formation’ is translated from the word samskara. Anything that is formed, like a […]
This is an excerpt from a public Dharma Talk by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The event took place during a New Year retreat in Plum Village, on December 29, 2013. We think that there are two more days and then the year 2013 will be gone. Is it true that the year is going […]
Dear Sangha, I have transmitted to you the ways, the practices, that will allow us to cross to the Other Shore. We don’t want to stay on the shore of anger and jealousy, we want to cross over to the Other Shore: the shore of well-being, non-anger, joy, equanimity, and love. Crossing over to the Other […]
