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FILTER RESULTS ►Video: Help Plum Village community plant “Seeds of Mindfulness”
We told you last year about Planting Seeds, a documentary produced by Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village community and the group at Peace is the Way films to teach children about mindfulness. The film uses animation, songs, stories and engaging activities that children, parents and teachers can use. The film is currently in post-production, and the [...]
Call Me By My True Names, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Yesterday, a friend sent me this beautiful poem by Thich Nhat Hanh. You can read the moving intro here, where Thay, as he is affectionately known, writes about a young girl and a pirate, and how there is more to the story than the victim/perpetrator dynamic we tend to see at first look. Show More Summary
Book Brief: “A Handful of Quiet,” by Thich Nhat Hanh
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles By Thich Nhat Hanh Plum Blossom Books 2012; 64 pp., $14.95 (cloth) For many years, Thich Nhat Hanh has been teaching pebble practice to give children and their families a tangible way to return to their breath and connect with the world around them. A Handful of [...]
Thich Nhat Hanh: “My calligraphy contains mindfulness and tea”
Thich Nhat Hanh is best-known as a Buddhist teacher, but his skills as an artist were on display this weekend in Bangkok. An exhibit of his calligraphy is on display there this month, and he gave a demonstration of his artistic process, mixing tea with Chinese ink and using a brush to create circles and [...]
Books in Brief — From the May 2013 Shambhala Sun
Looking for a great new read? Andrea Miller reviews new titles from Natalie Goldberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Michael Carroll, and more in the May Shambhala Sun. Click here to read them all. To see what else is in our May magazine, click here. If you’re not a subscriber, click here to subscribe and save half.
Meditation Flash Mobs: Turning Sidewalks Into Holy Places
In the U.K., a group called Wake Up London is turning the streets into their place of worship. Inspired by the teachings of peace activist and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, Wake Up London started in 2010 as a group of 16-35 year olds focused on practicing awareness and thoughtful living. Show More Summary
Create a Sacred Space in Your Heart
‘Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh By Leo Babauta Yesterday I had tea with a Daoist tea monk who said for tea to change you, you have to create a sacred space [...]
Meditation: The Most Fundamental Habit
‘ To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh By Leo Babauta It’s no secret that I advocate meditation as a great way to start your day, deal with stress, live in the present and more. But what many people don’t realize is that meditation [...]
The World We Have (A book review)
A few years ago I moved to Chicago and began my practice with a new sangha, but with same root teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. I kept in touch with one of my old sangha buddies until about two years after I had moved. Every time we talked,Show More Summary
Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh on Rebirth
At first, we might think of reincarnation as a soul entering a body. The body is seen as impermanent and the soul as permanent, and when we get rid of one body, we re-enter another. You might be surprised to know that people in Buddhist Asia are not fond of reincarnation. Show More Summary
How to Savor Life
‘Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh By Leo Babauta It’s still dark out and the world remains asleep as I write these words, and I’ve just finished my morning meditation. I sip my coffee, and savor the stillness, the quietude, the space of being able to [...]
Introducing Thich Nhat Hanh’s Five Mindfulness Trainings
For a down-to-earth method of practicing mindfulness in daily life, Thich Nhat Hanh crafted the five mindfulness trainings. To explore how his community is living these trainings day by day, breath by breath, I wrote “In the Country of the Present Moment,” a feature published in the current, January 2013 Shambhala Sun magazine. Now, posted [...]
Thich Nhat Hanh to tour North America to “Nourish Great Togetherness”
Thich Nhat Hanh — who’s on the cover of the January Shambhala Sun magazine — has announced a teaching tour in the United States and Canada later this year. Thay will be giving several public talks, and leading multi-day retreats, days of mindfulness, and a peace walk from August through October. The tour, which aims [...]
Thich Nhat Hanh on The Five Mindfulness Trainings: An exclusive Shambhala SunSpace Q&A
By Andrea Miller A brown-robed sister led me down a hallway lined with doors. She opened one, but he wasn’t there, though the table inside was set with tea. Then she opened another and there, behind door number two, was the renowned monk. Thich Nhat Hanh was stretched out on a green hammock, drinking oolong [...]
From the January 2013 magazine: “Creating an Enlightened Society”
Now more than ever, says Thich Nhat Hanh, we need a global ethic of compassion, understanding, and peace. Here’s how Buddhism can help. 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 [...]
Change Everything (Literally Everything) Today With This Simple Compassion Practice
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh I was visiting a friend in New York City this past weekend as we discussed various …
Video: Thich Nhat Hanh, comic book hero?
First there was Walking With Alfred Hassler, Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong, the film whose IndieGoGo fundraiser we told you about back in August 2011. Now, there’s an actual comic book: The Secret of The Five Powers: The True Story of Alfred Hassler, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Sister Chan Khong. We were pleased [...]
Would you sign a “Declaration of Interdependence”?
Our January magazine features a special section about Thich Nhat Hanh, which includes a profile of his Plum Village community in France and a new teaching about creating a global ethic of compassion, understanding, and peace. (“You Don’t Need to Be Buddhist,” a Q&A with Thay about the five mindfulness trainings, is online in full [...]
The January Shambhala Sun magazine is here — look inside!
Our January 2013 magazine is already mailing to subscribers and arriving on newsstands, and you browse what’s inside online now—just click here. There’s a special section on Thich Nhat Hanh, including a profile of his Plum Village Community by Shambhala Sun Deputy Editor Andrea Miller, and a new teaching from Thay on creating a new [...]
Thich Nhat Hanh on why you don’t need to be Buddhist
Our January magazine features a special section on Thich Nhat Hanh, including a profile of his Plum Village Community in France, and a new teaching by Thay about building an enlightened society. Shambhala Sun Deputy Editor Andrea Miller sat down with Thich Nhat Hanh to discuss the five mindfulness trainings and how they can help [...]
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