Interbeing and Emptiness

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:48 — 3.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhat is interbeing and emptiness? A brief excerpt from the November 3, 1997 dharma talk given at Key West, Florida.

Enjoy Each Mindful Breath

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:35:21 — 87.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe date is November 2, 1997 and the sangha is holding a mindfulness retreat in Key West, Florida with the theme of Buddhist psychology. This is the first talk (100-minutes) where Thay introduces the attendees to the basic practices of mindfulness. It’s a wonderful teaching covering breathing,… Continue reading Enjoy Each Mindful Breath

Purification of Speech

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:09 — 12.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThis 13-minute segment is from the first dharma talk during the November 1997 retreat in Key West (Florida) and Thich Nhat Hanh offers us a teaching on silence. The practice of purification of speech. How do we practice with silence during the first four days of the retreat.… Continue reading Purification of Speech

Geese Flying South

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:17 — 62.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSOur talk today is from 16-years ago and begins with a reading, first in English by a nun, and then in Vietnamese by Thich Nhat Hanh. It is 23 January 2000 and the sangha has gathered in the Upper Hamlet of Plum Village for a dharma… Continue reading Geese Flying South

How to Sit

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 7:57 — 7.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this short audio clip from 2000, Thay instructs us how to sit. We will be posting the complete talk in a few days. Or, simply wait a few days. Enjoy the weekend.

Because I Like It!

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:32:37 — 84.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWith Thay’s gentle and compassionate humor, we discover the teaching of Right Diligence. This is the eighth talk during the 21-Day Retreat with the theme Path of the Buddha. The date is June 11, 2009 and we are at the Lower Hamlet of Plum Village. The… Continue reading Because I Like It!

We Only Need to Look in the Present Moment

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:37 — 55.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn June, 2009, a 21-day retreat was offered at Plum Village on the theme “The Path of the Buddha” and this recording is the first talk of the retreat (June 2, 2009). This was also in the first year of Obama being president of the United… Continue reading We Only Need to Look in the Present Moment

Cultivating Peace

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:53:59 — 52.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this 2007 dharma talk, we go back to the Vietnam trip (February 21 to May 9) that focused on the Great Requiem Ceremonies across the country. The purpose of this trip was to to heal the last wounds of the war. The date of this… Continue reading Cultivating Peace

Love and Happiness

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:31 — 41.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS It was Thanksgiving Day in Plum Village on November 25, 2004. The sangha gathered in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village during the Fall Retreat and Thay gave a 45-minute dharma talk on the topic of love and happiness. The telephone line should be called the “compassionate… Continue reading Love and Happiness

Fresh Opportunities of Abundance

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 48:31 — 44.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSAs we continue to send Thay our lovely energy of healing, we look back to a dharma talk he gave on January 26, 2003 from the Dharma Nectar Temple, Lower Hamlet, Plum Village. The sangha is in the middle of the Winter Retreat and the lunar… Continue reading Fresh Opportunities of Abundance