Live Happily in the Present Moment

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 11:27 — )Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThis 59-minute talk was given on May 13, 2004 in New Hamlet, Plum Village, France. The talk was given between retreats to the monastic community and a small number of lay residents and guests. Thank you to Chân Phúc H?i for writing the summary and providing a… Continue reading Live Happily in the Present Moment

A Beginners Mind for a Beautiful Future

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:55:22 — 105.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe Sangha is gathered together at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi during the 2011 US Teaching Tour with the theme Cultivating the Mind of Love. This 115-minute dharma talk is from October 2, 2011 and both the audio and video are available with this post.… Continue reading A Beginners Mind for a Beautiful Future

Transforming Our Suffering

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:03 — 45.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this 65-minute dharma talk from the New Hamlet of Plum Village, Thay teaches a message on transforming our suffering. The date is Sunday, November 26, 2006 and the sangha is in the Winter Retreat. Dhyana is the Sanskrit word for meditation. In meditation, we have… Continue reading Transforming Our Suffering

Continuing our Spiritual and Blood Ancestors

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:11 — 43.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this 53-minute dharma talk from the Upper Hamlet of Plum Village, Thay teaches a message of love. The date is Sunday, November 12, 2006. We begin with two chants from the monastics. You are a continuation of your father. Intellectually we know this to be… Continue reading Continuing our Spiritual and Blood Ancestors

Turn Every Cell On

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:47:05 — 73.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSDear fellow practitioners and friends on the path. In this talk we learn of the joy and the happiness of the practice. The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh offered this 107-minute dharma talk on December 11, 2005 from Upper Hamlet at Plum Village (France) during the annual… Continue reading Turn Every Cell On

Spiritual Evolution

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:22:13 — 56.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSAn 88-minute dharma talk from the New Hamlet, Plum Village on November 27, 2005. Building on the previous dharma talk on biological evolution, we begin with the topic of sensual pleasures. We know that sensual pleasures are very fleeting and they don’t last. Do we want… Continue reading Spiritual Evolution

Being Free from Dogma

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:27 — 42.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThis 58-minute dharma talk is the second half of a talk offered on November 17, 2005 at the New Hamlet, Plum Village. Thay continues a discussion from the earlier dharma talk. When we make a statement in Buddhism, it should help to transform and to present… Continue reading Being Free from Dogma

Relaxing in the Present Moment

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:51 — 47.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe 58-minute dharma talk offered by Thich Nhat Hanh took place at the New Hamlet of Plum Village on November 10, 2005. Please note, the recording begins with a few minor sound issues, but the dharma talk doesn’t begin until it is resolved by the sound… Continue reading Relaxing in the Present Moment

Touching Life – Come Home to Yourself

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 53:42 — 36.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe 53-minute dharma talk offered by Thich Nhat Hanh took place at the Lower Hamlet of Plum Village on November 3, 2005. What does it mean, “I take refuge in the Buddha.” Buddha is the one who is mindful, awake, enlightened. Taking refuge is not believing… Continue reading Touching Life – Come Home to Yourself

Stepping into Freedom

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:45 — 47.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSFrom the Assembly of Stars Meditation Hall at Lower Hamlet, Plum Village. This is a day of mindfulness between the close of the 21-Day Retreat and the Summer Opening. The sangha is preparing for an ordination ceremony for monastic novices on July 2 followed by summer opening… Continue reading Stepping into Freedom