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Berit Talan
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Plum Village practitioner 🧘🏻🪷 Dharma Name: Spacious Sanctuary of the Heart
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In his book 'Good Citizens', Thich Nhat Hanh shares words of encouragement to build an international solidarity movement based on a shared sense of compassion, mindful consumption & right action. 🌍

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👉🏽 Discover more teachings via plumvillage.app 🌞
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I just listened to a Dharma talk by Marisela Gomez, a Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition. She reminded us that our purpose here is to be love. Not be loved and not to love. But to be love. Embody love. That this is particularly important ..

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Calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh on rice paper in traditional Chinese black ink mixed with some of his tea. A zen circle and in the circle the writing: Love like a Buddha and Thay's red seal, which bears his lineage name and Dharma title, Trung Quang Nhat Hanh
February 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I created a feed for posts that mention Plum Village or Thich Nhat Hanh over the last 7 days and displays them based on the Hacker News ranking algorithm.

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November 30, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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There is a lot going on in the world. We determine what it is that we can do to take action and do it. And we also need to take care of ourselves. Sometimes we may feel shaky, unstable, and afraid. It feels difficult to...
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Taking Refuge | Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
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February 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Christiana Figueres is a student of Thich Naht Hanh and member of the Plum Village sangha. I had the good fortune of attending a retreat with her in June of last year. It is a blessing to listen to her speak. I can't make this session below today, but absolutely would if I could.

#climate

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joanhalifax.bsky.social Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · Feb 1
Christiana Figueres—a beacon of wise hope. Informed, inspired, celebrated for all that she offers this planet. Join her this Sun, Feb. 2, for the next session of Awareness in Action: CLIMATE with Roshi Joan, Senseis Dainin, Kozan.
Register for FREE, donation, online www.upaya.org/program/enga...
February 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I just signed up for the Sound of Zen retreat (2/19 - 2/23) at Magnolia Grove Monastery, a Mindfulness Practice Center in the tradition of Plum Village, in Batesville, MS.

Anyone want to meet up in person? 😀🙏🪷

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Photo of the grounds of Magnolia Grove Monastery, a retreat center in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. A pond with a foot bridge across it leading to a white statue of the Boddhisatva Avalokiteshvara, the bell tower behind the pond and the meditation hall in the background.
January 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Breath Awareness

When we follow our breath, there are different parts of our bodies, where we can experience the breath. The rising and falling of our abdomen, the air cool at our nostrils as with breathe in and warm as we breathe out, the throat.

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Calligraphy in black traditional ink on rice paper. A Zen circle with Breathe you are alive written inside
January 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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"It only takes one breath." When I heard Thay say this in a podcast 18 years ago it filled me with such hope. My mind was in chaos. Meditation was impossible. But I thought I can do 1 breath. It didn't matter if it was ragged or short or painful - as it

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Calligraphy in black ink on rice paper by Thich Nhat Hanh. Zen circle with the writing Breathe inside it
January 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This is a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh's book 'Love in Action - Writings on Nonviolent Social Change' published by Parallax Press 👉🏽 www.parallax.org/product/love...

Discover more teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village community via the Plum Village App plumvillage.app 🙏🏽
January 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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The Island of Self:

One of the foundational practices is to take to refuge in our breath. Thay instructs us


„Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.
Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.“

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Gatha to readjust the posture while meditating Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Mindful breathing is my anchor. breathe A Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation Journal
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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What a beautiful, heartfelt wake up call on how to live fully. Not in denial about the difficulties. And at the same time fully awake to the wonders of life.
We may not have a cancer diagnosis but we are all dying every moment.
mishellbaker.bsky.social Mishell Baker thankfully @mishellbaker.bsky.social · Jan 21
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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How do we manage in these challenging times? Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us of the Buddha's teaching of taking refuge in the island of self. "When the Buddha was in his 80th year and knew that he would soon pass from this life, he felt a lot of compassion ..
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Thich Nhat Hanh in a brown robe sitting in deep concentration his hand in a mudra after inviting the bell.
January 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Plum Village needs our help. Last night the Purple Cloud building in Lower Hamlet burned down. Purple Cloud was the hearth and home of Lower Hamlet since PV’s founding in 1982. Please donate to help the community rebuild!
Thay’s room was there—... (1/3)
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January 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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While joy emanates from within, managing external influences is crucial for maintaining it. This doesn't mean turning a blind eye to global issues— it's about disconnecting regularly to reconnect with our inner selves. Joy is precious. Nurture it before time slips away.
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From My Snow-Covered Environment In The Yukon, I'm Sending Joy, Hope, And Positivity
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January 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Thich Nhat Hanh about meeting MLK: "On June 1, 1966, I met the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in person for the first time in Chicago. From the first moment, I knew I was in the presence of a holy person. Not just his good work but his very being was a source of great inspiration for me...

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January 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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In this short video, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how we can cultivate ‘wonderful', positive karma. 😊

Visit the Plum Village App for more shorts 👉🏾 link.plumvillage.app/eynC and short teachings 👉🏾 link.plumvillage.app/P9eB
January 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Tea meditation is such a lovely practice. It feels easy to be present: the smell of the tea, the warm cup against my hand, the liquid running down my throat. And it's a deep practice. There is a cloud in my tea.
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Calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh in black ink mixed with a little bit of his tea on rice paper. The writing inside the zen circle reads "there is a cloud in your tea"
January 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"These words and music have been composed to serve as Dharma instruments helping us come back to the deepest place in ourselves, the place where we are most awake and alive. Chanting is often the most direct and immediate way to reconnect...

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Photo of lotus leaves in the background with the opening gatha for The Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma: Universal Door Chapter in white text: Chanting the Lotus Sutra by night, the sound shook the galaxies. The next morning when planet Earth woke up, her lap was full of flowers.
January 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I take refuge in songs, poetry, and somatic exercises. This poem was written by Thay during the Vietnam war after the bombing of Ben Tre and the comment made by an American military man, “We had to destroy the town in order to save it.”
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Framed calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh: For Warmth I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness warm— two hands protecting, two hands nourishing, two hands preventing my soul from leaving me in anger.
January 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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As I sit down to eat lunch today, I get in touch with the miracle that is this food. All the causes and conditions that made this food available to me. I also get in touch with the suffering contained on these plates. The working conditions of farm

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Lunch served on four plates on a white table. Plates contain quesadilla, and various vegetable, fruits and tofu.
January 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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This is such a beautiful album. Released on Thay's birthday as a tribute. I recommend listening to it as an album vs picking out tracks. Truly a piece of art. I feel really touched by it.
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A Cloud Never Dies, by Pirate's Blend Records
9 track album
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January 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I have started to say this gatha out loud as I enter my meditation space. It helps me transition to the cushion, focuses my mind, and is a vow of how I want to spend the next moments.

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A gatha for Entering the Meditation Room Entering the meditation room, I see my true self. As I sit down, I vow to cut off all disturbances. Thich Nhat Hanh Present Moment, Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living
January 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I have a little menu taped to our refrigerator for when it's time to practice to "change the peg" because it's often difficult for me to think of a "different CD" as Thay called it in the moment. I'll add this.

earth.fm

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Earth.fm: Listen to nature sounds, fall in love with the Earth
A non-profit, growing library of immersive nature sounds from all over the world. Become part of our family and help preserve the planet.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The Plum Village App is on bluesky now!
plumvillageapp.bsky.social Plum Village App @plumvillageapp.bsky.social · Jan 3
This is a quote 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.

Find out more about this talk on the Plum Village App blog 👉 plumvillage.app/can-the-new-...
January 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Returning to "enjoy sitting" after listening to Br Phap Huu Q&A Part 2:
You don't only sit when it's pleasant. Sometimes it is excruciating. That is not a failed sit. There is no perfection in practice. That is the insight of non-duality.

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bberit.bsky.social Berit Talan @bberit.bsky.social · Dec 24
This postcard with Thay’s calligraphy is in my meditation corner. The purpose of sitting meditation is to enjoy. Don’t try to attain anything! Sitting itself is healing.
Sometimes I don't want to sit. Too busy, too tired, too scattered.
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Postcard with a calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh that says "enjoy sitting"
January 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM