Never be numb to human suffering

With the recent launch of our new 'Access to Practice' folder, we sat down with Sibling Yonten to explore how the idea took shape a&how it grew from our shared commitment to making the app more accessible and inclusive.
Read on our blog 👉🏽 plumvillage.app/introducing-...

#mindfulness #PlumVillageApp

JOIN the Lower Hamlet Sisters of #PlumVillage for an extended 5-day retreat online. Cultivate the inner powers of mindfulness, concentration & insight, learn how to meet difficult moments with non-fear, hope and compassion.

For more information & to register visit ➛ plumvillage.org/calmingfear 🙏

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 This is the recording of our second live public event. Brother Phap Huu & Jo Confino are joined on stage by special guest Ocean Vuong 🙏🏽

On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/tLE4
More here 👉🏽 plumvillage.org/podcast/cult...

#mindfulness #OceanVuong #Buddhism #zen #joy

What would that involve?

🌱 Mindfulness in the Garden offers simple gathas to help us be present while tending the earth—where even weeds can become teachers.

✨ Available now at www.parallax.org/product/mind...
and at your favorite bookstore.

#Mindfulness #Gardening #ThichNhatHanh #ParallaxPress #BookSky

Join us on the 12 September for a live recording of the podcast #TheWayOutIsIn. We will enjoy a mindful evening with Brother Phap Huu, Jo Confino & special guest Ocean Vuong.
🎟️ Tickets are available at plumvillage.org/outisinlive

#Mindfulness #OceanVuong #LondonEvents #CalmInTheStorm #Zenwisdom

Furthest I’ve been:
N: Arisaig, Scotland (I think)
E: Narita, Japan
S: Fukuoka, Japan
W: Iona, Scotland

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 Br Phap Huu & Jo Confino are joined by Nho Tran. This time they explore the origins & evolution of the #PlumVillage tradition: the #Buddhist lineage founded by Thich Nhat Hanh.

On the app 👉🏽 Podcasts
More here 👉🏽 plumvillage.org/podcast/root...

#ThichNhatHanh #zen

Thank You! Being Peace Gratitude Video YouTube video by Plum Village UK

A little gratitude video that I contributed to 🪷

I love this, much gratitude to Karim for the idea 🙏🏻

Join us on the 12 September for a live recording of the podcast #TheWayOutIsIn. We will enjoy a mindful evening with Brother Phap Huu, Jo Confino & special guest Ocean Vuong.
🎟️ Tickets are available at plumvillage.org/outisinlive

#Mindfulness #OceanVuong #LondonEvents #CalmInTheStorm #Zenwisdom

Wake Up Edinburgh | Wake Up Sanghas across the world - Wake Up International Meet Wake Up Edinburgh Wake Up Edinburgh meets on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, between 6:30pm and 8:30pm. We meet at the Salisbury Centre, which is […]

My little sangha was featured by Wake Up International today 🪷

Coco waiting for her cup of tea

Sister Kính Nghiêm shares about recognizing and embracing suffering in yourself and your family:
www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...

#PlumVillage #EngagedBuddhism #mindfulness #monasticlife #belovedcommunity

Wake Up Edinburgh meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the Salisbury centre 🪷

This September, join us for a special live recording of The Way Out Is In podcast in London with special guest Ocean Vuong ✨

Together, they’ll guide us on a mindful journey into cultivating Joy and Togetherness—even in the midst of hardship.

🔗 Book your tickets now: plumvillage.org/outisinlive

Brother Chân Trời Đạo Bi reflects on the importance of being yourself, play as a Dharma door, and the support of living in community.

www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...

#PlumVillage #EngagedBuddhism #mindfulness #monasticlife #belovedcommunity

Yesterday I returned from a 5-day Plum Village retreat at Stirling University. I met so many lovely people including six very joyful monastics. Even though I had a toothache throughout the retreat, I was able to enjoy practicing with new friends, and received the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

Hiking Zen is here! 🏔️
Discover mindful walking practices, trail wisdom, and joy on every step—with Zen monks and veteran hikers Phap Luu & Phap Xa.

Now available: www.parallax.org/product/hiki... or at your favorite bookstore.

#HikingZen #Mindfulness #Walking #PlumVillage #ParallaxPress #BookSky

Finally got my copy of The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong after having it on preorder since October!

Brother Pháp Dung teaches us to cultivate our good seeds, community, and freedom.

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#PlumVillage #EngagedBuddhism #BelovedCommunity #monasticlife

New reports tell us cattle and sheep farming can be sustainable – don’t believe them, it’s all bull | George Monbiot Feeding the world sustainably is an incredibly complex challenge, yet some people are trying to sell us a bucolic fairytale, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown. This week's column is on the latest delusions about how we might produce our food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Black cat lies next to a maroon meditation cushion on top of matching meditation mat. Behind the cat is a small yellow side table with a meditation bell, some gemstones, a statue of Jizo, a framed painting of the Great Buddha at Kamakura by Kawase Hasui, a paper crane, a wooden sunflower, and a gold metal card with Kannon on it. On the bottom shelf of the side table is a stripy blue and green blanket and some meditation mala beads. The side table is on top of a multicoloured rug. To the left of the table is a bonsai in a terrarium, and a plug socket with wires lying around. On the wall behind the table is a gatha by Thich Nhat Hanh that says ‘listen listen, this wonderful sound brings me back to my true home’ and a large wall hanging of the tarot card The Star.

Mac the cat relaxing at my meditation space.

Picture of a Tapered Drone Fly: Eristalis pertinax is a European hoverfly. Like Eristalis tenax, the larva of E. pertinax is a rat-tailed maggot and lives in drainage ditches, pools around manure piles, sewage, and similar places containing water badly polluted with organic matter.

I saw this fly looking tired in my office, so I fed it sugar water. I thought it was a bee, but it turned out to be a tapered drone fly, whose larva lives in sewage. I briefly felt regret and disgust for helping it, but then realised it’s good practice of non-discrimination. 🦟 no mud no lotus.

Plum Village Monastics visiting Edinburgh May 2025 Join six monastics from Plum Village, France — the internationally respected mindfulness practice centre founded by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh — for a talk with in-depth teachings, and a full guided p...

If you are in the Edinburgh area, please come along to one or both of these special events with six monastics from Plum Village. Explore how mindfulness can help us find joy and stability amidst uncertainty, and stay connected to ourselves and others. 🪷

Honoring Thay in New York City: Thich Nhat Hanh Way | Plum Village On April 11th, New York City officials co-named a street in honor of our teacher Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, lovingly known as Thay—recognizing his extraordinary contributions to peace, mindfulness…

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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.