Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) was a renowned Zen teacher and poet, the founder of the Engaged Buddhist movement, and the founder of nine monastic communities, including Plum Village Monastery in France. He was also the author of At Home in the World, The Other Shore, and more than a hundred other books that have sold millions of copies worldwide.
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This mindfulness practice from Thich Nhat Hanh will help you face your anger and transform it into the energies of love and understanding.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s life was inspiring, his benefit great, and his teaching, like the dharma itself, profound and practical. Here, he shares five practices to nurture happiness: letting go, inviting positive seeds, mindfulness, concentration, and insight.
The late Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh teaches five simple exercises to help you live with joy.
Healing the pain of our wounded child within, says Thich Nhat Hanh, is key.
Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung on how the simple act of mindfully eating an apple can bring you many delights.
Nothing warms the heart like a loving hug. To make the experience even deeper and more healing, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us this practice of hugging meditation he created.
Ethics was deeply important to the late Vietnamese Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. (In fact, “An Ancient Path for Modern Times: Applied Ethics” is the theme of his Plum Village community’s retreat for experienced practitioners this year.) Here he explains how we can awaken together through our work—and why we must.
The late Thich Nhat Hanh emphasized the practice of mindful walking as a profound way to deepen our connection with our body and the earth. Read on and learn how to breathe, take a mindful step, and come back to your true home.
Thich Nhat Hanh offers three mindful movement exercises for well-being, "a wonderful way of connecting your mind and body in mindfulness."
Thich Nhat Hanh says that mindfulness shows us the suffering of life and connects us with compassion.
It may seem like an unattainable ideal, but you can start right now as a bodhisattva-in-training. All you need is the aspiration to put others first.
Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us how to relax the bonds of anger, attachment and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward ourselves.
In this teaching from the late Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, he explores how looking deeply at a sunflower can help us discover the reality of interbeing.
The earth is you. You are the earth. When you realize there is no separation, says the late Thich Nhat Hanh, you fall completely in love with this beautiful planet.
Shine the warm light of awareness on your thoughts and feelings, says Thich Nhat Hanh.
To commit to another person is to embark on an adventurous journey, writes Thich Nhat Hanh. You must be wise and patient to keep your love alive so it will last for a long time.
A meditation instruction by the late Thich Nhat Hanh on starting over.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings were always profound and practical, showing us effective ways to apply Buddhism’s deepest insights in our own lives. Here he draws on Buddhist and modern psychology to teach us how to cultivate the habit of happiness.
These short verses bring awareness, peace, and joy to simple activities, and remind us that Earth provides us with precious gifts every day.
Emptiness is not something to be afraid of, says Thich Nhat Hanh. The Heart Sutra teaches us that form may be empty of self but it’s full of everything else.
When we practice mindfulness in our daily lives, says Thich Nhat Hanh, we open to the wonders of life and allow the world to heal and nourish us.
No self, no form, no goal: Thich Nhat Hanh on the truth we’re distracting ourselves from.
Peace will only become a reality when world leaders come to negotiations with the ability to hear the suffering at the root of all conflicts.
No yo, no forma, no meta: Thich Nhat Hanh habla acerca de la verdad de la cual nos estamos distrayendo.
Thich Nhat Hanh answers a retreatant’s question on what to do in the face of suffering. "Anything you do for yourself, you do for the world."
Thich Nhat Hanh shares how to transform your afternoon cup of tea into a series of mindful actions.
A poem by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that by looking deeply we develop insight into impermanence and no self. These are the keys to the door of reality.
There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free.
Thich Nhat Hanh shares gentle guidance for beginning your meditation practice.
Thich Nhat Hanh explains that sangha is more than a community, it’s a deep spiritual practice.
