Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village monastery in southern France has lost a building to fire. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. According to a social media message posted yesterday by Plum Village and the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation: Last night, flames engulfed one...

‘The Buddha’s path is one of practice and insight, leading each person to their own awakening, beyond words, beyond teachers, and beyond the constraints of the ordinary mind.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘I laugh to see what happens in samsara's show.’ Words of my Perfect Teacher

Two Stories of Thay’s Love by Peggy Rowe Ward Thay didn’t speak about peace. He was peace. He didn’t speak about contentment. He radiated contentment. He didn’t speak about love. He embodied love. To be in his presence was a tangible, visceral experience of love. Once...

It is not difficult these days to feel the world is sliding into insanity. Apologists may argue that we are better off than any generation in history, that technology has freed us from drudgery, and that progress is real. Nevertheless, civilization’s gains appear to...

‘The Buddha rarely described his awakening in detail. When asked to explain the nature of his enlightenment, he often remained silent, or he responded in ways that encouraged his followers to look inward rather than cling to his words.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘Bodhi originally exists — no need to guard it. Delusion originally empty — no need to eliminate it.’ Zen Master Niutou

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Thich Nhat Hanh has been a presence in my life, as a teacher and guide, for more than twenty years. In the last few years I began to doubt the heart connection I felt with him because we had never met or spoken to one another, yet his work was ever-present in my work....