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03/15/2022

01/23/2022

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The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism announces that our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95. We invite our global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts in peace and loving gratitude for all he has offered the world.
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01/23/2022

Thich Nhat Hanh
born October 11th, 1926
became a cloud January 22nd, 2022

“If you were to love a cloud, with this insight you would know that the cloud is impermanent. If you love a human being you can also know that he or she is impermanent. If you were to become attached to a cloud you would have to be very careful. You know that, according to the law of impermanence, very soon the cloud will become something else. It might become rain.

You might say to the cloud, ‘Darling cloud, I know you are there & I also know that one day you will die. I also must die. You will become something else, someone else. I know you will continue your journey, but I shall have to look deeply in order to recognize your continuation so that I will not suffer so much.’

If you forget about impermanence & are attached to the cloud, when the time comes for the cloud to be trans-formed into rain, you will cry, ‘Oh dear, my cloud is no longer there. How can I survive without her?’

But if you practice looking deeply, you can see the cloud in new forms like the mist or the rain. The rain is smiling, singing, falling down, full of life, full of beauty. Yet because of your forgetfulness you are not capable of recognizing the presence of the cloud in this new manifestation. You are caught in grief. You keep crying & crying & meanwhile the rain is calling you, ‘Darling, darling, I am here, recognize me!’ But you ignore the rain while all the time the rain is the continuation of the cloud. In fact the rain is the cloud herself.

When you look at the cloud, you might like to be like a cloud floating freely in the sky. How wonderful it would be to be a cloud floating in the sky! You would have such a feeling of freedom. When you look at the rain falling, singing & making music, you might also long to be the rain. The rain is nourishing all the vegetation & the lives of innumerable beings. How wonderful it is to be the rain.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh
in his book No Death, No Fear

11/05/2021

Welcome November
Its that time of year where nature takes a deep breath inward, to reserve her energy and prepare for the winter sleep. The nights now grow longer and the air cools as light and warmth retreat from the outside world. It's time for us to cosy up in front of our fires with a good book, glass of wine, hot chocolate...... A time to nurture ourselves, to reflect, plan and dream for the new year ahead.

08/17/2020

This is the purest yoga you can find🧘🏻‍♀️🙏🏻💕

07/10/2020

The best way to prepare for the future is to take care of the present. Goodbyes will always hurt a little. Photographs can never replace the act of being there. Memories, good and bad, will sometimes bring tears. And words can never perfectly describe the feelings they represent.
But that’s OK. Pain is real. But so is hope.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. You have to make peace with your past in order to keep your present and future from becoming hopeless battles.

06/23/2020

Silence is the true friend
that never betrays.