Plum Village in the Czech Republic

07/03/2026

Probud´me se na kouzla krásného světa, aby jsme trpěli mín

This short film is part of a series of videos - Wake Up films - inspired by the spiritual teachings of Plum Village.-------CREDITS✩ Teachings by Thich Nhat H...

06/03/2026

3000 úryvků z učení Thaje https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17x8HXViB8/?mibextid=wwXIfr

03/03/2026

Z plum village jak praktikovat aby jsme vytvořil štastnejší svět.
How to practice for a happier world from plum village

How can mindfulness practice support a more loving world? How can we cultivate resilience and mindful resistance in these times? In this article we share a recent panel discussion – between Brother…

19/02/2026

Today marks 7 years of Plum Village in the Czech Republic Group! Thank you all for helping keep this community strong through watering seeds of mindfulness! Bowing together 😉
Dnes slavíme 7 let online PV v ČR I když existujeme více než 15 let. Děkuji všem kropjěj semínka přítomnosti v naší komunitě. Klaním se dohromady s vámi.

29/01/2026

Mluvit s mírem v nás: “✍️ Words Born from Peace - The words we speak to others—to our loved ones, our spouses, our children, our parents, our friends, to people we meet—are shaped by what lives inside us in the moment we speak them.

When we are mindful with our actions in daily life, when we bring peace to our inner minds by being present with our breath, something shifts. We gain clarity. We can see more clearly what words will help, what words will heal, what words will bring comfort instead of pain.

But without that mindfulness, without that inner peace, we lose our way. We get swept up in anger before we realize what's happening. We misunderstand people's intentions. We speak from hurt or frustration, and our words—without meaning to—create suffering for the very people we care about most.

How many times have we said something harsh to someone we love, only to regret it moments later? How many times have our words caused pain we never intended, simply because we spoke from inner chaos instead of inner calm?

When we are at peace, when we are present with our own breath and aware of our state of mind, we naturally speak differently. We pause before we react. We listen more deeply. We respond with care instead of impulse. We find words that build up instead of tear down, that soothe instead of wound, that bring understanding instead of creating distance.

It is such a beautiful thing to bring happiness to people with our words. To make them feel cared, valued, loved. To ease their suffering instead of adding to it. To speak in ways that heal rather than harm.

And it all starts with this: being mindful. Choosing peace for our inner minds. Noticing our breath. Paying attention to what we're feeling before we let those feelings determine what we say.

When we walk peacefully within ourselves, our words become gifts we can offer others with care and intention.

May we all learn to speak from that peaceful place. May our words bring more happiness and less suffering to everyone they touch.

May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.
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22/01/2026

4 roky po umrtí Thaye

12/01/2026

From our engaged, Buddhism group in Prague/  od naší angažovaný buddhismus skupiny v Praze diky Scott- “Relatedly, here’s a lovely article (https://tricycle.org/magazine/bhikkhu-bodhi/) from the great Theravada Buddhist monk, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, on “conscientious compassion.”

“This is a compassion that does not confine itself to passively wishing good for others but courageously takes the steps necessary to help them: to remove their suffering and bring them real happiness. This is a compassion informed by the voice of conscience, which continually reminds us that too many of our fellow beings, human and animal alike, are unjustly condemned to lives of misery.

“Conscientious compassion boldly enters the fray of action, not afraid to engage with politics, economics, and programs of social uplift. It tells us that we need to treat people as ends rather than as means, ensuring that they are protected against exploitation and injustice. It is at once a compassion that acts and a sense of conscience that remains ever open to the pain of the world.”
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V souvislosti s tím zde uvádíme krásný článek (https://tricycle.org/magazine/bhikkhu-bodhi/) od velkého theravádového buddhistického mnicha, ctihodného Bhikkhu Bodhiho, o „vědomém soucitu“.

„Jedná se o soucit, který se neomezuje pouze na pasivní přání dobra ostatním, ale odvážně podniká kroky nezbytné k tomu, aby jim pomohl: odstranit jejich utrpení a přinést jim skutečné štěstí. Jedná se o soucit, který vychází z hlasu svědomí, který nám neustále připomíná, že příliš mnoho našich bližních, lidí i zvířat, je nespravedlivě odsouzeno k životu v bídě.

„Svědomité soucítění se odvážně vrhá do boje, nebojí se angažovat v politice, ekonomice a programech sociálního povznesení. Říká nám, že musíme s lidmi zacházet jako s cílem, nikoli jako s prostředkem, a zajistit, aby byli chráněni před vykořisťováním a nespravedlností. Je to soucítění, které jedná, a zároveň svědomí, které zůstává vždy otevřené bolesti světa.“

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi argues that a new vision and scale of values are necessary measures for safeguarding our world.