Plum Village | Mindfulness 🪷🍵
Living Together
Together-ness is a practice. At the practice center we have a unique opportunity to live closely with friends from many different countries and backgrounds. Together we form one Sangha body, connected by the practice of mindfulness. With our collective energy of calming and looking deeply, it is possible for us to support each other
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“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”
― J. Krishnamurti
― J. Krishnamurti
Intellect Will Not Solve Our Problems
Sangha Body
Everyone who comes to practice is a member of the sangha. Even if we come to Plum Village for only one week, our presence and our practice can contribute to the vitality and harmony of the sangha.
In society, much of our suffering comes from feeling disconnected from one another. We often don’t feel a real connection even with people we
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Taking Refuge
When we recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings or chant the sutras, we practice taking refuge in the three jewels. We practice Touching the Earth to also show our gratitude to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Taking refuge is the recognition and the determination to head towards what is most beautiful, truthful, and good. Taking
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Noble Silence
A period of deep silence is observed starting from the end of the evening sitting meditation until after breakfast the next morning. This is very healing. We allow the silence and the calmness to penetrate our flesh and bones. We allow the energy of the Sangha and its mindfulness to penetrate our body and mind. We go back to our tents
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The Six Principles of Togetherness
Physical Presence
Sharing Material Resources
Sharing Ethical Principles
Sharing Insights and Views
Sharing from the Heart
Compassionate Communication
Random notes from Wake Up 2024:
The mirror of reality: The state of the world is a reflection of our inner state. Our inner state is a reflection of the state of the world.
Back to the ‘real’ world?
Wu Wei: The Moment I Stop Caring, I start Flowing
Questions: beware of creating duality. There are no opposites, only polarities
Negativity Bias: From
Waking Up
As we wake up in the morning and open our eyes we may like to recite the following gatha.
Waking up this morning I smile
knowing there are 24 brand new hours before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment,
and look at beings with eyes of compassion.
We can start our day with the happiness of a smile and the aspiration to dedicate ourselves to
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“The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here is the place to have the experience.”... See more
“When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you