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Brother Phap Luu: American Awakening
Brother Phap Luu, the eldest non-Vietnamese American monk in the Plum Village tradition, graduated from Dartmouth College and started meditating after going through a depression. “What is more satisfying in […]
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Sister Boi Nghiem: The Hard Work Has Been Done
Sister Boi Nghiem studied nursing before being ordained, and works regularly as a nun with the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and teen communities. “I think I have a very healthy relationship with […]
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Brother Phap Dung: Now You Get to Choose
Brother Phap Dung is a Vietnamese refugee who worked as an architect in Los Angeles before finding the practice, healing his relationship with his father, and changing the course of […]
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Practicing Mindfulness in Divisive Times with Kaira Jewel Lingo
Engaged Buddhism Speaker Series: Interview with Kaira Jewel Lingo After living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic community, Kaira Jewel now teaches internationally in […]
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Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening
Engaged Buddhism Speaker Series: Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening with Dharma Teacher Jo-Ann Rosen Friday, July 19, 2024 4:00pm – 5:30pmU.S. Pacific Time Held on Zoom Dharma Teacher Jo-Ann […]
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Peace Walk Los Angeles (Photo Gallery)
The Deer Park Monastics led a Peace Walk in Los Angeles on June 23, 2024, nineteen years after our teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, led a Peace Walk in this city in 2005.
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Engaged Buddhism: Bridging Spirituality and Social Activism for Lasting Change
To create sustainable, lasting social change in a world of suffering, a spiritual dimension is essential. Brother Phap Dung shares insight on how recent and past events echo the need […]
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Message to the International Plum Village Community for Peace in the Middle East
Even as theystrike you downwith a mountain of hatred and violence;even as they step on you and crush youlike a worm,even as they dismember and disembowel you, remember, brother,remember:man is […]
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A Simple Life: A response to the climate crisis
As a monk I take care of my emotions around the climate crisis so I can help other people to take care of their emotions. And that is what I […]
