"How do you use your time? You have to make a living, certainly, and you have to support your loved ones. But do you make the effort to arrange your l...

Thich Nhat Hanh shares how we can use a stop light as a bell of mindfulness while driving. This is an excerpt of: "Mindful Driving | Teachings by Thi...

To build a better world for future generations, we need to radically shift our way of thinking, and walk the path of peace. Our online course, Zen and...

"In the Buddha’s teachings, sensory impressions are considered a kind of food. We ‘eat’ with our six sense organs: our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body,...

"If we allow negative seeds to be watered, they will become strong, and we will suffer and make the people around us suffer. When we love someone, we...

Thich Nhat Hanh says that you do not need to get rid of all your suffering in order to be happy; you just need to find a "boat" to carry your sufferin...

"When you’re angry at someone, try giving them a present. When you aren’t angry at the other person, prepare the present. Wrap it with loving kindness...

"Many of us keep trying to do more and more. We do things because we think we need to, because we want to make money, accomplish something, take care...

Thich Nhat Hanh responds to the question, "What is karma?" This video is also available on the Plum Village app. It was originally published in the 2...

"Releasing any tension and bringing calm to your body is the first step in restoring wellness. You can’t heal your body if you don’t pay attention to...

On this #InternationalDayofFriendship, we honor the importance of community to heal our planet and cultivate peace in the world. 🌱🌎 How we take actio...

"To create fundamental change, we, the members of society, have to transform ourselves. If we want real peace, we have to demonstrate our love and und...

Here are three gathas (short verses) to say to yourself, silently or aloud, when you begin a session of sitting meditation. Which one will you practic...

"Silence is something that comes from your heart, and not from the outside. If you are truly silent on the inside, then no matter where you find yours...

Thich Nhat Hanh answers a practitioner's question about how to practice when we get discouraged by our own wrong or unskillful actions. Excerpt from a...

"Many people want to get rid of their painful feelings, but not of the beliefs and viewpoints that are the very root of their feelings. After recogniz...

Thich Nhat Hanh has some advice in response to a practitioner's question, "I feel guilty when I'm not occupied. Is it okay to do nothing?" Here is hi...

Here are three gathas (short verses) to say to yourself, silently or aloud, while you are gardening. Which one will you practice this week? Please sha...

"When you produce a thought that is full of understanding, forgiveness, and compassion, that thought will immediately have a healing effect on both yo...

Here is a practice on how to invite the bell, according to Thich Nhat Hanh: "When you’re a bell master and you want to invite the bell to sound, the...

"I just mentioned the fact that many of us in the human family are getting sick and our sickness is the sickness of Mother Earth. And that is why that...

"Our cosmic body encompasses the entire phenomenal world. The wonder that is our human body will disintegrate one day, but we are much more than this...

When asked the question, "How can I connect with my father who has died?" Thich Nhat Hanh answered: "Our father is not only outside of us, but he is...

"One day four children were playing at my Sweet Potato hermitage in France. Thanh Thuy, a four-year-old girl I was looking after, was among them. The...