Plum Village - Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

Plum Village Practice Center

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself – if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself – it is very difficult to take care of another person.

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddha Walks where Buddha was Born

Thay and the monastics spent five days in Nagpur, the nerve center of the Buddhist revival in India. Nagpur could one day be as important as Sarnath.
On 14 October 1956, Baba Sahep Ambedkar, the visionary socio-Political Leader of the Dalits* took a historic step. He converted to Buddhism with 4,00,000 Dalits and rolled the waves of Buddhism’s return to India. This happened at Diksha Bhoomi at Nagpur.

The day of Shakyamuni Buddha’s first ever teaching at Sarnath, is known as the Dhammachakra Pravartan Din, the day of Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion.

Young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a Healthy and Compassionate Society

Buddhism needs to be recognized as a source of wisdom, a long tradition of the practice of understanding and love and not just of devotion. The spirit of the Dharma is very close to the spirit of Science; both help us cultivate an open and non-discriminating mind. You can join the Wake Up Movement as a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, an agnostic or an atheist. The practice of maitri, of loving kindness, the practice of sisterhood and brotherhood, is at the foundation of the Dharma.

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Thay's Letter to KFC

I am also certain you do have a heart of compassion...No feeling creature should be treated so cruelly...

Retreats in Plum Village (Please click here to download registration form)

Peace is every step Together again

When:	Retreats:
November 18 - February 17	Winter/Rains Retreat
June 1-21, 2009	21 - Day Retreat - The Path of the Buddha - (registration is available in WORD or PDF)
July 7 - August 4. 2009	Summer Retreat 2009 - (info not yet available) (registration is available in WORD or PDF)
August - October 2009	Teachings in USA