Aug 29, 2025

In this Dharma talk, Sister Đặng Nghiêm shares heartfelt insights on suffering, healing, and learning to be our own soulmate. Speaking at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, on July 20, 2025, she reflects on childhood memories, the Four Noble Truths, and the art of “riding the waves of life” with...

Jan 7, 2025

Sister Chua Xua was a social worker and left a long-term relationship to become ordained as a nun at Bát Nhã, a Plum Village monastery that closed due to harassment from the Vietnamese government.

"I also have a dream. I have a wish that I can support the young Western people to take the monastic life. The life that...

Dec 17, 2024

Brother Phap Hoi is a Vietnamese refugee and the most senior Brother at Deer Park Monastery.

"Because the Sangha embrace all of the people, even you are high level or low level of good background or not. You all have the chance in the Sangha if you go in the right direction of practice."

3:16 Meeting Thay
8:20 Arriving...

Dec 10, 2024

Sister Phu Nghiem is one of three nuns in her immediate blood family and is passionate about bringing mindfulness to children.

"So I focus a lot more on my steps. On how I choose the food when I come to a meal. I learn to enjoy the meal and enjoy my siblings. And that has supported me a whole lot now that I'm here at...

Dec 3, 2024

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 life than helping people to transform their suffering? I mean, who cares about money and all this other stuff?...