How are we really feeling today? Wake Up Schools coordinator Orla O’Sullivan, shows children how to name and describe their emotions. Watch the 8-minute video and download resources for children to explore their "inside weather": plumvillage.org/articles/recog…

Today we are celebrating the release of VIETNAM: Lotus In A Sea of Fire by Thich Nhat Hanh. Originally published in 1967, it's a stunning commentary on the cultural and political background to the war in Vietnam. parallax.org/product/vietna…

Thich Nhat Hanh in 'How to Focus' (Parallax Press 2022) (Available here: parallax.org/product/how-to…)

We still have a few spots remaining for our Day of Mindfulness on Sunday. An in-person event with walking meditation, a dharma talk, and dharma sharing. deerparkmonastery.org/event/frogless…

Dharma sharing is an opportunity to benefit from each other’s insight and experience. It is a time for us to share our experiences, our joys, our difficulties, and our questions relating to the practice of mindfulness. #evermindmedia #mindfulness #tutorial youtu.be/3ar2E4R-V3w

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened — how fast people on bikes “appeared” — once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t. It took leadership.

Registration is now open for our Day of Mindfulness on the occasion of the 90-Days Rains Retreat opening. All are welcome, but this in-person event has limited capacity. deerparkmonastery.org/event/peaceful…

Our opening introduction for The Buddha The Scientist Retreat with Br. Mãn Tuệ & Sr. Thần Nghiêm. Today through Sunday.

Today we offer the first Dharma Talk for "The Buddha, The Scientist" Retreat at Deer Park from August 31-September 4, 2022. Begins at 10:30am PDT The talk is offered in English by Sr. Hương Nghiêm #mindfulness #science #neuroscience #psychology youtu.be/i9mYi7zC9H4

"Each one of us wants to do something with our lives." Thay shares about "volition", one of the four nutriments (kinds of food) that we consume. The full talk is here: youtu.be/LhE7vqdJMP0

Tonight we sat together for the Counting Sticks Ceremony as a prelude for the 90-Day Rains Retreat which begins tomorrow. #deerparkmonastery #thichnhathanh #retreat #ceremony

We have two special events online today. First up is a Dharma talk by the Most Venerable Thích Phước Tịnh at 10am followed by the Face-to-Face Ceremony at 11:30am. Available on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/deerparkmonast…

This Sunday we have a very special ceremony to ordain two novice monastics. We still have space for in-person attendance or you can watch on our YouTube channel. deerparkmonastery.org/event/novice-o…

We are live now for our special Novice Ordination Ceremony. Two young men will join the monastic sangha youtu.be/T_ZOKSc-EsI

Our second presentation from the recent science symposium. Here we have a presentation by Jo-ann Rosen on Customizing Your Practice: Looking at Mindfulness Practice Through a Neuroscience Lens and Finding Individual Stability for Collective Awakening. deerparkmonastery.org/video/neurosci…

Here we have a presentation by Elli Weisbaum, PhD on Translating Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings Into Scientific Spaces: Application and Research of Mindfulness Within Healthcare deerparkmonastery.org/video/translat…

“Between 2021 and 2026, Paris will gain 180 kilometers (112 miles) of new permanent segregated bike lanes. As part of the city’s new Bike Plan, the number of bike parking spots will more than triple, with 180,000 more added to the current total of 60,000.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Today's poetry thread: SURVIVAL Here's one I keep in my pocket like a 🔥. Feel free to add poems.

A vast new study finds there are 70 percent fewer wild animals sharing the earth with us than there were in 1970. Read that again. And again. billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-fast-empty…

"Though feelings of isolation can compound our suffering and sense of being overwhelmed or inadequate, the bedrock truth is that we are not separate. The separation we feel in our daily lives is artificial, a construct of our minds." —Brother Phap Xa and Brother Phap Luu