Practicing self-compassion and understanding negativity

A few days ago, an 11-year old girl asked me, “What do you do when you're sad?” As she looked back to her father it became apparent that he had encouraged the question but the look in her eyes made it

What informs Plum Village practice?   Plum Village is one of the world's most recognised and popular movements of contemporary Buddhism. Its emphasis on engagement and day-to-day activity like

This series of questions and answers was recorded on 07/04/2013 for Thay's third dharma talk at his Schools and Educators' retreat in Thailand, April 2013. Here he answered questions from people who s

We can see from the study of the Buddha’s earliest teachings in the vinaya-piṭaka, that he originally taught only dhamma necessary for the attainment of nibbāna. The dhammas such as the Four Nob

Many believe that happiness is elusive. We have a habit of running towards it, of believing happiness is only in the future. But all the conditions of happiness are right here for us to create, Zen Ma