May 25 to May 30, 2021
Connecting Live with Plum Village Monastery, France
Five Days to Deepen Mindfulness
How can we handle the feelings of dread, loneliness and anger within us and around us? There is no “back to normal” in such an uncertain and complex world, so let’s not go back, let’s come together to build a more compassionate future. Join us to activate the inner power of mindfulness and learn how to transform our very difficulties into sources of energy and courage for the great regeneration ahead.
This retreat is offered by Plum Village monks nuns and laypeople trained by Thich Nhat Hanh a Zen Master and peace activist. Thich Nhat Hanh pioneered “Engaged Buddhism” where mindfulness and meditation support concrete action for a better world. The mindfulness practices he and his community teach, have been road-tested in times of war and conflict. This retreat aims to support you to take care of yourself so can sustain your care for the world around you.
Please familiarize yourself with the curriculum below, so you can organize your time to join the full program.
Please take some time before the retreat starts, to follow these sections (links below):
"Before the Retreat Starts"
We look forward to seeing you on-screen soon.
Retreat Program
- Schedule of the Retreat
- Preparing Yourself & Your Space (5:44)
- The Secret To a Peaceful Retreat
- Setting Up the Technology
- Recommended Readings
- Calligraphy Gift - for you to download and print
- Meditation Poems - for you to download and print
- ♫ Song Booklet - for you to download and print
- Mindful Cooking Session
- The Art of Sitting Meditation (13:23)
- How to Enjoy "Dharma Sharing" Circles Online (11:07)
- Dharma Rain: How to Listen to the Talks (1:42)
- The Art of Mindful Eating and Consuming by Sister Trang Tin Yeu (7:00)
- The Art of Slow Walking Meditation Indoors (4:13)
- Outdoor Walking Meditation (3:52)
- Joy of Walking Meditation with Brother Phap Lai (7:03)
- The Practice of Noble Silence (3:39)
- WELCOME TO NEW HAMLET (6:21)
- ⫸ LIVE 7:30 Guided Sitting Meditation: "Joy of Meditation" & Reading: "Your Dream is Now" (39:08)
- ⫸ LIVE 8:15 Exercises with New Hamlet Sister
- Loneliness and the Illusion of Connection by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (19:32)
- 11:30 Enjoy Walking Meditation at Home OFFLINE (2:03)
- ⫸ LIVE 14:30 Total Relaxation by Sr. Dang Nghiem
- ⫸ LIVE 20:00 Guided Sitting Meditation: "Recognising and Calming Emotions" & Reading: "Walking Tenderly on Mother Earth" (39:29)
- A Note of Silence (6:06)
- WELCOME TO LOWER HAMLET (5:03)
- ⫸ LIVE 7:30 Guided Sitting Meditation: "Looking Deeply" & Reading: "Mindfulness is a Source of Happiness" (48:02)
- ⫸ LIVE 8:15 Exercises (24:19)
- How to Stay in the Present Moment When It Feels Unbearable by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (14:50)
- 11:30 Enjoy Walking Meditation at Home OFFLINE (2:03)
- 14:30 Total Relaxation
- ⫸ LIVE 18:00 (optional) Introduction & Tea Hang-out
- ⫸ LIVE 20:00 Guided Sitting Meditation: "Metta Meditation" & Reading : "Beloved Mother of All Things" (47:28)
- A Note of Silence (6:06)
- WELCOME TO LOWER HAMLET (5:03)
- ⫸ LIVE 7:30 Guided Sitting Meditation: "5 Mindfulness Trainings" & Reading: "Restlessness" (44:36)
- 08:15 Exercises with Lower Hamlet Sisters (24:19)
- ⫸ LIVE 9:30 Singing Meditation & 9:45 Dharma Talk: “The Art of Happiness and Suffering” by Sister Hien Nghiem (99:05)
- 11:30 Walking Meditation
- ⫸ LIVE 14:30 Total Relaxation by sister Trang Chanh Niem (55:42)
- ⫸ LIVE 15:30 Dharma Sharing Circle (11:07)
- ⫸ LIVE 19:30 Panel on Engaged Ethics
- OFFLINE Noble Silence until the next day after breakfast (3:39)
- WELCOME TO NEW HAMLET (5:20)
- ⫸ LIVE 7:30 Guided Sitting Meditation: "Taking Care of the Wounded Child in Myself and my parents" & Reading: "Your birthday" (82:08)
- 8:15 Exercises with New Hamlet Sisters
- ⫸ LIVE 9:30 Singing Meditation & 9:45-11:15 Questions and Answers (91:49)
- ⫸ 11:30 Mindful Cooking Session (60:10)
- ⫸ LIVE 14:30 Total Relaxation
- ⫸ LIVE 15:30 Dharma Sharing Circle
- ⫸ LIVE 18:00 (optional) Dinner in Affinity Groups & Tea Hang-out
- ⫸ LIVE 19:30 Workshops (171:09)
- OFFLINE Noble Silence until the next day after breakfast
- WELCOME TO UPPER HAMLET (1:54)
- ⫸ LIVE 7:30 Guided Sitting Meditation "Deep Ecology" & Reading: "Living Beings" (39:56)
- 8:15 Exercises with Upper Hamlet Brothers
- ⫸ LIVE 9:30 Avalokiteshvara Chanting & 10:00 Dharma Talk " Radical Insight: Finding Peace in Eye of the Storm" by Brother Phap Linh (143:52)
- 11:30 Walking Meditation (4:13)
- ⫸ LIVE 14:30 Total Relaxation
- ⫸ LIVE 15:30 Dharma Sharing Cirlce
- ⫸ LIVE 19:30-21:00 Closing Circle: Celebrating Our Diversity and Inclusiveness
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