The Mindfulness Bell

How To Focus

Simple, refreshing excerpts from Thich Nhat Hanh to cultivate concentration:
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Illustrations by Jason DeAntonis

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Here’s the cover to my forthcoming book—what do you think, friends?
Amazing to work with @parallax.org

The book is for anyone who cares about democracy and wants to do what they can to promote both inner and outer freedom.

Will keep you posted about upcoming events!

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Thich Nhat Hanh wisdom 🙏🏾 More quotes, teachings and guided meditations on the #PlumVillageApp 👉🏾 plumvillage.app
Have a peaceful weekend! 🕊️

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JOIN the Lower Hamlet Sisters of #PlumVillage for an extended 5-day retreat online. Cultivate the inner powers of mindfulness, concentration & insight, learn how to meet difficult moments with non-fear, hope and compassion.

For more information & to register visit ➛ plumvillage.org/calmingfear 🙏

Creating a Healing Space Through Prayer:
As a massage therapist, Herbert Gooden shares how meditation gathas support his practice of service to others.

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photo by Amarr Croskey

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Thich Nhat Hanh offers us self-care practices to be with our loved ones who have passed:
Seeing Your Loved One within You
Making an Altar for Your Loved One

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photo courtesy of Deer Park monastics

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YouTube video by Plum Village App 'Darling, I am there for you' | Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh | #mindfulness

Join us today, on YouTube, as we premiere a new short film by Miguel Sánchez - part of a series of videos inspired by the spiritual teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh 🙏🏽
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🎥 Available on the FREE Plum Village App too: plumvillage.app

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#mindfulness #contemplation #zen

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 This is the recording of our second live public event. Brother Phap Huu & Jo Confino are joined on stage by special guest Ocean Vuong 🙏🏽

On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/tLE4
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#mindfulness #OceanVuong #Buddhism #zen #joy

Nadia Chapman shares how her inner practice nourishes her connection to community.

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#EngagedBuddhism #communitybuilding #compassion #impermanence

Earth Holder Community Care-Taking Council members share their experiences on growing love and understanding in fractious times.

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illustration by Magda Cabrero

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Honoring the 49th day since Dr. Larry Ward's passing, we offer these loving remembrances from Dharma teachers Valerie Brown and Kaira Jewel Lingo.

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photo courtesy of Kaira Jewel Lingo

#LarryWard #Continuation #PlumVillage #EngagedBuddhism

Order of Interbeing member rehena Harilall calls for Love in Action for Black History Month UK, October 2025

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photo by Michael Preston

#EngagedBuddhism #interbeing #Ubuntu #BlackHistoryMonth

Happy Equinox! 🍂🌱 Our new print issue is now available! Subscribers, check your mail: did you get your Mindfulness Bell yet?

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Jon Hughes shares about how acting from interbeing helps find hope in difficult moments.

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photo courtesy of Plum Village France monastics

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Becoming an “Elder in Training” – The Mindfulness Bell D. F. Tweney embraces the support and wisdom of Dharma teachers as a retreat facilitator

@dylan20.bsky.social embraces the support and wisdom of Dharma teachers as a retreat facilitator

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photo by Elan Nguyen

#PlumVillage #BelovedCommunity #communitybuilding #sangha

Realizing True Education – The Mindfulness Bell Leaders of the international Wake Up Schools initiative offer stories of building connection and community.

Leaders of the international Wake Up Schools initiative offer stories of building connection and community.

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Breathing together, we remember Dr. Larry Ward — teacher, author, and true brother on the path. His voice, like his Dharma name “True Great Sound,” carries on through the lives he touched.

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Rooted in Plum Village and the Earth Holder Community, the Beloved Community Care-Taking Council offers resources and a network of Circles forming around the world to support mindful action for social justice.

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A special live recording of The Way Out Is In podcast in London with Internationally acclaimed writer Ocean Vuong

An event for newcomers & longtime practitioners for reflection, connection & collective stillness

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All profits support the Plum Village Construction Fund

Melanie Gin shares how she has taken refuge in The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings and the sangha as antidotes to despair and shame, and to be with suffering while standing up against injustice.

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Global Call for Personal or Archival Footage of Thich Nhat Hanh

Speakit Productions is currently in production on the first authorised biographical film about Thầy’s life.

If you know of any old recordings of Thầy, the film team would love to hear from you:
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In memory of Joanna Macy (1929 -2025), who passed away on July 19th, we republished episode 12 of #TheWayOutIsIn with an introduction by Jo Confino 🕊️

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On the #PlumVillageApp 👉🏾 podcasts

#Buddhism #systemstheory #deepecology #peace #ecology #justice

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 Br Phap Huu & Jo Confino are joined by Nho Tran. This time they explore the origins & evolution of the #PlumVillage tradition: the #Buddhist lineage founded by Thich Nhat Hanh.

On the app 👉🏽 Podcasts
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#ThichNhatHanh #zen

Through the teachings of the Buddha, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dharma Teacher Marisela Gomez shows us how turning the upside-down world right side up requires us to resist, maladjust to, and defy the normalization of greed, hatred, and delusion:
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Snippet from Thich Nhat Hanh's book 'The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching - Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation' 👉🏽 plumvillage.shop/products/boo...
More wisdom & daily quotes on the #PlumVillageApp 👉🏽 plumvillage.app
Have a peaceful weekend 🕊️

#mindfulness #ThichNhatHanh

a poem on mindful democracy
by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social:

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#EngagedBuddhism #poetry #BelovedCommunity #interbeing

Dharma Teacher Uli Pfeifer-Schaupp shares his practice in a former German concentration camp:
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calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh

#thichnhathanh #EngagedBuddhism #nonviolence #inclusiveness

Learn more about our daily quotes feature on the #PlumVillageApp blog 👉🏽 plumvillage.app/daily-quotes...

These little nuggets of Buddhist wisdom appear each day within the app 🙏🏽

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Happy Summer Solstice ☀️
Enjoy 50% off all our ebooks, savings on back issues of The Mindfulness Bell and much more. A gentle invitation to slow down, breathe and nourish what matters most.

Use code SUMMER2025 only at parallax.org June 19–23.

#SummerSolstice #Mindfulness #ParallaxPress #BookSky

Happy Solstice! ☀️
a poem, offered by Sunbird, honoring the sun as a beloved member of community:

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#solstice #poetry #sangha #belovedcommunity #plumvillage