BROWARD LOTUS SANGHA

We invite you to take time for some mindful steps this as a way to connect deeply with our planet.

You might like to take your mindful steps in the fresh air, maybe a park or small nature reserve if you live in a city. Or practice walking meditation while joining a peaceful protest to protect the planet. Watch Thay explain the miracle of walking meditation and see walking meditation instructions at: https://plumvillage.org/articles/please-walk-mindfully-for-our-planet/

For many of us around this time of year, mindful consumption can be a challenge!

Last year we asked three Dharma teachers at Plum Village, France about various challenges we might face around Christmas time and the holiday season.

Sister Jina said: “We often consume, whether it is drinking or eating or television, to numb a feeling. So it’s very good to be aware of how we feel around Christmas time. Is there anything we’re trying to drown? Is anything we’d rather not feel, not see?”

You can read more here: https://plumvillage.org/articles/a-mindful-christmas-part-2-consumption/

On a similar theme of mindful consumption, you can read about the “Make Black Friday Brown” event that took place recently, as well as watch a short video of highlights from the event on the Deer Park website: https://deerparkmonastery.org/engaged-buddhism/make-black-friday-brown-offered-mindful-alternative-to-holiday-shopping-rush/

“Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to recognize our habit energy and prevent it from dominating us.” -Thich Nhat Hanh (The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching)

We invite you to take a mindful look at The Raft, Issue 66, which includes:

* A Dharma sharing by Brother Phap Khoi of about karma, habit energy, and how to put the teachings into practice

* A guided meditation on deep relaxation by Sister Chan Khong that will invite deep relaxation and rest into our body and mind

* A new book, The Bodhisattva Path, which contains Thay’s commentary on two Mahayana sutras

* Upcoming retreats and more

Find The Raft’s archive and subscribe at https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/the-raft

“In 2019, Max Pugh got a sudden call from the Plum Village Monastery. They wanted to make a short biographical documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh’s life story, because it was believed that he was going to pass away imminently.

Max and I worked on the film together. As soon as we finished the film, the plans to release it were shelved because Thich Nhat Hanh's health miraculously took a turn for the better. It was decided instead to only release the film one hundred days after he passes.

'A Cloud Never Dies' has sat on the shelves in Plum Village ever since. But with the war raging in the Ukraine, the Plum Village monastic elders have decided to release it now, with the hope that Thich Nhat Hanh’s legacy as a peace activist can influence calls for peace.

A delegation from the monastery has hand-delivered this film to the Russian Embassy in Berlin, along with an open letter calling for an end to the violence.

We found making this film about Thich Nhat Hanh’s experiences of war in Vietnam very inspirational, given that he experienced such trauma and suffering, and yet he managed to transform it into healing himself and healing millions of others worldwide.

We hope that 'A Cloud Never Dies' inspires you too. Feel free to write to us to share what it made you think about.

It’s available now for free on YouTube.

Onwards & Inwards”

Marc J. Francis

Co-Creator of 'Walk With Me'

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It is available here: https://plumvillage.org/podcast/a-cloud-never-dies-the-passing-of-zen-master-thich-nhat-hanh-episode-20/ , on the Plum Village App or on a range of podcast platforms.

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