What do they eat at Plum Village?
What does the daily menu at Plum Village look like? We enjoy a delicious vegan diet, and many of our grains are organic. For breakfast we eat oatmeal, homemade bread, homemade nut or bean spreads, fruit, nuts and sometimes Vietnamese noodle soup or sticky rice.
What are the five contemplations?
More recently, Thích has modified the reflections slightly….Five Contemplations
- This food is the gift of the whole universe: the earth, the sky, the universe, numerous living beings, and much hard, loving work.
- May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive it.
Is Plum Village app free?
The free Plum Village app for iOS and Android offers a large library of meditations, talks, and songs by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community.
How Much Is The Mindfulness App?
The app is free, but users can pay to upgrade to “Premium”, which offers specialized guided meditations, courses, and challenges for purchase to target a specific symptom (i.e., sleep quality, stress, etc). This premium membership will cost users $9.99/month or $59.99/year.
Why is it called Plum Village?
Nhất Hạnh bought the land and called it Upper Hamlet (Vietnamese: Xóm Thượng). Initially, these two hamlets were named Persimmon Village (Vietnamese: Làng Hồng), but it soon became clear that plums fared much better on the rocky soil, so it became Plum Village (Vietnamese: Làng Mai).
Who runs Plum Village now?
| Thích Nhất Hạnh | |
|---|---|
| School | Linji school (Lâm Tế) Order of Interbeing Plum Village Tradition |
| Lineage | 42nd generation (Lâm Tế) 8th generation (Liễu Quán) |
| Known for | Engaged Buddhism, father of the mindfulness movement |
| Other names | Nguyễn Đình Lang |
What is mindfulness in Plum Village?
Listen to Thich Nhat Hanh explain. Mindfulness is always mindfulness of something. In Plum Village, mindfulness practice begins with mindfulness of our breath and our steps. It is very simple, but very deep.
What can Plum Village do for You?
The Plum Village app can support us to cultivate mindfulness, compassion and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness and many other practices. Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment.
What do we say before we eat in Plum Village?
In Plum Village, we have a contemplation we recite before we begin to eat: This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work. May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.
What is mindfulness eating?
Eating with the energy of mindfulness we can experience our interbeing with the planet that is nourishing and sustaining us, and heal our feelings of loneliness and disconnection. We can become fully aware of the miracle of our body – the taste buds in our mouth, and our body transforming food into energy and vitality.