The Plum Village is a Buddhist Monastery and Retreat in the Dordogne region of France. It is the home monastery of Master Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Monk. The following is paraphrased from the Plum Village Webpage: “Plum…
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Plum Village Online
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Posted in Informaitional, Locations
Oshima Japan
Oshima or Ojima is a small pine covered island in the Matshushima prefecture in Japan. Once a meditation retreat for Zen (Chen) Buddhist Monks, it is now a walking tourist destination. It is accessible by a walking bridge from the…
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Posted in Locations
Simple Complexity
The world is a beautiful complex place. Life itself is a complex dance of thousands of different movements. Within this movement, very little is random. While it may seem random, the forces that act on it be they nature, biological,…
Tagged with: action without action, complexity, ripples, simplicity, thoughtless action, wei wu wei, Zen Buddhism
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