"To help society and the planet, to really help with discerning insight—knowing what to do, and what not to do day after day—take steps in walking meditation. Learn to arrive into life in the present moment by cultivating Thich Nhat Hanh’s powerful technique of mindful walking. Enjoy live guidance from the monks and nuns living in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village in France. Combining breath and steps with poetry and insight, experience firsthand that it can be possible to transform any short distance in your daily life into a moment of restoration and wisdom. Walking meditation is a skill that can sustain one’s ability to effectively engage to heal society and the planet.
This guided practice session builds on the CBD 2021 Summit about Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet.
Brother Phap Huu is a senior Teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s international community and the Abbot of the monks’ community in Plum Village, the practice center founded by Thich Nhat Hanh in southwest France. Born in Vietnam, he emigrated to Canada as a child. He began training with Thich Nhat Hanh at the age of thirteen, when he first entered the monastery to become a monk. Thich Nhat Hanh gave him the name Chân Pháp Hữu meaning “True Dharma Friend.” For over ten years, he accompanied Thich Nhat Hanh on his international teaching tours as his attendant and assistant. Today, Brother Phap Huu is deeply committed to building community and continuing Thich Nhat Hanh’s legacy, bringing his teachings in particular to businesspeople, families, and young adults. Brother Phap Huu is passionate about basketball, music, and developing new approaches to team-work, leadership, mentoring and coaching.
Sister True Dedication is a Dharma Teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s community and the editor of his latest book, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. Before entering the monastery in 2008 at the age of 27, she studied at Cambridge University and worked as a journalist for BBC News in London. In the early years of her monastic training, she assisted Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong in their engaged Buddhist actions for human rights, religious freedom, applied ethics, and ecology. She is a co-founder of the international Wake Up Movement, a community of young meditators who are finding new ways to combine mindfulness and engaged Buddhism. She enjoys community-building, silence in nature, and (when it’s appropriate) acting in comedy skits."
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