Meditating On Grief

The Way Out is In podcast series are conversations between journalist and Plum Village lay friend Jo Confino, and Plum Village monastic Brother Phap Huu alongside other guesting monastics. These meditations conclude each episode with practice contemplations on the theme.

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#30 Meditating On Grief:In this episode Brother Phap Huu and Jo, meditate on grief in light of Thay’s passing earlier this year, and on collective and personal traumas.

The episode was recorded soon after Brother Phap Huu’s return from a six-week retreat tour of South America – part of the first global tour by Plum Village monastics after a two-year hiatus.

Brother Phap Huu shares stories from the tour and his return to Upper Hamlet. And: what is it like to be back on the road (or path)?

Jo talks about grief ceremonies; facing old family traumas; healing through grieving.

The episode ends with this short meditation with a poem by Thich Nhat Hanh woven in.