"ALL YOU NEED IS TRUE LOVE"

Wake Up Autumn Retreat
European Institute of Applied Buddhism
6-10 October 2010

All you need is True Love, Brother.
All you need is True Love, Sister.

Let`s wake up to True Love.
We are rich men.
Let`s return home
to accept and share our treasures.

The treasure of joy.
The treasure of loving-kindness.
The treasure of compassion.
The treasure of inclusiveness.

Each day of this Wake Up Retreat will be an opportunity for us to discover one of these treasures - while breathing, lying, sitting, walking, eating, playing.
Together with young EIAB monastics and Wake-Uppers from all over Europe we will plant our "True Love Tree"
(s. Wake Up Tree Foundation).

With True Love,
with brotherhood and sisterhood
there is nothing we can do
that can`t be done!

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GOOD NEWS, GOOD NEWS! Dates are now confirmed for the Summer International Youth Retreat here at Plum Village:

"TRULY ALIVE"

22-27 August 2010

Together, we will learn and practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is the art of living fully the present moment, so that we can recognize and appreciate the conditions of happiness that are already available, and be able to take good care of our difficulties. We will learn to relax, to listen to ourselves and to take the good decisions in our lives. We will practice mindfulness in sitting, walking, while lying down, eating, working, running, sleeping, on our hands, on our head…….We will discuss our life’s aspirations and challenges in the sharing groups. We will have workshops to discover and express our creativity.

Thay agreed to offer both a Dharma Talk and a Q & A especially for us young people! And we'll have maximum support and participation from the monastic Sangha who only get back from the England Retreat on the 21st August.

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Dear Wake Up Family,

We are happy to introduce you to "Stillness Buddy", a new mindfulness software application, with exercises and meditations as developed by Thay.

Stillness Buddy is helping hundreds of people around the world to be more mindful and aware of the present moment, while working at the computer. We use it at our offices in Plum Village and we recommend that you try it too, since it will help you with your mindfulness practice.

The version of Stillness Buddy with Thay's exercises, teachings and quotes was developed as a way of raising funds for the European Institute of Applied Buddhism. The EIAB will receive as a donation, 30 - 40% of the price of each user licence sold.

For detailed information and to take a 14-day free trial, please click here.

We think that this is a wonderful way to support the EIAB and to develop mindfulness practice while using the computer -- Thank you to Stillness Buddy!

Here's a little film I made about our crazy construction project in Son Ha Temple, Plum Village, this Spring. A lot of joy, brotherhood, sisterhood and powertools.

monks nuns and powertools from some monk on Vimeo.

Dear Thay,

Yesterday a friend declared her hatred for Israel.

Another, his fear of Iran.

A mother dragged her crying daughter through the street by the arm,

and a man pushed his way off the city bus,

seeing those before him as obstacles in his path.

The waves of fear and anger

rise high on the open sea

and threaten to erode this island

until the calm sand, warmed by the sun,

would lie buried under the raging waves.

This heart yearns to remain open

like the cloudless Mediterranean sky

permitting the sun to warm every being,

great or small.

These eyes desire to look with understanding

as the waves leave their mark on the island

and as the island leaves its mark on the sea.

These lips wish to bless all creation with awakening,

and these arms to discover loving and compassionate action.

I look for your support and strength,

but Thay sits not in Upper Hamlet.

Thay sits in meditation in Rome, in Berlin, in Amsterdam.

Thay touches peace with every step in Los Angeles, in Chicago, in Washington.

Thay listens deeply in Sao Paolo, in Shanghai, in Melbourne.

Thay eats mindfully in the countryside of Thailand, on the Sharon plain, and in Jerusalem.

(I have witnessed Thay's birth even in Bethlehem).

Islands are slowly forming continents.

I know how Thay would get off the city bus:

When one's goal is to love all beings indiscriminately,

there are no obstacles on the path. 

True ornament with light

Jerusalem, Planet Earth

A video made by young long-term retreatants living in Upper Hamlet
ENJOY !