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The Plum Village France community is practicing the annual 90-day Rains Retreat. Alongside live teachings from the monastics, the community will also enjoy a weekly talk from our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay).

These talks have been carefully hand-picked from the 2012/2013 Rains Retreat, with the theme "Soulmate of the Buddha." In this seminal retreat, Thay shared his deepest insights and aspirations on studying, practicing, and renewing Buddhism.

For the first time, these ten curated talks will be offered with crisp and clear English subtitles crafted by our elder monastic Dharma Teachers, so our whole community can enjoy the clearest transmission from Thầy.

We are delighted to invite our YouTube community to join the Plum Village Sangha in enjoying these precious teachings.

This Dharma Talk was originally recorded on 22nd November 2012 in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village France, as part of the Winter Retreat 2012-2013.

The Plum Village France Sangha watched it together again with updated subtitles on 13th November 2024, as part of the 2024/2025 Rains Retreat. It is the fifth talk from this series.

Full Retreat Playlist (Thay's Teachings) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fj7PIOpARmPeYQKREWJyPI6

Full Retreat Playlist (Live Teachings) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX_vxbhs8fgWCYvtkrrGHWuKBg9NXgFF

Take Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachings wherever you go with The Plum Village App: a completely free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community ➛ https://plumvillage.app Enjoy! �

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