Cultivating True Happiness I Sr. Trung Chinh
In this warm and humble Dharma talk, a Plum Village monastic shares personal insights and simple daily practices to help us generate true happiness and inner peace. Drawing from lived experience, mindful breathing, the joy of walking meditation, and reflections on the Five and Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, the speaker reminds us that happiness is not something to chase, but something we can cultivate in each moment. With stories of the Sangha, gratitude for small joys like a morning cup of tea, and deep appreciation for the physical body and the teachings of the Buddha, the talk invites us to slow down, come back to ourselves, and live with compassion, presence, and lightness.
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Take the Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village community with you wherever you go. The Plum Village app is designed to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness, and other practices — all through a mobile device.
