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DonateIn this deeply moving Dharma talk, Sister Chua Xua the Ancient Temple shares her personal journey of transforming fear through mindfulness, insight, love, and the Earth-touching practice. From inherited trauma to the quiet courage of letting go, she gently invites us to embrace our suffering—not with resistance, but with compassion.
Sister Chua Xua recounts her first Dharma family in Plum Village, her transition from romantic love to monastic life, and how the legacy of war shaped her inner world. With humor, vulnerability, and strength, she shares three key elements that have supported her healing: the insight born from mindfulness and concentration, the power of true love within spiritual community, and the grounding practice of touching the Earth.
This talk is a profound offering for anyone learning to befriend fear, honor their ancestors, and touch the miracle of transformation in daily life. A precious sharing of lived Dharma in the Plum Village tradition.
From time to time we offer multi-week courses related to mindfulness, the teachings and life of Thich Nhat Hanh, and a variety of similar subjects. Please see our schedule of upcoming courses.
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.
