Author: Simona Coayla-Duba

November 10th, 11:00am – 1230pm ET EHC Community GatheringA 90-minute practice session and meeting to connect and co-create. “And, when we come together as a community with a collective aspiration,we have the energy we need to realizewhat we want to realize.And we take refuge in a community,not for our own sake but for the sake of everyonebecause,…

Dear Friends, At the transition point of the calendar year of 2023 to 2024, the Care-Taking Council shared a call for new members to join. We reviewed applications, held interviews, and are pleased to introduce you to 4 incredible practitioners that have grown our CTC to a group of 9. Please join us in offering a…

“Love is Freedom” – Global Earth Retreat, June 2023Local SanghasGatherings Worldwide  Join the retreat with practitioners in your region We encourage local Sanghas/ groups and friends to join the online retreat together with your local group. In a number of cities and practice centers around the world local Sanghas will participate in the retreat together…

Dear friends from around the world, Plum Village and the international Earth Holder communities warmly invite you to join the Global Earth Retreat with the title “Love is Freedom” this June. It will be the first ‘hybrid’ retreat, (meaning there will be both in-person and online options), of its kind in Plum Village. We want to…

Planetary Tea TimeMeditation and Dharma Talk With Br. Phap DungPanel with Br. Phap Dung, Sr. Peace, Felipe Viveros, & Anh TranMarch 18th, 8:00am-10:00am (PT/ Los Angeles) Dear Friends, We are very happy to invite you to the second free Planetary Tea Time on March 18th, 2023! On March 18th the Planetary Tea Time, we will…

We are very happy to invite you to a planetary Earth Holder’s Tea-Time on January 28, 2022! Whether you are living in Europe, Africa, the Americas, or Asia, you are all warmly invited to a global Earth Holder online be-in.  The call will be at 4pm CET/ Paris time, 7am PT, 10 am ET,12 am in Buenos Aires and…

Dear Thay, Dear Beloved Community, This is it! As we approach the end of this 2022 calendar year, with gratitude, we extend our end-of-year greetings to you, the Earth Holder Community and the wider Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. We offer this love letter to reflect on and celebrate some of the joys, efforts,…

November 13th, 11:00am – 12:30pm ETEHC Community GatheringA 90-minute practice session and meeting, a space to arrive with aspirations of Earth Holding and to go forth with engagement. “It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community-a community practicing understanding…

Dear Beloved Community,  The EHC Care-Taking Council is feeling fresh with the new year. The CTC has happily welcomed 4 new members. Please join us in welcoming: 💚 Maíra Fernandes de Melo (she/ela/ella), 💚 Ivan Trujillo Priego (he/el), 💚 Himdeep Singh (he/him),💚 Aaron Solomon, Brother Fulfillment Maíra Fernandes de Melo (she/ela/ella) is a journalist, scholar, poet and activist,…

Dear Earth Holders, thank you for joining us in daily practices throughout COP26. We are housing the daily practices here so that we may continue to returning to these offerings even as we go forth from COP. COP26 & EHC  Oct 31st Practices Nov 1st Practices Nov 2nd Practices Nov 3rd Practices Nov 4th Practices…