The Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism asks that we not turn away from planetary suffering. In fact, Earth Holders take as our career non-violent action to ease suffering–in ourselves, each other, all beings, and…
The Plum Village Mindfulness Trainings represent a Buddhist vision for a global spirituality and ethic. To observe, study, and practice the Trainings is to cultivate the insight of interbeing, or Right View. When applied to…
Listening to media and certain conversations, we may come to feel overwhelmed by the climate crisis. We may even view the Earth as the source of our pain. Earth Holders cultivate a different view. We…
What? The Earth Holder Care Taking Council seeks to recruit, orient, network, and support a group of 20-25 experienced Plum Village practitioners from diverse backgrounds to serve as spiritual organizers or “Regional Community Builders.” The “Builders”…
We are grateful to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh for giving the world a collection of teachings about Mother Earth and our relationship to this precious planet. In these videos, Thay looks deeply and applies…
The Bodhisattva Dharanimdhara–an enlightened being from ancient Buddhist texts—is translated by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh to be the “Bodhisattva Protector of the Earth” or “Earth Holder.” Nhat Hanh goes on to explain: This Bodhisattva…
What is “engaged Buddhism?” Here, Thich Nhat Hanh explains its meaning in his own words. When I was in Vietnam, so many of our villages were being bombed. Along with my monastic brothers and sisters,…
A whopping 22% of land-bound carbon is sequestered by tropical forests which are owned and stewarded by indigenous peoples. The UN’s top climate science body says land tenure of Indigenous and traditional landholders is key…
Many counties in the US have already hit 1.5 C rise and some cases even 2.0 C rise. You’ll recall, the 2015 Paris Accord on Climate Change, and all the future commitments countries promised there,…
Dear friends, when you are feeling stable and strong please look deeply into the suffering of Mother Earth. Here’s a BBC article about something happening here and now to our planet body.
Wear a green ribbon to show you are an Earth Holder
