On the 5th of March, 2022, the Sangha welcomed home our Teacher’s cremated remains. A silent walking meditation procession guided Thầy‘s ashes back to the Dharma Cloud Temple in Upper Hamlet. Four urns for each hamlet of Plum Village in the South of France.
Waiting for Thay’s Ashes to arrive. 
Waiting for Thay’s Ashes to arrive. 
Waiting for Thay’s Ashes to arrive. 
Thay’s Ashes arrive home. 
Silent Walking Meditation Procession. 
Arriving to the Dharma Cloud Temple. 
Arriving to the Dharma Cloud Temple. 
Arriving to the Dharma Cloud Temple. 
Thầy‘s Saṅghāṭi. 
Offering Incense. 
Chanting as a River. 
Touching the Earth in Gratitude to our Teacher. 
Offering Incense. 
Touching the Earth in Gratitude to our Teacher. 
Singing “I have arrive, I am home” in Vietnamese, French and English. 
The Monastics in Upper Hamlet with Thầy. 
The Urns and the Thầy‘s Saṅghāṭi rest on the Altar. 
Thầy‘s Saṅghāṭi.
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