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Life Story
Sister Chân Thuận Nghiêm was ordained as a novice nun on May 18th 2000 in the “Plumeria” family. She received full ordination as a bhikshuni in January 2003, and the Lamp Transmission from Thầy, to become a Dharma Teacher, in January 2009. Originally from Vietnam, she and her family immigrated to America in 1990, living in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. It is from Thầy’ s book ‘Old Path white cloud’ that she aspired to ordain despite the fact that she has never learned, practiced mindfulness or attended any Mindfulness retreat before.
She is an active member of our international community and has lived in Lower Hamlet, France; Green Mountain Dharma Center, Vermont; Deer Park Monastery, California; Asia Institute of Applied Buddhism, Hongkong and currently in New Hamlet, France.
She has deep love for nature, holistic healing, the Earth and Oceans. She likes to build lay sangha as well as monastic sangha wherever she resides. She invests her time and energy into training young monastics. She likes to be surrounded by the practitioners who are young and not so young, who aspire to walk on this path of Mindfulness. She likes hiking and hammock meditation.
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Dharma Talks
Simple Life, Spiritual Richness
A Journey of Mindfulness, Dealing with Anger, and Letting Go in War-Torn Areas and Peaceful Environments 🌍 Our sister recounts their experience of being in a war-torn area and the contrast of returning to a peaceful environment. 🧘 The video discusses the practice of mindfulness and walking meditation to…
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
Exploring the Nature of Consciousness
This talk was recorded during the Plum Village Summer Opening, in upper Hamlet, France, on 14th July 2023.
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
The Four Kinds of Nutriments: Change Yourself to Change the World
We all have aspirations, dreams, joys and sorrows deep in our hearts. But are we aware that anything we want to cultivate needs food to grow? In Buddhist psychology, we learn that there are four kinds of nutriments: edible food, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness. In terms of edible…
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
Peace, Reconciliation and Harmony with Right Speech
Sister Thuận Nghiêm (Sister Harmony) takes us along her life-long journey of transforming her way of thinking and speaking with the practice. She shares many true stories about the importance of checking our perceptions and speaking more humbly and lovingly. The impact of our speech is immediate and wide….
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
Q&A: News, Enlightenment, & Pain | Brs Phap Huu, Bao Tang, Srs Thuan Nghiem, Hien Nghiem
0:00 Introduction by brother Phap Huu 2:50 How to deal with News? How to protect ourselves when we read the News and how to balance the negative energy created by the News? 12:55 How can the peace movement respond in a non-violent way to the invasion of Ukraine? 21:42…
Br Troi Bao Tang, Br Pháp Hữu, Sr Thuận Nghiêm, Sr Hiến Nghiêm
The Insight Vaccine: Discerning Truth
In this clear and memorable Dharma talk, our elder sister explores the nature of truth and asks, What can we rely on? She examines racism and misinformation, and identifies a vaccine: ‘deep looking’ into the reality of interbeing, which is present in our own bodies in a wonderful way….
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
The Physiology of Love
Sr Thuan Nghiem talks about the physiology of love. How we received love as babies, the family environment, affect how we internalize our suffering which determines how much suffering we create for ourselves and others. However as adults we can create new neural pathways to learn to recognize the…
Sr Thuận Nghiêm
Questions & Answers
Q & A in the second week of the Summer Retreat. Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/kX3i/
Br Pháp Ứng, Br Phap Bieu, Sr Thuận Nghiêm, Sr Mai Nghiem
The Five Remembrances
Sr Thuận Nghiêm talked about the Upajjhatthana Sutta (Subjects for Contemplation) otherwise known as the Five Remembrances during the Spring Retreat. 1. I am of the nature to grow old, I cannot escape old age. Plum trees need to be trimmed so that their sap energy does not get…