Teachings
Everything here is Thầy's direct teachings, the book at the heart of this site, the dharma talks and writings around it, and the lineage it flows from.
📖 Start here · the bookUnderstanding Our Mind
Thich Nhat Hanh's Fifty Verses, with his own commentary. This is the heart of the whole site — everything else we have made is here to help you read it slowly, and take it to heart.
Find it at Parallax Press →More of Thầy's teaching
Talks and writings that sit around the book — the same teaching, given in other years and other forms.
Teachings on Buddhist Psychology
Thầy's earliest recorded teaching on these verses, given in Key West, Florida. Eight talks, each with a link to Plum Village's recording and the minutes worth going to.
Talk by talk → ❄️ 2013–14 Winter RetreatThe Thirty Verses
Thầy teaching Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses — the root text the Fifty extend, and the most refined of the three. Twenty-four talks, each with a link to the recording and the minutes worth going to.
Talk by talk → 🎓 1963 · ColumbiaThầy's early thesis
The young Thích Nhất Hạnh on Buddhist psychology — his master's thesis, The Problem of Knowledge in the Philosophy of Vijñānavāda.
Read at Columbia → 🌳 The lineageWhere the teaching comes from
The long line behind the verses — the Buddha, the Abhidharma, the brothers Asaṅga and Vasubandhu, and on to Thầy.
Follow the lineage →