Teachings

The primary sources — Thầy's own words, and the lineage they flow from.

📖 The book

Understanding Our Mind

Begin here — the Fifty Verses with Thầy's commentary. Everything on this site exists to help you read it.

Find it at Parallax Press →
🌅 1997 Retreat

Teachings on Buddhist Psychology

Thầy's earliest recorded teaching on these verses, given in Key West, Florida. Seven talks.

Watch on Vimeo →
❄️ 2013–14 Winter Retreat

The Thirty Verses

Thầy teaching Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses — the root text the Fifty extend, and the most refined of the three.

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🎓 1963 · Columbia

Thầy's early thesis

The young Thích Nhất Hạnh on Buddhist psychology, written as a student in New York.

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🌳 The lineage

Where the teaching comes from

The long line behind the verses — the Buddha, the Abhidharma, the brothers Asṁṅga and Vasubandhu, and on to Thầy.

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