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. Seven talks.
Watch on Vimeo →The Thirty Verses
Thầy teaching Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses — the root text the Fifty extend, and the most refined of the three.
readings comingThầy'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 →