Teachings
The primary sources — Thầy's own words, and the lineage they flow from.
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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 RetreatTeachings on Buddhist Psychology
Thầy's earliest recorded teaching on these verses, given in Key West, Florida. Seven talks.
Watch on Vimeo →
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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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