Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment
- Thich Nhat Hanh -
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way
- Thich Nhat Hanh -
We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness
- Thich Nhat Hanh -
When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible
- Thich Nhat Hanh -
Welcome to the White Clouds Sangha website
Members of The White Clouds Sangha meet for weekly mindfulness meditation practice in the tradition of Zen Buddhist Master Thich Naht Hanh. There are two groups, one in Bristol and the other meets in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
The Community of Interbeing
The Community of Interbeing is the name given to the network of people in the United Kingdom who practise Buddhism according to the teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. The name Community of Interbeing has been used since 1994, when the organisation was granted charitable. For some years before then, a small but growing group of UK practitioners had been meeting to practise together and hold days of mindfulness and short retreats, following this Buddhist tradition. Often they met informally just to enjoy each other’s company.
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One of the best known and most respected Zen masters in the world today, poet, and peace and human rights activist, Thich Nhat Hanh (called Thây by his students) has led an extraordinary life. Born in central Vietnam in 1926 he joined the monkshood at the age of sixteen. The Vietnam War confronted the monasteries with the question of whether to adhere to the contemplative life and remain meditating in the monasteries, or to help the villagers suffering under bombings and other devastation of the war. Nhat Hanh was one of those who chose to do both, helping to found the "engaged Buddhism" movement. His life has since been dedicated to the work of inner transformation for the benefit of individuals and society.
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Thich Nhat Hanh founded the Unified Buddhist Church (Eglise Bouddhique Unifieé) in France in 1969, during the Vietnam war. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, a poet, a scholar, and a peace activist. His life long efforts to generate peace and reconciliation moved Martin Luther King, Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and the School for Youths of Social Services in Vietnam. When not travelling the world to teach “The Art of Mindful Living”, he teaches, writes, and gardens in Plum Village, France, a Buddhist monastery for monks and nuns and a mindfulness practice center for lay people.
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