Teachings

The primary sources — Thầy's own words, and the teachers he draws upon. The Fifty Verses were refined over many years; followed in order, you can watch the teaching deepen.

• Understanding Our Mind — the book

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

  Find it at Parallax Press →

• The 1997 Retreat — Teachings on Buddhist Psychology

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

  Watch on Vimeo →

• The 2013–14 Winter Retreat — the Thirty Verses

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

• Thầy's 1963 Columbia thesis

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