Zen Ethics: Collective Awakening and the Five Mindfulness Trainings

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Each winter in Plum Village we have a three-month retreat. There are about 250 people, monastics and laypeople, practicing together for ninety days. We get up very early in the morning and we practice joyfully as a spiritual family. We listen to Dharma talks, we practice walking meditation, we practice eating in mindfulness, we practice…