Thay's 49th Day Ashes Ceremony (LIVE)

Plum Village (YouTube); CC Liu, Crystal Q., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Equanimity (upeksha) is one of the Four Immeasurable Minds (The Mindfulness Bell)

Ceremony of invitation for Thay's ashes: Coming and Going in Freedom | 49th Day

(Plum Village livestream) Broadcast live from Plum Village, France, at 15 pm CET, witness a formal procession of Thich Nhat Hanh or Thay's ashes.

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They will be invited into the Still Water Meditation Hall for sitting meditation and a short ceremony, ahead of the casting of the ashes on the Upper Hamlet Buddha Hill.

TRANSLATIONS 👇

Live translation will be provided into French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Indonesian, and Japanese. To hear the translation, please connect via Zoom and select a language: Meeting ID: 979 4223 8768 Passcode: freedom

PROGRAM DETAILS

3:00 pm (approximate start) Procession of inviting Thay's ashes from his Sitting Still Hut to the Still Water Meditation Hall, followed by a ceremony in the Meditation Hall, which will include:

• The Evening Chant, followed by a short guided sitting meditation
• Incense Offering and Touching of the Earth
• Sutra Opening and Chanting The Heart Sutra (sheet music: plumvillage.org...)
• The Chant of Praise and Aspiration: plumvillage.org/library/chant...
• The Contemplation on No-Coming and No-Going: plumvillage.org/contemplation...
• Invoking the Bodhisattvas’ Names (read in English, French German, Italian, and Vietnamese): plumvillage.org/library/sutra...
• Chanting Cam Lộ (the chant of "Dharma Nectar") and Sharing the Merit: langmai.org/phat-duong/kinh-n...

This ceremony is followed by a short break to remove our sanghatis before gathering for Walking Meditation to the Buddha Hill and the Casting of Thay's Ashes: youtube.com...

(Plum Village, March 13) Celebrating Thay's life through poetry and song

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