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  • Tuesday, February 17 was the first day of the Lunar New Year (or Tet, as it is known in Viet Nam). On the 14th, Joe shared the Parallel Verses for the new year: Solid as a mountain, free as a white cloud. You can read more here: https://plumvillage.org/articles/solid-as-a-mountain-parallel-verses-for-the-year-of-the-horse

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The face of a stone statue of the Buddha. Visible in the distance behind it are greens of trees and blue sky.

We are a community in the Plum Village tradition. Linda (True Path of Peace) is an ordained Order of Interbeing member. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 15, 2005.