Dear Friend,
Welcome to the Peace is the Wey of Guildford Sangha. The Wey is the beautiful river that flows through Guildford.
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Peace is the Wey is a friendly sangha* practicing in the Plum Village Buddhist tradition, initiated by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who is affectionately known as Thay (teacher in Vietnamese).
We aim to create a calm and inclusive space and everyone is welcome to join us. We practice online every Thursday, with an in-person meeting every third Thursday of the month. See Our Weekly Practice to find out more.
The sangha has practiced together for over twenty years, and now welcomes a small group of friends from across Surrey, Sussex, Greater London and further afield. You can find out about the history of the Guildford sangha and our current work to create links with other Plum Village sangha, other faiths and traditions and those who are new to meditation.
* Sangha: the Sanskrit work for 'inseparable'. In the context of Plum Village it is a group or community of practitioners.
Engaged Buddhism
A YouTube video of a Dharma talk offered by Thich Nhat Hanh in October 2006, a few days after his 80th birthday (and a few days after getting back from UNESCO): “If you ask me how old I am, I will reply that fifty years ago, I was thirty….” And that’s how Thay opens a beautiful talk about his time at An Quang in his 30s, editing the magazine of the National Buddhist Association.
“In Plum Village you can see the kind of Buddhism we need to respond to the needs of our times.”
“You can call Plum Village a centre for the practice of peace and non-violence.”