PLUM VILLAGE BAND – A Musical Prayer for Peace and Healing | A Prayer for Land

The Plum Village Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Plum Village Tradition in the Dordogne, southern France near the city of Bordeaux. It was founded by two Vietnamese monastics, Thích Nhất Hạnh and Chân Không, in 1982. Wikipedia

Poem by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Music by Sr Trang Hieu Duc Recorded at Plum Village, France in winter 2023

Lost in the tempests On the open sea, our small boat drift We seek for land during endless nights and days

We are the foam Floating on the vast ocean We are the dust Drifting in endless space

Our cries are lost In the howling wind Our children lie exhausted Until they cry no more We yearn for land But are turned back from every shore How many boats have perished? How many families lie beneath the waves?

Lord Jesus, do you hear the prayer of our flesh Avalokiteshvara, do you hear our voice? O humans, do you hear our cries from the abyss of death O solid shore, we long for you!

We pray for mankind to be present today We pray for land to stretch its arms to us We pray that hope be given us today From this very land

From Call Me by my True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press, 2022): https://plumvillage.org/books/call-me…

Vocal and guitar: Sr Trang Hieu Duc Vocal: Sr Trang Hien Tam Violin: Sr Trai Nghiem Violin arrangement: Br Phap Linh Audio production: Br Troi Niem Thuan Video production: Br Troi Duc Tru and Sr Hien Tam