Brother Chân Pháp Hữu began training at the age of 13 with the legendary Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh — who was an author, activist, and founder of the Plum Village tradition. Today Brother Pháp Hữu is the abbot of Plum Village’s Upper Hamlet and the co-host of the Plum Village podcast The Way Out Is In. He also recently co-authored a book called Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnout.
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In a culture that glorifies doing, Brother Pháp Hữu makes the radical case for not doing—on purpose. His advice: rest is a practice, boundaries are kindness, and burnout is a signal, not a failure.
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