Brother Pháp Lưu (Brother Stream) was ordained in 2003, and received the Transmission of the Lamp from Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh in 2011.

He helped start Wake Up, the Plum Village movement for young people, and has been working with Wake Up Schools since its inception in 2012 to bring mindfulness to schools.

Br. Pháp Lưu also helped to begin the Happy Farm, Plum Village’s organic farming community. He is the advisor and editor of the Mindfulness Bell, co-chair of the Thích Nhất Hạnh Foundation and Parallax Press board, and has served as the monastic editor for a number of Thầy’s books, including Happy Teachers Change the World, Stepping Into Freedom, The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan, How to Focus, and Cracking the Walnut.

He initiated The Buddha the Scientist retreat and symposium series and leads mindful backpacking retreats in nature around Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California; Joshua Tree National Park; the Sierra Nevada; and on the Appalachian Trail.

His new book on mindful walking in nature, Walking Zen, co-written with Brother Pháp Xa, will be released in the spring of 2025.