Brother Pháp Lưu (Brother Stream) graduated Dartmouth College in 1997 and ordained as a monk 6 years later. In 2003, Brother Pháp Lưu received Transmission of the Lamp from Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh to teach in 2011. He helped start Wake Up, the international movement for young people, as well as the Happy Farm, Plum Village’s organic farming community, and has been working with Wake Up Schools since its inception in 2012 to bring mindfulness to schools.

Brother Pháp Lưu has served as a monastic editor for a number of Thầy’s books, including Happy Teachers Change the World, Stepping Into Freedom, Cracking the Walnut, and How to Focus. He leads mindful backpacking retreats in nature around Deer Park Monastery, and has been working with scientists at Dartmouth College and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to develop research on the effect of Plum Village mindfulness practices on children.