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  • Issue 70

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2015, Issue 70

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh prescribes a beautiful antidote to despair and isolation, and gives practical guidance on how to love; on racial injustice, Joanne Friday offers a model for how to respond effectively to violence and hatred; building Beloved Community; transforming imprisonment, illness, grief with compassion and mindfulness; Walk With Me, a documentary about Plum Village and our monastic siblings.

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  • Issue 73

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2016, Issue 73

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. Featuring: Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teaching on the interconnectedness of all things, including body and mind, past and present, object and subject of perception; the Two Promises to help children develop understanding and compassion; practice poems for healing racial and social inequity; stories from the "Roots Retreat" to sites related to slavery in New Orleans; ways to practice reverence for life; insights on what it means to be an Order of Interbeing member.

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  • Issue 13

    The Mindfulness Bell: Spring 1995, Issue 13

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thay's Dharma talk on the Eightfold Path, mindfulness of breath and feelings, experiences of mindfulness in nature, sharings from young people, and more.

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  • Issue 20

    The Mindfulness Bell: September-December 1997, Issue 20

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. Building a healthy Sangha takes work and persistence. Articles from Dharma teacher Jack Lawlor and the New York Community of Mindfulness provide insights to help those starting and maintaining a Sangha. This issue also includes some Sangha news and a Sangha profile.

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  • Issue 39

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2005, Issue 39

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. This issue highlights Thich Nhat Hanh's return to Vietnam after thirty-nine years of exile: Thay speaks to Communist Party officials in Hanoi; a letter from Thay to the Sangha members going to Vietnam; a photo journal. Also in this issue, Dharma teachers Lamp Transmission, Shining the Light practice, offerings from young people, and much more.

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  • Issue 48

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2008, Issue 48

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Dharma talks "The Way to Well-Being" by Sister Annabel and Thich Nhat Hanh on Tibet; the aftermath of war; healing and transformation; the gift of non-fear; update language for the Five Contemplations; offerings from children; and more!

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  • Issue 51

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2009, Issue 51

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: a Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh delivered to the Parliament of India; President Obama’s inauguration; exploring our place in the world; wisdom from Dharma teachers who have been building Sangha for decades; beginning and advanced Sangha practices, including deep listening and noble silence, shining the light, and mentoring; Sister Chan Khong on the India trip.

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  • Issue 53

    The Mindfulness Bell: Winter/Spring 2010, Issue 53

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: how mindfulness, kindness, and Sangha building can nourish us through the uncertain terrain of loss; transforming busyness and distraction into mindfulness at home and at work; the Estes Park, Colorado retreat 2009—the first large retreat conducted by monastics without Thay’s physical presence; the young monastics who were forcibly removed from Bat Nha Monastery in September 2009; Maitreya Fonds, a German organization enriching children’s education in Vietnam.

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  • Issue 61

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2012, Issue 61

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this special issue, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Plum Village and honor our beloved teachers. We bow deeply to Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chan Khong, Sister Annabel, and the many monastics and lay teachers who uphold the practice with joy, love, and wisdom. This collection of stories shows how our teachers make the way clearer by walking ahead of us, holding up the torch of awakening, illuminating the path of practice.

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  • Issue 63

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2013, Issue 63

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh generously gives us a guide for the radical surrender and gentle openness of the mutual trust of Earth and us; tools to help us realize and honor our interdependence with the Earth; a ceremony for opening ourselves to the beauty, suffering, and capacity for healing in the Earth (our body); the Earth Peace Treaty gives us a chance to commit to steps that will lighten our ecological footprint; the Wake-Up movement in Bhutan, India, and the UK; London’s “Sit in Peace” event.

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  • Issue 71

    The Mindfulness Bell: Winter/Spring 2016, Issue 71

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. Featuring: Thich Nhat Hanh’s potent teaching about the freedom obtained when we stop searching and live happily in the here and now; “Understanding and Love: The Spirit of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings,” by a well-loved teacher, Venerable Thich Phuoc Tinh, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Order of Interbeing; useful guidance on how to build community from Sister Annabel; teachings for children; delightful insights from young people; deep looking into what we eat and the rights of animals.

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  • Walking Meditation

    Walking Meditation

    Easy Steps to Mindfulness

    Insight, joy, and serenity are available to you in every moment, whether you're sitting in silence or strolling down a bustling sidewalk in the city. This is the promise of...

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  • Strange Beauty

    Strange Beauty

    A Portrait of My Son

    A unique and hopeful story of how one woman and her family were transformed by her child's multiple disabilities and inability to talk and how she, in turn, transformed a community.

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  • Issue 8

    The Mindfulness Bell: Spring 1993, Issue 8

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh shares his experience of touching his deepest desire, fueling his extraordinary creativity in working to liberate himself and others; daily practice; Sangha activities; Eastern Europe; the way ahead for Buddhism in Vietnam, and more.

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  • Issue 35

    The Mindfulness Bell: Fall/Winter 2003, Issue 35

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thay’s teachings to US Congress members; Thay leads us through the practice of compassion in the Lotus Sutra; a story with haiku from two writer/environmentalists; a guided tour to war torn Israel; senior nun Sister Jina offers many concrete ways to deepen our daily practice; the story of a mindfulness psychotherapy clinic and ways to practice with our bodies and with pain; and many other fruits of practice from Sangha members throughout the world.

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  • Issue 46

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2007, Issue 46

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: "The Three Spiritual Powers," a Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh; the Sangha in Vietnam; practices for mindful living; practices for children; and more!

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  • Issue 49

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2008, Issue 49

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: the history of Engaged Buddhism; celebrating Vesak in Vietnam; mindful Christianity; joyful art of the heart; and much more!

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  • Issue 12

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 1994, Issue 12

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: a Dharma talk by Thay on the transformation of suffering; practicing with Right View and Right Livelihood; Jim Forest, Lisa Boken, and Father Mark Matthews explore mindfulness practice in light of Christian teachings; practicing in relationships; photographs of the social work in Vietnam, from sisters from Hue.

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  • Issue 18

    The Mindfulness Bell: January-April 1997, Issue 18

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us how to cultivate love, compassion, joy, and equanimity in ourselves and others. Maxine Hong Kingston encourages us to develop an art and literature of joy. Other Sangha members share their insights into the Vietnamese roots of Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings, the second international Order of Interbeing conference, and family practice.

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  • Issue 25

    The Mindfulness Bell: Winter 2000, Issue 25

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. This issue contains important updates from Thich Nhat Hanh about unfolding events, an account of the trip to China, experiences and teachings in the practice of meditation, reports from some retreats, and more.

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  • Issue 27

    The Mindfulness Bell: Fall 2000, Issue 27

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh on how to take the hand of suffering when it arises, and gives us an exercise to help expand our ability to deal with difficult times; practice in difficult circumstances; daily practices; the Discourse on Absolute Truth; family practice; and much more.

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  • Issue 34

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2003, Issue 34

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh offers spiritual reflections on war and peace; practicing peace in times of war; singing meditation and chanting; walking meditation; practices for children; and many more offerings from the heart.

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  • Issue 42

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2006, Issue 42

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Dharma talk “The Keys to the Kingdom of God” by Thich Nhat Hanh; practicing with Jewish roots; insights from monastic and lay practitioners on eating, healing, mental health, and practicing with children; and more!

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  • Issue 47

    The Mindfulness Bell: Winter/Spring 2008, Issue 47

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk, "Our Environment: Touching the Gift of Life" and his letter on global warming; the practice of Beginning Anew; solidarity with the monks of Burma; practicing with Mother Earth; Dharma discussion guidelines.

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  • Issue 52

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2009, Issue 52

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: at the Path of the Buddha retreat, Thay focuses on global ethics; an updated version of the Five Mindfulness Trainings; Sangha building in prisons; a Dharma talk on fierce compassion by Cheri Maples; healing the past; mindful eating.

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  • Issue 57

    The Mindfulness Bell: Summer 2011, Issue 57

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: ten monastics share candid and compelling personal stories of obstacles, epiphanies, and aspirations; the new Five-Year Monastic Training and Service Program; Thich Nhat Hanh offers wisdom for laypeople to build a warm, safe home within ourselves and to create relationships rooted in mutual understanding and love; lay friends show us that the joy of practice can blossom beautifully even in Auschwitz and within prison walls.

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  • Issue 58

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2011, Issue 58

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. This issue is full of questions and answers: Thay and monastics respond to inquiries about protecting life, creating peaceful relationships, and managing our feelings of superiority and inferiority; Sister Trai Nghiem, lay Dharma teacher Eileen Kiera, and musician Susanne Olbrich offer insights and guidance for being with illness and loss; Sangha friends share the joy, fear, determination, and insight that accompanied them across the threshold to receive the Five Mindfulness Trainings; the birth of the Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism; Thay’s proposal for bringing mindfulness into schools.

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  • Issue 59

    The Mindfulness Bell: Winter/Spring 2012, Issue 59

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Together We Are One” skillfully shows us how to grow our understanding and stop the cycle of suffering; Sister Jewel frames her two visits to prisons with a lovely teaching on self-forgiveness that is not just for inmates; practitioners share about their rocky roads to the beautiful vista of forgiveness.

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  • Issue 64

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2013, Issue 64

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. This issue shares potent examples of how people have creatively transformed their suffering with Lyme disease, schizophrenia, abuse, the trauma of war, and their own anger; wonderful essays about the continuation of Buddhism in the young generation, as well as travel and cross-cultural exchange; Thich Nhat Hanh’s Dharma talk, “To Make Reconciliation Possible,” gives us keys for working with the suffering caused by difficult relationships between individuals, ethnic groups, and nations.

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  • Issue 65

    The Mindfulness Bell: Winter/Spring 2014, Issue 65

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. In this issue: Q&A session with Thich Nhat Hanh fearlessly welcoming of any kind of suffering in order to transform it; Thich Nhat Hanh’s calligraphy exhibit in NYC; Anh-Huong Nguyen encourages us to embrace our pain and to lean into the Sangha for support; young practitioners in the Wake Up movement share what it’s like to rely on the Sangha and be transformed by the collective energy of awakening; stories of ever-deepening gratitude and compassion.

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  • Issue 79

    The Mindfulness Bell: Autumn 2018, Issue 79

    A journal of the art of mindful living in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh

    This issue is included in our digital subscriptions. Guest edited by David Viafora, an Order of Interbeing member and part of the Mindfulness Bell caretaking council, this issue is infused with reflections about nourishing our Sangha. In “Practicing Mindful Consumption Together,” Thich Nhat Hanh focuses on young people’s practice, mindful journalism, and nourishing our joy and happiness.

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  • Bent

    How Yoga Saved My Ass

    A yoga teacher with an attitude shares irreverent stories about addiction, heartbreak, and illness.

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What is Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020

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