Mourning My Daughter
Published in February 2010
By Janice Rubin The evening I was scheduled to facilitate our Sangha sitting, I learned that my younger daughter had committed suicide. I had planned to talk about cultivating joy, read from Thich Nhat Hanh’s 20th anniversary edition of Breathe,…
Diamond Life
Published in February 2010
Losing my Brother in a New York State of Mind By Nate Metzker photo by Corina Benesch My girlfriend, Cameron, and I moved to New York City in 2005 with great expectations for her career as an educator and my…
Sangha News
Published in February 2010
Seeding Hope and Peace Magnolia…sweet wafting among the plum blossoms Dogwood…upright and delicate Roses…reaching toward the sun, perfuming the sky Lilies…orange marmalade springing from precious earth Lotus…in the crescent pond subtle and engaging During the 21-day retreat last June in…
Other articles in this issue
Present in Thay’s Absence
By Lucy Mail I am a Buddhist at heart but I’m not a disciplined practitioner. I come to the retreats every year to listen and see our dear Thay. In…
Support Monastics in Vietnam
By Mitchell Ratner
By Susan O’Leary, Mitchell Ratner, and Members of the Monastic Community photo by Paul Davis On September 27, 2009, 379 monastics practicing in the Plum Village tradition were violently evicted…
