photo by Paul Davis Sharing the Dharma By Lorri Houston Let us take those grenades out of our hearts, our motherland, humankind. Let us stand. Let us stand, side by side. - Thich Nhat Hanh Robert could only look at the floor as he talked about harming an old and…
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A Letter from Sister True Emptiness
Dear Friend, For this Lunar New Year (February 1st , 2003) we send you our wishes of peace and joy and thank you for your practice which makes life become more compassionate and more beautiful. Because of your generosity we have been able to give thousands of donations as a gift…
Wake Up Schools: Happiness-based Education in Vietnam
Anh-Le Ho-Gia is a lecturer at the National University of Singapore and co-founder of Happiness-based Education Schools. To celebrate the continuation of Thích Nhất Hạnh, Orla and Anh-Le met to share about volition and developing happiness-based education in Central Vietnam.
Suggestions for Daily Meditation
By Jack Lawlor photo by Paul Davis Relax! Practice mouth yoga (smile!) and assume a comfortable posture with the upper back straight, shoulders relaxed, chin tucked in, and eyes half open and out of focus. Enjoy a gentle cleansing breath and come into contact with the full capacity of the…
Don’t Miss Our Appointment With Life
Sister Chân Hoa Nghiêm teaches us how the mud of loss and uncertainty can be a mindfulness bell to live fully in the present moment.
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Finding Home in an Online Sangha By Donna Thomas Plum Village; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha It’s Monday evening (or Wednesday afternoon or Sunday evening), and I smile in anticipation of joining with my Sangha online. We will meditate together in silence, read from Thay’s writings, and share the Dharma—listening…
The Patience Rock
Becca Klaver reflects on her experience as a teenager at a retreat with Thích Nhất Hạnh in Rhinebeck, New York in 1997.
Report on Work in Vietnam
Medical Care The medical teams in the Thua Thien and Quang Tri areas have made regular visits of up to 15 days per month checking up on the health of people in each village and hamlet. The Saigon team has been very effective during the last eight months visiting and helping many villages—Binh…
Buddhaverse Prisons
By Samuel DuBois & the Mountain View Correctional Facility Sangha Prisons are often compared to monasteries—one is given limited choices, allowed few personal possessions, subject to rigid schedules, offered bland food, and required to work, but with time to meditate, walk, and study. Inmates often laugh at this analogy. Our environment is more like a…
Mindfulness in a Virginia Supermax Prison
“All is Dharma. All is practice. All is perfect perfection.”By Bill Menza Joe Giarratano has been in prison for twenty-five years, many of those in solitary confinement in Virginia’s Red Onion supermax prison. I have been writing to Joe for about fifteen years, including his twelve years on death row,…