By Michele Benzamin-Masuda It was another weekly visit to Central Juvenile Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Russell was showing us the Special Lock Down Unit. He opened a door and I walked into one of the solitary confinement rooms. A solid door with a peephole closed behind me. A camera sat behind a protective screen above…
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Peacemaking as Healing
By Gene Knudsen-Hoffman In the stillness is the place from which action comes that heals. In October 1990, I traveled to Tunisia to talk with Yasser Arafat and other top PLO leaders. I then went to Israel to speak with Israeli peace activists as part of a four-person entourage from the Fellowship of…
A Prayer of Mercy
In 1967 and 1968, I was often Thich Nhat Hanh's traveling companion. In the 1970s I lived with him for a time in France, so I carry from those years not only memories of what he said but what it was like living with him. To this day, when I climb up flights…
The Healing Hearts Project
By Monastics of the EIAB photos courtesy of the EIAB With immense joy and gratitude, we held the formal inauguration of the renovated Ashoka Institute of the European Institute of Applied Buddhism (EIAB) in August 2012, in Waldbröl, Germany. The EIAB was established as a non-profit organization under German law on November 5,…
Chocolate Meditation: Savoring Life’s Sweetness
By Khanh Doan photo courtesy of Khanh Doan I love to eat, and it is fair to say that I am an advocate of good food. However, I never cared much for sweet treats, especially chocolate, until I was introduced to Chocolate Meditation. Fortunately, this delicious exercise was included in…
Mindful Lunch
By Lorena Monda As a psychotherapist for 18 years, I have encountered many people—including myself—who need to heal their relationship with food. Though I have studied and practiced many ways to help this healing come about, I discovered that mindful eating is one of the simplest and most powerful. At Plum Village, I found eating…
Please Help to Complete Thay’s Temple in Saigon
Dear Friends, Last November the Vietnamese government gave Thay permission to teach an audience of any size in any temple in Vietnam, but not in a theater or stadium. To accommodate the expected audiences, we have been rebuilding the Phap Van temple in Saigon, with your help. We are so…
Writing Peace
To write a scene, a story, or even a poetic moment of peace may not be easy to do. In the writing workshops that I share with veterans, most of the stories that come are traumatic scenes: a firefight where everybody except the writer is killed, going berserk in the vet hospital and breaking through…
A Loving-Kindness Meditation
offered by Roberta Wall September 16, 2001 Another day in precious holy Brooklyn, with vigils, peace walks and interfaith services everywhere. Seven hundred people came together in the Brooklyn Museum to honor fallen firefighters from two local stations. The first four rows of the packed auditorium were filled with mourning families. Black folks…
Buddha Body
Larry Ward's Insight Gatha The sound of the great bell has awakened the Golden Buddha in my heart. Grace arrives on the holy wings of a breath, in the here and now. I am at home without desire. The cloud of forgetfulness fades away. My eyes open wide to the wonders…