Dear Thay, dear Sangha, Last summer, after the 21-Day Retreat: Vulture Peak Gathering in Plum Village, Sister Annabel Laity suggested that the Mindfulness Bell offer teachings and stories from the retreat for those who weren’t able to attend. In this issue, several practitioners share wonderful moments of awakening they experienced…
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Compassion for the Abuser & the Abused
This morning a friend called and said that she had a question for Thich Nhat Hanh, but that until she could ask him directly, she wanted to know what I thought. She said, "It is a question about forgiveness." I immediately knew that her question was also my question --…
Education with Love
If you visit Vietnamese cities, you will see many governmental or private schools. Plum Village, with the help of friends, sponsors 346 schools set up by the people themselves with humble materials in remote mountainous areas. These schools look much poorer than city schools, but their quality is deep. Children learn to calm their…
Applied Ethics for Educators
Dear Sangha, In May 2011, in a Dharma talk at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Waldbrol, Germany, Thay shared his vision to bring mindfulness into schools on a large scale. Thay asked us to write to you for your input on, and help with, the preliminary proposal (below).…
Letter from the Editor
Dear Thay, dear Sangha, Many times in my life, I’ve wondered: what is love? How can I love better? Lately, some of my dear friends have been faced with intense suffering. One friend is dying of cancer and his wife was just diagnosed with it, too. Another is having surgery…
A Day of Tea and Haiku
By Alexa Singer-Telles Like many Sanghas, we hold days of mindfulness in members’ homes to enjoy the traditional practices of mindful breathing, sitting, walking, and eating. Our days together were enriched early on as we began to experiment with bringing other creative activities into our days of mindfulness. These opportunities…
Letters
May I suggest that if the Mindfulness Bell had an electronic format too, people like me would be able to read its content in developing countries through less pollution of worldwide transportation and less environmental costs, and it also would lower the price for us. Ana Cristina Atanes Brazil (via…
Everything Is Going to Be Okay
Somebody once asked me, “What is one of Thay’s characteristics you’d like to have?”
North American Tour
Less than a week after the end of the summer retreat at Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh and some members of the monastic Sangha embarked on a two-month tour of North America. Retreats and public lectures took place in Massachusetts, Quebec, Colorado, and California. The tour culminated with a visit…
Mindfulness Born Peace and Happiness
A Way of Well-Being By Chan Phap Kham Plum Village Hong Kong (PVHK) was established in November 2008 as a religious, educational, and charitable organization with the official name The Plum Village Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. In February 2009, we opened the At Ease Mindfulness Practice Center in a small…