By Alan Cutter Last November, Arnie Kotler, and Therese Fitzgerald, and Claude Thomas came to share a Day of Mindfulness with a group of Vietnam veteran ministers. We could all sit, but walking meditation was difficult for a few. One of our group lost his legs in Vietnam; I injured a hip and knee…
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We Belong to Each Other
Interview with Joanna Macy By Jayna Gieber Joanna Macy Teacher-activist Joanna Macy, Ph.D., is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology, her scholarship is grounded in five decades of activism. She is the root teacher of “The Work…
Letter from the Editor
Dear Thay, dear Sangha, It is impossible for me to read this issue without thinking of our recently deceased son, Jesse Toy. Everything I see and do is through the lens of his sudden passing on February 4. We are thankful for the hundreds of cards and letters from you,…
Compassion Works in Vietnam
By Therese Fitzgerald Now is a delicate time for the formation of a new Vietnam emerging from a devastated, war-torn country. There is the danger, on the one hand, that Vietnam, in opening its doors to investors worldwide, will "sell its soul" and become an industrial colony of companies driven by greed. But there…
Deep Listening
By Brian Kimmel I have found the practice of deep listening, both being heard and hearing others, to be very effective in dealing with the stresses and pressures of lay life. It takes effort to be present with our own suffering. We want so much to be happy, and yet…
Join Thay in India
October 20-29, 2008Over 2500 years ago in India, the Buddha found the path to liberate himself and help others to liberate themselves through their own practice. His teachings spread from North India to many other parts of the subcontinent. But by the thirteenth century, Buddhism in India had become virtually…
Return to Chiapas
After 18 months away, I returned to Chiapas last April, leading a small group of mindfulness practitioners to learn firsthand the complexities of the Mayan struggle in Mexico—a struggle that exemplifies the clash between indigenous lifestyle and the global power economy worldwide. Life in Chiapas is lived so close to the bone that each encounter of…
Book review: Autism and Buddhist Practice
Mental health issues and awareness of neurodiversity are on the rise in Western society and in the Buddhist community at large. Autism and Buddhist Practice taps into this growing wisdom, presenting a collection of writing from neurodiverse (‘autistic’) people reflecting on their experience with Buddhist practice, including sharings from members of the Plum Village community.
Dharma Siblings
By Paul Williams In late February, John Balaam, Caleb Cushing, Terry Helbick, and I met with our mentor Therese Fitzgerald for a few days of Order of Interbeing aspirant training and a retreat with the larger Sangha in northern California. My training time began with a visit to CML/Parallax Press' modest headquarters which resulted in…
Peace in the Midst of Turmoil
The Rain of Compassion in Hong Kong photo by Corrin Chan Hong Kong was a British colony beginning in 1842, and then it returned to China’s sovereignty as a Special Administrative Zone in the mid-1990s. Over the past 150 years, Hong Kong changed from a small place that lived on…