This is an excerpt of a talk at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Da Nang on April 10, 2007. Thay spoke in Vietnamese to an audience of intellectuals and answered some fascinating questions from the audience. Most of us think that happiness is made of fame, power, money. Every one…
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Sangha Bumps, Dharma Doors
By Rowan Conrad Teachers say things and sometimes, a light comes on. Sister Annabel, quoting Thay, recently said, "Being in Sangha is like washing potatoes by putting them all in a pot of water and shaking them around. As they bump into each other, they are cleaned." When she spoke, the light went on in…
From Selfness to Cellness
Dharma teacher Jo-ann Rosen offers insights on seeing the practice through a neuroscientific and trauma-sensitive lens, and on being a cell in a Sangha body.
Losing An Old Friend
By Dewain Belgard I read somewhere that cedar trees can live to be a thousand years old. The cedar in my neighbor's yard was not nearly so old as that, but it was one of the largest and oldest trees in our neighborhood. My neighbor, Miss Lou, never liked the tree because it shaded…
Peaceful Warrior
I’m used to change. My life had already begun...
Resolution: establishing a CTC Transformation & Healing Committee
The Care-Taking Council of the North American Dharma Teachers Sangha adopted the following resolution in March, 2015, in the wake of their visit to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and their reflections on the collaboration between Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Martin Luther…
Retreating to My Roots
By Loan To Phan I am a Vietnamese-born Australian citizen. While attending a winter retreat at Plum Village in November 2007, I got in touch with my ancestral roots on a level that over the last twenty-three years has been unacknowledged and unexplored, almost foreign. “Boi dap goc re, khai…
Ending the War with Weight
Mindfully Transforming Body Image By Peter Kuhn One morning, feeling serene and well-grounded after meditating, I took a mindful shower. Awash with gratitude I stepped out with a smile and looked in the mirror. All I saw was my big belly and love handles. Contented joy vaporized into distress. I…
Book Reviews
mb38-BookReviews1 Journeying East: Conversations on Aging and Dying By Victoria Jean Dimidjian Parallax Press, 2004 Reviewed by Lois Schlegel For as long as I can remember I have been afraid of death. Even as a child I wrestled with this unknown. At night, when the house was quiet I lay…
Dinner Makes a Difference
By Eve Heidtmann Global warming is hard to face. The challenge is so great and I feel so small. I tried denial but found I just couldn’t keep it up for long. Finally I decided I had to take hold of some part of the problem and do something. The…