We received the last issue of The Mindfulness Bell and use it at our meetings. We read Thay's article, "Liberation from Suffering" and were delighted by the deep wisdom of his words. Thank you for your support of the Moscow Sangha. Boris OrionMoscow, Russia My heart is writing to thank everyone at The…
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How Can Our Babies Help Heal the World?
By Robyn Sheldon Romy made just the tiniest one-second greeting when she was born, a sweet cooing sound, and then she snuggled onto her mother’s tummy, into that soft bowl that minutes before had been a tautly stretched pregnant belly. She snuffled on her hand and gazed around the room…
Transforming Self, Transforming Society
An Interview with Cheri Maples photo by Paul Davis Cheri Maples was given the Lamp Transmission in 2008, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin. She worked for twenty-five years in the criminal justice system. She was a police officer for twenty years, ending her career as the Captain of Personnel and…
Letters to the Editors
Dear Editors, I am a subscriber to The Mindfulness Bell and I have thus far read three of Thich Nhat Hanh' s books (l am at present on a second reading of The Sun My Heart).l have been practicing meditation for about a year and a half, having been introduced to meditation through a…
Peace, Understanding, and Compassion
An Urban Retreat for People of Color Copyright 2010 New York People of Color Day of Mindfulness; photo by Tasha Chuang “The value of a person is not his race or caste, but the value of his thinking, speaking, and acting. We are noble not because of our race, but…
Letters to the Editors
Dear Friends, I deeply appreciate Thich Nhat Hanh, not only because his teachings are extremely useful to me and are also evidence of his broad and deep awareness, but also because his life exemplifies his teachings as is not common among some modern teachers. I am glad for his inclusive language that does not ignore…
Veterans Visit Plum Village
By Carole Melkonian On November 21, four American veterans of the Vietnam War—Jim Janko, Ted Sexhauer, Jerry Crawford, and Dan Thompson—and Earll and Maxine Hong Kingston arrived at Plum Village. This symbolic return to a Vietnamese Buddhist village in the Dordogne region of France, was the conclusion of a three-year Mindfulness and Writing Workshop for veterans led by Maxine.…
Writing Breakthrough
By Richard Gilman From the age of six, I knew that I would design computers. My whole life has been about science, math, and statistics. I only wrote to put a few words between the formulas, postulates, and theorems, so they would flow better. Arts and literature were not for me. But, something happened…
Ancient Tree, Fragrant Flower
By Sister Thoai Nghiem photo by Jitka Slomova They’re always beautiful, the good old days. Each time someone asks me about the old days, I am perplexed, saying “umm” and “ahh,” but once I start, I often run out of time. Our memories, when we touch them, vibrate as a…
Media Reviews
One Buddha Is Not Enough A Story of Collective Awakening By Thich Nhat Hanh and the Monks and Nuns of Plum Village Parallax Press, 2010 Paperback, 216 pages Reviewed by Rasoul Sorkhabi In August 2009, more than nine hundred people gathered at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park,…