Reader Feedback What joy to receive in my mailbox today the new Mindfulness Bell! The cover is gorgeous, with a glimpse of the stained-glass window that is shown on the back cover. It makes me very happy to stay in touch with the international sangha in this way. Marie-Anne Tattevin…
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Breathe!
Before I came to Plum Village I had been practicing in India with the Tibetans, a meditation called tonglen. In this practice, when you breathe in, you take all the suffering of the world on yourself and when you breathe out, you breathe out all your joy for the sake of the world. I was…
Heartsong
By Brother Phap Sieu photo by Robert Harrison The most common question we are asked as young monastics is, “Why did you become a monk?” I find that I often answer differently. The responses are all true but vary depending on my experiences that day, or who is asking. This…
Tahanan Is Home
Reflections from a Social Worker in the Philippines Relief goods arrive in Iloilo, Philippines, 2014; photo by Chaya Ocampo Go For what is my heart yearning? In the winter of 2017, I remember holding a pen in one hand, and in the other a card with a ripe yellow mango…
Florida Community of Mindfulness
Fruits of the Seeds of Thay’s Transmission By Angela Parrish Monastics from Blue Cliff Monastery and Magnolia Grove Monastery leading the consecration ceremony for the new retreat hall, Great Cloud Refuge, 2016; photo by Alex Lerner It is summer of 1994 in Plum Village, France. Thay speaks as he transmits…
Revisioning Our Work
By Thomas Urquhart Easter morning in the Malibu Hills. The full moon comes to rest on a distant ridge, then melts into the cliffs. We stand in a circle and watch the red peaks come alive in the first light, and the shadows retreat from the east down their flanks. The clear note of…
Being In Touch with Vietnam
Flood Relief Last winter, heavy floods brought severe devastation to Vietnam during two months. Sanghas throughout the world sent $10,000 to help Vietnamese people. In Central Vietnam, we assisted the most impoverished villages where there were no schools, health care systems, or bridges. In the rainy season these villages flood with water. In the summer,…
Wake Up Schools as a Public Health Movement
Orlaith O’Sullivan articulates the vast impact that mindful teachers and students can have on public health.
Handling Strong Emotions
Part Two Retreat on Buddhist Psychology Key West, Florida November 7, 1997 “Handling Strong Emotions,” Part One, was published in the Summer 2017 edition of the Mindfulness Bell. Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics on almsround. Photo by Deny Hermawan This is a song I wrote that you might like to…
Book Review
No Coming, No Going by Jane Ellen Combelic Juniper Productions, 2018 Paperback, 194 pages Reviewed by Beth Howard “Love will always take us where we want to go, whether it’s love of God or love of a dog.” These words end the prologue and begin Combelic’s remarkable journey with her…