By Ann G. Moore Ann and her Sangha; photo by Nell Chevalie During the 2007 monastic tour at Stone Hill College, Thay sowed the seeds of Sangha building through his encouragement, in the absence of a local Sangha, to start your own. In my case, the gestation period for that…
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Oh, My Happiness!
By Karla Johnston photo by Karla Johnston It’s the end of a lovely day, made all the lovelier by sleepily making my way to a bookshelf where nestled into a crevice sits a glass mason jar, a practice companion, labeled, “Oh, My Happiness!” Taking out a piece of scrap paper…
The Prodigal Son
By Mark LeMay I came late to parenting. I was 40 when Joe was born and 43 when Sammy arrived. They are now six and three years old, and I am still amazed at how they changed my life. I am especially struck by the sheer challenge of parenting. When Joe was an infant, his…
Poem: A Prayer for Peace
In beauty, sitting on a lotus flower,is Lord Buddha, quiet and solid.Your humble disciple,calm and pure of heart,forms a lotus flower with his hands,faces you with deep respect,and offers this heartfelt prayer: Homage to all Buddhas in the ten directions.Because of your love for all people,have compassion on us.Help us…
New Habits, New Life
A Winter Retreat at Home By Participants in the Maison de l’Inspir Winter Retreat photos courtesy of Maison de l’Inspir “Doing the winter retreat while staying at home, why not?” Thanks to this wonderful idea, the first winter retreat for laypeople at the Maison de l’Inspir was manifested. The Maison…
Meditative Transformations
My meditative practice started while I was still in high school...
How to Live with Two Religious Paths
By Emily Hilsberg I am seventeen years old, and I am Jewish and Buddhist. I study mindfulness at Deer Park Monastery. I have been going to Deer Park since I was six years old. This year marks my eleventh year being a part of the Sangha. I am also involved…
Book Reviews
A Handful of Quiet Happiness in our Pebbles By Thich Nhat Hanh Blossom Books, 2012 Hardcover, 62 pages Reviewed by Elle Snow Many years ago, on a meditation retreat in Santa Barbara, Thay and some children created Pebble Meditation. Like so many of Thay’s teachings, Pebble Meditation is both simple…
Book Reviews
Zen Battles Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji By Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2013 Softcover, 266 pages Reviewed by Judith Toy, True Door of Peace This re-issue of Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go: Waking Up to Who You Are, originally published in 2007 by the Unified…
Making up Songs
Do you ever make up songs? Sometimes when we write the words to a song we don’t have music for it, so we use the music from another song that we already know. In English we have a very old song called “Greensleeves,” but the words are not inspiring. The…