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…
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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…
Evening Bike Ride
I’m sitting on my front porch, the slanted...
Brothers in the Beloved Community
“A Letter across the Divide” It is important to first understand the significant barriers—religious, political, and social—that lay between Thích Nhất Hạnh and Martin Luther King Jr., before we can understand how the successful bridging of this gap highlights the precious quality of their friendship. From today’s standpoint, these barriers…
Book Reviews
Meow Said the Mouse By Beatrice Barbey; Illustrations by Philippe Ames Plum Blossom Books, 2005 Reviewed by Jane Anderson My seven-year-old daughter Anastasia’s well-used costume box overflows; becoming a cat is her favorite make-believe. She cuddles up close to have her silky fur petted, quietly purrs, and then unpredictably springs…
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…
From Sicily with Love
Finding My Family By Name withheld by request “In Gratitude, I bow to all generations of ancestors in my blood family. I see my father and mother, whose blood, flesh, and vitality are circulating in my own veins and nourishing every cell in me. Through them I see all four…
A Knock on the Door
A Sangha Christmas Story By Jerry Braza It was three days before Christmas and twenty-seven Sangha members were nestled in chairs and on cushions in our Woodland Chapel practice center. The warmth of the building coupled with the energy of the Sangha, offered us a refuge on this cool first…
Dharma Talk: Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth
photo by Fe Langdon March 18, 2012 Plum Village There is a big vacuum inside of us, so we look for things outside us to fill up the vacuum. We think that new and exciting things will work, but they do not seem to have an effect. Good morning, dear…
2007 Trip to Vietnam
with Thich Nhat Hanh With great joy we inform you that on February 20, 2007, Thây intends to start another trip to Vietnam, to heal the last wounds of the war. According to Vietnamese popular belief, a person who has died in despair, anger, and frustration cannot rest in peace…