photo by Ron Forster Lower Hamlet, Plum Village November 29, 2012 Good morning, dear Sangha. We are in the Assembly of Stars Meditation Hall of the Dharma Nectar Temple, Lower Hamlet, in our winter retreat. Our society is not very healthy. Therefore, many of us are sick, and we need…
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Adventures in Mindful Moviemaking
Thich Nhat Hanh in Mindfulness: Be Happy Now. Photo courtesy of Larry Kasanoff I make movies about martial arts, science fiction, killer robots, funny cartoon characters, pretty girls—and I love it. A Washington Post article about me started this way:“… fights, explosions, mind-blowing visual effects and hot babes—this is Larry…
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Training Seminar for Veterans' Workshops In September the Community of Mindful Living sponsored an Evening of Mindfulness with Maxine Hong Kingston in Berkeley to share the fruits of our three-year "Mindfulness and Writing Workshops for Veterans of War." Maxine presented ways our experiences might serve as a model for other groups wanting to integrate mindfulness…
With a Deep Bow to Natascha Bruckner
Natascha, you are a true gift to the Sangha. A big heartfelt thank you for all your kind and loving work. - Ali Razzaghipour, Australia Natascha, I have felt your love for so many years. Your total dedication and care for the Mindfulness Bell was reflected on every page, conversation,…
Work as a Path
By Michaël Vassen I decided on a career in international finance. This choice came not from my heart but because I thought it was time to put aside my dreams for a fairer and more equal world, and do what I thought society and my family expected of me. However,…
What We Eat and Animal Rights
By Annabelle Zinser A central practice of Buddhist ethics is to treat with respect the other beings with whom we share this planet. By taking care in what we eat and how we consume, and by recognizing and honoring our connection to animals, we can lead a more peaceful and…
Mourning My Daughter
By Janice Rubin The evening I was scheduled to facilitate our Sangha sitting, I learned that my younger daughter had committed suicide. I had planned to talk about cultivating joy, read from Thich Nhat Hanh’s 20th anniversary edition of Breathe, You Are Alive!, and do a guided meditation from The…
Remembering Jim
By Artie Fauss James Tecumseh Fauss grew up in the great San Joaquin Valley of California, where winters are cold and gray with Tule fog and summers blaze with temperatures of more than 100 degrees. His father and mother, Harold and Fern, owned a dairy farm before moving to Ceres, California. Jim learning the plumbing…
Sangha Building in Southern California
Thich Nhat Hanh has said that the Buddha of the twenty-first century may manifest as Sangha. The simplest definition of Sangha is a community of friends practicing mindfulness together and offering spiritual support to one another. I practiced on my own in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh for ten…
Tribute to Charlie Malat
By Friends Charles A. Malat, known to many hundreds at Plum Village as Charlie, died among friends and family in Ithaca, New York, on September 25,1994, of cancerous tumors discovered just two months earlier. He is survived by his parents, Doris and Hyman Malat, his brother David, many relatives, and an international network of close…