An Interview with Eileen Kiera By Tracey Pickup Eileen Kiera I first met Dharmacarya Eileen Kiera (True Lamp) at Deer Park Monastery when she was giving a Dharma talk. I found myself drawn in by her simple and illuminating presence and the intimate way that she spoke about the natural…
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No-Bake Prison Brownies
By Ricky Ingredients 20-24 cookies (any small chocolate cookie with a vanilla or chocolate icing in the middle, such as Oreo, Chocolate Crème, or Double Fudge)1 Hershey Bar (plain or with almonds)Chocolate syrup Preparation Separate the icing from the middle of the cookies and put it in a small bowl.…
Meeting Sadaparibhuta
By Susan Hadler Sometimes we meet someone whose Buddha nature shines so brightly that they are like a lamp showing us the way ahead. My Aunt Elinor is that kind of luminous Buddha. She is a form of the bodhisattva Sadaparibhuta, Never Disparaging. Elinor was sent to a mental hospital…
Youth Transformation in Urban America
by Jina Jibrin I am currently working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, managing a youth leadership program for black and Latino youth from housing developments in the Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan communities. The Fuerza Leadership Program is a prevention-based, leadership development, and community-organizing program which allows young adults…
The Joys of Nurturing Regional Mindfulness Practice
By Jack Lawlor We know that practicing without a Sangha is difficult. That is why we try our best to set up Sanghas where we live. To be an Order of Interbeing member is wonderful. Wonderful, not because we have the title of OI membership but in that we have…
Handling Strong Emotions
When the seed of anger in us is touched, and when it manifests in our mental consciousness as the energy of anger, we have to be aware of it right away. First, we have to produce mindfulness to be aware that the energy of anger is coming up. That is the practice of mindfulness of anger. Breathing in, I know I am angry. Breathing out, I know that anger has manifested. You continue to follow your in-breath and out-breath, generating the energy of mindfulness to embrace your anger. You might like to do walking meditation to help you continue to generate the power of mindfulness. Breathing in, I know I am angry. Breathing out, I know I have to take good care of my anger.
The Perfect Sangha: New Zealand
By Shalom The bell calls clear and time across the courtyard. Voices from the Dharma discussion groups fall softly back into the silent container of the native bush, hills, and a translucent blue sky. Only the chirrup of thousands of midsummer cicadas remains. We breathe softly, filled with the sharings…
Fractals and Interbeing
Homage to the Buddha Shakyamuni. Dear beloved teacher, respected monastic brothers and sisters, and dear noble community, several years ago we had a teaching tour in Southeast Asia. One evening in Taiwan, our teacher taught about the Four Gratitudes: gratitude to our parents who gave us this body and this…
The Song of No Coming and No Going
Rashani Réa shares about how meeting Thầy and Sister Chân Không, having a daily practice, and grief have influenced her creative expression.
First the Waves of Life, Now the Waves of Change
Author of The Mop Rides series Jaimal Yogis With the second title in the Mop Rides series out today, author Jaimal Yogis was kind enough to sit down and answer some questions about Mop, the message he hopes kids and parents take away, and the future adventures Mop may get…