On Honoring the First Precept to Not Take Life By Hunter Liguore I began my exploration of the Buddha’s First Precept, to not take life, with the thought that this would be an easy practice to learn. How hard would it be to stop eating meat and killing bugs in…
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Becoming a Better Health-Care Provider
By Marilyn Tran illustration by Brother Phap Ban I remember being a fourth-year intern as a naturopathic medical student and seeing my own patients for the first time. No doubt, it was an intimidating experience—if not for others, definitely for me. Of course, the school did their best to make…
Wonders Never Cease
By Claude M. Rinehart Our lives are full of surprises and wonders that we never dreamed possible. I’m currently serving a life sentence in the Texas prison system and have been locked up for eighteen years this time around. There is a good possibility that I’ll never be released from…
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A Taste of Plum Village: Practice as a Family Charlottesville, Virginia, June 16-21, 1995 During this five-day family retreat, we will practice mindfulness with our children and share energy, experience, inspiration and resources with each other. Teenagers are especially invited. Many members of the core community will be participating. The retreat will take place…
Mindfulness Garden
By Candace Henshaw-Osias photo by Candace Henshaw-Osias As a child, I was known as the “Barefoot Contessa.” You could always find me outside in the grass, climbing a tree or playing hopscotch, but always barefoot. I hated shoes! I loved the feel of the cool, wet grass, the warm cement,…
Buddha, Ananda, & Katrina
By Sid Kemp In early September my wife, Kris, spent six days in the Superdome in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina passed overhead. From early Monday through early Saturday, I had no news from her. I have been a Buddhist practitioner for twenty-five years, and a member of the Order…
Right Consumption
By Katharine Cook When I decided to take the Fifth Precept, I thought about never drinking again. I believed that it was no problem for me to have an occasional glass of wine at relatives' dinner parties, but now I see that although it may not be a problem for me, it could become…
The Perfection of Energy
By Jack Lawlor A bodhisattva strives to cultivate wisdom and compassion simultaneously in order to liberate all beings. Let us examine a very important characteristic of the Bodhisattva Way, the Perfection of Energy. There are many words and phrases we commonly use to describe a perceived lack of energy: tired, weary, exhausted, burnt-out, fatigued, etc.…
Introduction of Thay
Mrs. Raisa Gorbachev, President Gorbachev, and all the wonderful and distinguished people who are here. Rigoberta Menchu in her keynote address yesterday said that there is a lot of power for good in this room. I know of no conference in the last 35 years that has brought so many extraordinary and accomplished people from…
Interbeing in Germany
By Marcel Geisser The second meeting of the German-speaking members of the Order of Interbeing was held on June 10, 1996. Present were Thay Nhat Hanh, Sr. Chan Khong, Sr. Jina, Marcel Geisser, Karl Schmied, Karl and Helga Riedl, Manfred Folkers, Gabriela Flagge, Annette and Reiner Landgraf, Steffi Hoeltje, and Margret de Backere. Thay's visit…