Anh-Le Ho-Gia is a lecturer at the National University of Singapore and co-founder of Happiness-based Education Schools. To celebrate the continuation of Thích Nhất Hạnh, Orla and Anh-Le met to share about volition and developing happiness-based education in Central Vietnam.
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Don’t Miss Our Appointment With Life
Sister Chân Hoa Nghiêm teaches us how the mud of loss and uncertainty can be a mindfulness bell to live fully in the present moment.
Suggestions for Daily Meditation
By Jack Lawlor photo by Paul Davis Relax! Practice mouth yoga (smile!) and assume a comfortable posture with the upper back straight, shoulders relaxed, chin tucked in, and eyes half open and out of focus. Enjoy a gentle cleansing breath and come into contact with the full capacity of the…
Mindfulness in a Virginia Supermax Prison
“All is Dharma. All is practice. All is perfect perfection.”By Bill Menza Joe Giarratano has been in prison for twenty-five years, many of those in solitary confinement in Virginia’s Red Onion supermax prison. I have been writing to Joe for about fifteen years, including his twelve years on death row,…
Presentation on the Third Mindfulness Training
Maple Forest Monastery Family Retreat, 2005By Charles Batchelder For some of us, the Third Mindfulness Training is difficult to practice. In fact, when I received the Five Mindfulness Trainings five years ago, it was the one Mindfulness Training I considered not receiving. I think it is easy to accumulate the…
Buddhaverse Prisons
By Samuel DuBois & the Mountain View Correctional Facility Sangha Prisons are often compared to monasteries—one is given limited choices, allowed few personal possessions, subject to rigid schedules, offered bland food, and required to work, but with time to meditate, walk, and study. Inmates often laugh at this analogy. Our environment is more like a…
Monks’ Arrest
Thich Nhat Hanh's two closest friends, the leaders of the Unified Buddhist Church (UBC)—Thich Huyen Quang and Thich Quang Do—were arrested in December. The police ransacked both their temples and took all their religious properties, including the Seal of the Unified Buddhist Church, transmitted to Thich Huyen Quang by the former Patriarch. Thich Huyen Quang, the…
Reconnecting to My Homeland
My biggest concern during the pandemic has been its impact on...
Buddhist Nonviolence
By Paula Green The Buddha was once asked by a disciple, "Would it be true to say that a part of our training is for the development of love and compassion?" The Buddha replied, "No, it would not be true to say this. It would be true to say that…
A Letter from Sister True Emptiness
Dear Friend, For this Lunar New Year (February 1st , 2003) we send you our wishes of peace and joy and thank you for your practice which makes life become more compassionate and more beautiful. Because of your generosity we have been able to give thousands of donations as a gift…