Photo by Paul Davis Dear friends, in classical science represented by Newton, things are separate. The seed is outside the plant; the plant is outside the seed. But in quantum physics, we begin to see things differently. Things are no longer outside of each other but are actually in each…
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Devotion
By Nanda Currant Greg Keryk took the Fourteen Precepts in May at a ceremony in Santa Cruz. That evening, he became a member of the Order of Interbeing and received the name True Good Birth. Greg was the first person to receive his precept name via fax, and it was the first time the…
Living and Practicing the Fourth Mindfulness Training
By Mihaela Andronic Montage; photo by Mihaela Andronic “Aware that looking deeply at the nature of suffering can help us develop understanding and compassion, … [we] are committed to finding ways, including personal contact and the use of telephone, electronic, audiovisual, and other means to be with those who suffer,…
Plum Village
Excerpts from True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun
The Better Way to Live Alone in the Jungle
By Terry Masters The Buddha taught: “…I want to tell you that there is a wonderful way to be alone. It is the way of deep observation to see that the past no longer exists and the future has not yet come, and to dwell at ease in the present…
Dharma Talk: The Buddhist Understanding of Reality
Plum Village, France 21 June 2009 At the Path of the Buddha retreat, Thay focused on global ethics. A handout (see below) summarized four different approaches to ethical questions. Here is an excerpt from Thay’s last Dharma talk, in which he discussed the Buddhist approach. We study this line: “Both…
Cleaning the Sponge
A Dharma Talk on Beginning Anew By Sister Dang Nghiem and Brother Phap An At the Stonehill retreat in New York, two senior Dharma teachers teamed up to speak about the practice of Beginning Anew. This excerpt preserves some of the playfulness, humor, and depth of their presentation, which took…
Helping Congress Be Like a Sangha
By Scott Nance The next time a congressman or congresswoman is waiting at the airport, maybe he or she won’t be caught up thinking about his or her next meeting, or an upcoming vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead, he or she may be doing…
Book Reviews
The Garden at Night Burnout and Breakdown in the Teaching Life By Mary Rose O’Reilley Heinemann 2005 Softcover, 96 pages Reviewed by Richard Brady In case she’s not already known to you, it’s my happy task to shine the light on one of Buddhism’s hidden Dharma teachers, Mary Rose O’Reilley.…
Loving the Whole
Reflections on Touching the Earth By Leslie Rawls Mist drifted across the Pacific mountain meadow as Sister Chan Khong’s voice guided several hundred retreatants in the practice of Touching the Earth beneath towering redwoods. It was 1993 and my first encounter with a practice I came to treasure: The Five Touchings…