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…
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A Special Section: Buddhism in Vietnam
Editor's Note: In universities throughout North America and Europe, there are many professors specializing in Buddhism in Japan, Tibet, Korea, China, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, India, and other countries, and there are numerous texts to support their studies. But to date, no Western scholar specializes in Vietnamese Buddhism, and there is very little written about it…
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,…
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…
Falling Back in Love with Mother Earth
Journalist Jo Confino interviews Thích Nhất Hạnh on how we can practice with and relate to insights arising from contemplating the Earth as our Mother.
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…
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…
Touching the Master
By Aparna Pallavi photo by Karen Hilsberg “Go back and take care of yourself. The wounded child in you needs you. Your suffering, your blocks of pain need you. Your deepest desire needs you to acknowledge it.” Each word touched my hurting heart like a tender dewdrop. My whole…
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…
On Love and Being Gay
Laurie Arron shares about true love and transforming silent suffering.