In the 2010 Census, almost 10 million Americans identified as multiracial. As our population grows, more and more families will be made up of people who may not look just like one another. My Name is Zedonk is a charming children's book celebrating diverse and multiracial families—or just a little…
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Is This Heaven?
By Anne Jimenez One night, I looked over at my husband who almost died of a heart attack a year ago. The thought of not having him there gripped my heart. Moving closer, I lay my head on his shoulder and became aware of his breathing and heartbeat. The two of us rested in…
Important Day and Way of Life
I am thirteen, and I had my Bar Mitzvah on May 28, 1990. Rather than make a speech of thank you's, I chose to use the "Discourse on Happiness" that was translated into English by Thich Nhat Hanh in The Mindfulness Bell, No. 1. The reason I chose to…
Mixed Rice
Discover Harmony and Flavorful Lessons in a Story About Celebrating Cultural Diversity
Chanting from the Heart Vol 1
Chanting from the Heart Vol. 1: The first volume in the revised edition of Chanting from the Heart, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village. Vol. 1: Buddhist Sutras and Recitations, contains sutras from both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions, translated by Thich…
Celebrating Hanoi’s Anniversary
Twelve Proposals By Thich Nhat Hanh photos courtesy of the monastic Sangha In the year 1010, one thousand years ago, the first king of the Ly dynasty founded Thang Long, the city now known as Hanoi. The Ly dynasty has been described as “the most compassionate, peaceful and harmonious in…
Coming Home to Plum Village
Letter from the editor, Barbara Casey I hope you are refreshed and inspired by this special issue of The Mindfulness Bell, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Plum Village in France and of the Plum Village style of mindfulness practice throughout the world. In these pages, you will…
Deep Flavors of Goodness
Hanoi was amazing with its sea of bicycles, blue haze of coal smoke, wide tree-lined avenues, decaying French colonial buildings, people dressed in Vietcong fatigues or cheap, high-style French garb, cigarettes and all. The first morning, we left early for the Perfume Pagoda, driving over ridged dykes to a small village of opium smokers at…
Veterans’ Writing Workshops
By Therese Fitzgerald During the recent days of writing in community with veterans, Maxine has invited us to contemplate the place that laws, commandments—precepts—play in our lives. She said there are only a few literary plots that are bases for organizing our ethical problems in stories. "No one can keep any precept perfectly. And that struggle—moral…
Calligraphy as a Mindfulness Practice
By Maureen Chen Calligraphy by Maureen Chen Three years ago I took an introductory class at New York City’s calligraphy guild, the Society of Scribes, where I learned to write the alphabet with a pen that has to be dipped into a bottle of ink. Because of the precise and…