By Jack Lawlor There is a famous metaphor in the Avatamsaka Sutra about the Jeweled Net of Indra, which likens the interdependent, interwoven nature of reality to a vast net of jewels in which each jewel is reflected in the other. The Sanghas that have been inspired by Thich Nhat…
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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.…
Dharma Talk: Precepts as a Way of Life
There are many problems in the world today—alcoholism, sexual abuse, oppression, exploitation of the environment, and so forth. If we look deeply, we can see that our stability and the stability of our family and society require us to discover practices and antidotes to overcome these problems. Thich Nhat Hanh…
Dharma Talk: The Four Immeasurable Minds
During the lifetime of the Buddha, those of the Brahmanic faith prayed that after death they would go to Heaven to dwell eternally with Brahma, the universal God. One day a Brahmin man asked the Buddha, "What can I do to be sure that I will be with Brahma after…
Just Listening
By Christian McEwen Christian and the Giant Ear; photo by Laura Iveson “To talk with someone ask a question first, then—listen.”—Antonio Machado For several years now, I have been gathering material for a book on listening. So when a local business association advertised a small grant focusing on “art in…
Lotus Flowers Sing in Lower Hamlet
By Ian Prattis photo by Jitka Slamova During the 2001 Summer Retreat in Plum Village, I found a way to put the Three Refuges to good use in a totally unexpected manner. I was staying in Lower Hamlet with my friend Carolyn, and we had asked Sister Jina, the Abbess…
Dharma Rain in the Rocky Mountains
The monks and nuns who answered our questions during the panel discussion at the retreat astonished us with their wisdom and enlightened us with their insight. This heavily edited version gives you a taste; we hope to publish more excerpts in future issues. Question 1 (from a lay man): How…
Practice in Vietnam: An Inside Look
Interview with Thay Phap KhamBy Barbara Casey in Hanoi, Vietnam During the retreat in Hanoi, former Mindfulness Bell editor Barbara Casey sat down with Thay Phap Kham (monks who have received full ordination are addressed as “Thay”) for an extended chat. This energetic and committed monk has been instrumental in…
Fierce Bodhisattvas
By Daryne Rockett photo by Fe Langdon If you ask my ninety-six-year-old grandfather about his participation in World War II, he might tell you that he was disqualified from service because of his flat feet. His wife, Laura Blackwood, is another story. Fit enough for the typing pool, my grandmother…
Interbeing, the Four Noble Truths, and Right View
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…