For nearly 30 years Sister Chan Khong’s Deep Relaxation practice has been a highlight for thousands of people who have attended Order of Interbeing Buddhist retreats. With Deep Relaxation the reader/listener will learn to meditate and relax body and mind at the deepest level, leading to a measurable reduction of…
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Mindful Meal
By Logan Scott Mitchell illustration by Brother Phap Ban It’s the day before Father’s Day as I write this story about a mindful meal for the Mindfulness Bell. Tomorrow will be my third Father’s Day without my dad, who passed away two years ago after losing his battle with alcoholism.…
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photo by Jitka Slamova The Revised Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings Introduction by Sister Annabel, True Virtue Since the ten wholesome practices were devised by the Buddha for the Fourfold Sangha, the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings have been growing and evolving. The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, first written by Thay Thich Nhat Hanh in 1966…
On “Learning True Love”
By Kathlene Biswas My husband and I seem to be caught in the American lifestyle of pursuing money and sinking deeper and deeper into a mire of work and debt. We know this is pointless, but we have not been able to make changes that will give us more time to simply chop wood…
Practice, Service, Community
Practice, Service, CommunityThe Three Trainings of Wake Up Schools By Jennifer Wood photo by Jennifer Wood I was a new practitioner and wanted to learn how to maintain a consistent personal practice. I thought I wanted to continue serving students, families, and schools, but questioned whether I could handle the…
Recent Dharma Teacher Sangha Initiatives
By Jack Lawlor calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh The Plum Village Lineage North American Dharma Teachers Council (the “Dharma Teacher Sangha” or “DTS”), comprised of approximately seventy lay and monastic Dharma teachers in the US and Canada, has been mindfully applying attention to the following: 1. WAKE UP SCHOOL TEACHER…
Right Action in Prison Work
By Dai-En Bennage When we resolve to live by the Noble Eightfold Path, teaching meditation in prisons can bring special challenges. Seven federal correctional institutions stand amidst the gentle, rolling mountains and corn fields of central Pennsylvania within a radius of half an hour's drive from our meditation center. When I visit men in five…
Dharma Talk: Taking Care of Each Other
One day, Ananda and the Buddha came to a retreat center where there was only one monk. The monk was very sick with diarrhea. When the Buddha and Ananda came to his room, they noticed a very bad smell. The Buddha asked the sick monk, "Did nobody take care of…
Engaged Practice Mindfully
Preparing for Thay’s Public Talk in ChicagoBy Jack and Laurie Lawlor Lakeside Buddha Sangha in Evanston, Illinois, was fortunate to facilitate Thich Nhat Hanh’s August 22 public talk on “Building a Century of Peace” at Loyola University Chicago. The event proved to be the largest ever held at the University’s…
Examining Prejudice
By Mary Garvey In November, the citizens of Colorado voted to amend our state constitution to prohibit the inclusion of gays and lesbians among those against whom discrimination is specifically prohibited. The effect of this new law is that gays and lesbians can now be denied work and housing, refused service in restaurants and stores,…