An offering from ARISE Sangha: Dharma teacher Marisela B. Gomez uses inspiration from Thích Nhất Hạnh to show us how to transform the suffering of racial injustice.
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Mindfulness Bell Survey
By James Schaan and Natascha Bruckner As a key step in our efforts to transform the Mindfulness Bell, we conducted the first-ever MB reader survey. Our purpose was to discover who our readers are, how they feel about important aspects of the MB, and what they’d like to see in…
Balancing
By Peggy Denial For about a year, my husband and I were involved with our son's biological family in a major legal battle over adoption, custody, and other aspects of Matthew's daily life. After living in six different homes, Matthew moved in with us almost five years ago. His maternal grandparents, who rarely visited him, had…
At Home in the World
Have you ever felt lonely or like you didn't belong? Looking this way and that way for your “True home”? Deer Park Monastery invites you to an international Online Retreat, At Home in the World, March 20-24, 2024. More details below. Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh recounts a powerful story…
The Sangha Tree
By Ian Prattis At the September retreat, Sister Ani Lodro and I decided to plant a tree as a gift to the Lower Hamlet. We purchased an apricot tree from the garden center in Bergerac. It has beautiful, delicate white flowers in the spring and rich orange-colored fruit in the autumn. We both had our…
Sister Dog
By Dewain Belgard I was driving home from work when I first saw Sister Dog. She appeared thin and hungry. Her collar was too tight, and she was dragging a broken leash. I suspected she had been homeless for some time. The neighborhood where I saw her has a reputation for danger and violence.…
Meditating with Mary
Volunteering for Hospice brings a wealth of deep experiences, including opportunities for practice. Two years ago I was asked to visit Mary, who was dying of bone cancer and suffering from dementia. She lived with her daughter and son-in-law in a quiet, small village home, and her family needed support.…
Spacious Presence
By Colette Hayes Colette Hayes (top right) with members of San Francisco Sangha Last fall, I found myself stunned, shaken, and profoundly saddened by the recent election results, the president-elect’s divisive, insensitive, and hurtful campaign and rhetoric, the struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, and the Ghost…
Poem: Walking Meditation at St. Michael’s College
I We walk under a canopy of treesWhose long early morning shadowsSketch black lines on the landscape;We inhale them.Clouds accumulate their merit above;We exhale them. The sharp cracks of rifleson the nearby firing rangeEnter our deep listening calisthenics;A fighter plane empowers the skyTo display its amazing hues. Smiling, a monk,Garbed…
Mindful Psychotherapy
By Fred Eppsteiner My role as a psychotherapist is to relieve the suffering of my clients. Clients come to treatment with an aspect of their life condition that is causing them (and usually others) pain and discomfort. They may be aware of symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, and frustration, but an understanding of the true…