How Rainbow Sanghas Are Offering a Warm Refuge Across the World By Simone and Ida Rainbow Sangha on Zoom Over the last few years, the space for the LGBTQIA+ community1 to come together and practice Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings has grown significantly. Although maybe not visible to all, people from…
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Dharma Talk: Cultivating Our Deepest Desire
When a woman becomes pregnant, something happens in her body, mind, and heart. The presence of the baby in her transforms her life, and a new energy arises that allows her to do things she normally could not do. She smiles and trusts humanity and the world more, and she…
Simple Living
An Interview with Brother Phap Trach Question: Thank you, Brother, for taking this time. Can you share some of your early childhood experiences of spirituality, Buddhism, or mindfulness? What experiences or conditions watered your seed of becoming a monk? Brother Phap Trach: When I was little, my mother always took…
Waking Up This Morning, I Smile
By Brother Phap Ho One day quite some time ago, I had a realization. It was like a sweet voice from deep inside, my heart’s song, my deep aspiration. The message was simple: I want to live a life and have a livelihood that make me happy to get up…
Healthy Boundaries
photo by Zachiah Murray The Fourteenth Mindfulness Training is jampacked! It invites us to consider our own powerful sexual energy, the sexual energy of those around us, the environmental factors that may contribute to sexual misconduct, and so much more. As I’ve moved through life with this training, different facets…
Dharma Talk: Living Practice
Question and Answer Session with Thich Nhat Hanh and Monastic Brothers and Sisters photo by Jitka Slamova European Institute of Applied Buddhism Waldbrol, Germany May 20, 2011 Thich Nhat Hanh: Today we have a session of questions and answers. We know that a good question can benefit many people. So…
Book Reviews
Peaceful Action, Open Heart Lessons from the Lotus Sutra By Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2008 Softcover, 287 pages Reviewed by Judith Toy Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that the strength of the Lotus Sutra is its ability to present deep teachings in a clear, easy-to-understand way that applies to…
Letters
Sangha Building This latest issue of the Mindfulness Bell is just bursting with treasures for Sangha practice (as well as a very helpful article on the aspirant training process!). It really helps those of us with young Sanghas and provides us with inspiration and direction with wonderful examples from practice.…
Diamond Life
Losing my Brother in a New York State of Mind By Nate Metzker photo by Corina Benesch My girlfriend, Cameron, and I moved to New York City in 2005 with great expectations for her career as an educator and my career as a musician and novelist. My girlfriend’s career soon…
Touching Peace in England
By Kate Atchley Touching Peace" was the theme of a deeply moving four-day retreat led by Thich Nhat Hanh, along with ten nuns and monks from Plum Village, in late March at Stourbridge, near Birmingham. The retreat was held in Old Swinford Hospital, whose grounds lent themselves well to walking meditation and provided superb evening…