At our weekly Sangha gatherings, we present the Dharma Sharing (Dharma Discussion) Guidelines before each session. Doing so reminds us of our aspiration to listen deeply and to speak mindfully. The Guidelines also provide tools that enable us to build a safe and harmonious environment. Here we can learn to…
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Musings on the Retreat at Deer Park From a Complete Novice
By Jim Dudley I have been a Police Officer for over twenty-seven years with the San Francisco Police Department. It is a fulfilling, challenging, rewarding, but sometimes difficult job. I have seen more than my share of violence and human tragedies. I worked two decades of patrol work with time…
Both Far and Near
Dharma Gaia in New Zealand By the Dharma Gaia Core Community photos courtesy of Dharma Gaia Winter Retreat, 4 a.m. Low in the east a bright Venus lifts the dome of sky just as the Milky Way has spilled herself through it. The womb of breathable darkness draws you in,…
I Embrace the Sky
Sometimes, I don't know how I managed to survive those few months in the north of France. At times, I thought death might be better. Every morning around five, I woke up to intense pain in my side. I had to go to the bathroom, where I experienced more pain with the passing of digested…
The Hare in the Moon
A Traditional Buddhist Tale Retold by Teri West Once, in a far-away land, in a time long ago, in a deep forest, lived four friends. They were a jackal — which is a kind of wild dog — an otter, a monkey, and a hare. The four friends lived very…
About the Lieu Quan School of Buddhist Meditation
Note: The original article was prepared using a typeface designed for Vietnamese diacritical marks. Ed. Note: If you received the Five Precepts from Thich Nhat Hanh, your Dharma name, if you asked to receive one, begins with the word Tam, “Mind” or “Heart,” and you belong to the ninth generation…
Living with Compassion Intention
Interview with Dr. James Doty By Sarah Caplan (L-R) Dr. James Doty, Brother Chan Phap Nguyen, and Thich Nhat Hanh, October 24, 2013. Photo by Chris Wesselman Last April, my meditation group attended an event at Stanford University entitled “Conversations on Compassion with Sharon Salzberg.” Sponsored by Stanford’s Center for…
Touching the Earth
On the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day, His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered four reasons for us to be hopeful: the dedication to nonviolence in such violent times, the strength of the individual in the face of adversity, the arising of religious life, and an awakening to our connection with our environment. The deepest…
Living History in Belfast
By Peter Doran photo by Sarah Dawson In April 2012, Thich Nhat Hanh spoke in the Senate Chamber at Parliament Buildings on the outskirts of Belfast, Ireland, where former combatants and political opponents now serve together in the government. Thay addressed an audience of ministers, legislators, and a cross-section of…
Tree-being
By Bill Clark Yesterday I became mindful of you.It happened when I saw youburning for us in the fireplace,giving us everything you had.There would be nothing left but ashes,that would fertilize the earth.You appear as lumber, popsicle sticks, firewood,furniture, toothpicks, and paper.You do these things for us without protest. But…