By Hope Lindsay Patty, a Sangha friend, is a nurse for Mercy Medical Center Hospice in Roseburg, Oregon. Many people know that hospice is a cluster of care services for individuals in the last six months of life. When someone is diagnosed with a terminal condition, a team of health…
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Nirvana is our daily business
Photo courtesy of PVCEB In celebration of this release, editor and translator Sister Annabel Laity sat down and answered some questions about the message of Enjoying the Ultimate, misconceptions about Nirvana, and why Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh chose this chapter to teach to his students. Sister Annabel Laity (Chan…
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…
The Heart of the Selva
By Joan Halifax The Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, Mexico, is the second largest rainforest in the Western Hemisphere. In the 1940s, it covered more than 13,000 square kilometers. Today 3,312 square kilometers are preserved. Called the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, its presence has a profound effect on many aspects of our lives, including the weather…
A Hut for Thay in Our Heart
Thai Plum Village, 24th November 2014 The Garden of the Buddha and Thay’s hut, Thai Plum Village. Photo by Carolyn Marsden Today, Monday, is usually Lazy Day, but we decided not to have a lazy day in order to support Thay and keep sending good, healing energy Thay’s way, because…
Rebel for Life
Filmmaker Wouter Verhoeven reflects on his experience on the front lines of climate action in an intensive 2019 campaign in the UK.
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…
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…
Plumeria Tree Buddha
From a Dharma Talk by Eileen Kiera November 6, 2004 There are an estimated ten to the thirty-seventh, that’s ten with thirty-six zeros after it, molecules in a cubic inch. And within our bodies there are how many cubic inches? There are an inconceivable number of molecules in our body.…
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,…