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Living Love
Questions and Answers with Thich Nhat Hanh Plum Village July 26, 2009 Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery. Photo by David Nelson If you look around, you’ll see four pine trees that were planted by Thay twenty-eight years ago. At that time we were already thinking of using this…
Saving Indra’s Net
Buddhist Tools for Tackling Climate Change and Social Inequity By Angela Tam We had some sort of good news last December, when government leaders met at the Bali Summit on Climate Change. They agreed to make “deep cuts” to carbon emissions, albeit without specifying how deep. They also agreed to…
Filling the Lake
photo by Tatian Greenleaf Brother Phap Luu wrote this article in response to the Mindfulness Bell’s invitation to share about the birth of the book, Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide to Cultivating Mindfulness in Education by Thich Nhat Hanh and Katherine Weare, published by Parallax Press in May…
Spirit in Our Struggles for Truth, Peace, and Justice
It is important to bring spirituality more intentionally into our struggles for truth, peace, and justice, as this grounds our social movements in the strength of our collective humanity, bridges our struggles across identity politics, enhances our clarity in decision making, and sustains our energy and joy. photo by Marisela…
To Enjoy the Craic
Receiving Spiritual Practice in Ireland By Paul Lavender As I stepped off the plane and into Dublin on a wet and windy April Tuesday to hear Thay’s public talk, “Cooling the Flames,” I was somewhat curious how a teetotal pacifist Buddhist monk would be received in a hard-drinking, strongly Christian…
Right Speech as a Gauge
It is easy to see the impact our speech has on others. What we say at the breakfast table can make or break the day for our children. It affects the bus driver who picks us up each morning. It enhances or destroys the spirits of those who work with us. The impact of…
Caring for the Forest that Cares for Us
By Victoria Rosas Peribán Forest of Interbeing participants. Photos courtesy of Forest of Interbeing The Forest of Interbeing is a cooperation between the international Wake Up movement (young people for a healthy and compassionate society) and the local conservation project DEMATAC (Defenders of the Environment of Los Tuxtlas) in the…
Orange, Maroon, and Brown
Please Call Me by My True Colors By Brother Chan Phap Tu Brother Phap Son, Brother Phap Tu (Tenzin Donpal), and Sister Luong Nghiem in India My precious master Thich Nhat Hanh says, “Please call me by my true names.” This is a very interesting saying. When I look into…
How Can You Stand Being a Nurse?
By Cheryl Barnes-Neff, RN Fourth Mindfulness Training of the Order of Interbeing:Aware that looking deeply at the nature of suffering can help us develop compassion and find ways out of suffering, we are determined not to avoid or close our eyes before suffering. We are committed to finding ways, including…