By David Percival The mind can go in a thousand directions,But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace.With each step, a cool wind blows.With each step, a flower blooms. If your path is like mine, you often find your mind jumping into the future, back to the past, fabricating…
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Human Relations, Human Rights
I am more than Vietnamese. I am also a citizen of the world. We must be aware of the "interbeing" of all countries' happiness. Happiness is not an individual matter. The happiness of the United States is crucial for the happiness of others in the world. The happiness of the Vietnamese people is also the…
Miracles of Reconciliation
By Thich Nhat Hanh photo courtesy of monastic Sangha August 11, 2011 North American Tour University of British Columbia In the Five Mindfulness Trainings, we learn that Right Speech goes with loving speech and deep listening. Right Speech is free from discrimination and hate, from separation. When the father sees…
A Sacred Wound
By Barbara Casey One Valentine's Day I was able to deeply touch the pain of not feeling included. It was a warm, blue sky February day and I was extraordinarily happy to be with my beloved. I think it was because I was feeling so happy and safe that when a small interaction touched in me…
Dharma Talk: Everyone Can and Will Become a Buddha
Excerpt from Lotus Sutra book, by Thich Nhat Hanh, recently published by Parallax Press. In Chapter Twenty of the Lotus Sutra we are introduced to a beautiful bodhisattva called Sadaparibhuta, “Never Disparaging.” The name of this bodhisattva can also be translated as “Never Despising.” This bodhisattva never disparages living beings,…
Crumbling the Walls of Separation
In Israel and Palestine, where I lived from December 2018 to...
Conscious Breathing
I feel so fortunate to breathe in and out with ease...
Dharma Talk: The Horse Is Technology
photo by Fe Langdon November 10, 2013 Plum Village Good morning, dear Sangha. Today is the 10th of November, 2013, and we are in the Still Water Meditation Hall of the Upper Hamlet in Plum Village. The Winter Retreat will start in five days and will last ninety days. The…
Acting and Mindfulness
an interview with Jeffrey King Interviewed by Barbara Casey Jeff, what led you to become an actor? When I was a senior in high school I got into a drama class because the physical education class I wanted to be in was closed, In the drama class I started to feel…
Dharma Talk: Consciousness and Quantum Physics
August 26, 2006 On the last day of the Retreat for Scientists in the Field of Consciousness, Thây gave this dharma talk explicating the Verses on the Characteristics of the Eight Consciousnesses. This material will be included in a new book by Thich Nhat Hanh slated for publication in March…