My Companion Along the Path By Jindra Cekan Joyful sisters during Vietnamese Retreat, Plum Village, 2019; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha I come from a charming, multilingual, and disruptively dysfunctional family. There was much to be afraid of. What would happen to my mother if she hurt herself while falling…
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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…
Healing from Abuse
Footsteps of Freedom, Love and Peace by Brian Kimmel On the day of his sentencing, my former stepfather said to me in front of the judge, my family and his, “I never did anything to hurt you, and I’m sorry you felt I did. I loved you like a son.”…
Conscious Breathing
I feel so fortunate to breathe in and out with ease...
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…
Letter from the Editor
To Our Readers The Invitation ceremony has concluded the three-month winter retreat in Deer Park Monastery. Members of the Fourfold Sangha are sitting on the beach with nowhere to go, nothing to do; enough to make us very happy. During the three months of the retreat, the Fourfold Sangha has…
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…
A Ten Minute Lesson on Self-forgiveness in San Quentin
Seido Lee deBarros, Sister Jewel, and Jun Hamamoto at San Quentin; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha Now I see why Jesus told the disciples to visit the prisoner. The prisoner lives at the physical locations of human retaliation, at the place where life keeps dissolving into death-making. If we lose…
Surrender and a Lotus
By Ian Prattis After Thay's "Heart of the Buddha" retreat in the fall of 1996 at Plum Village, I went to India to teach and train in Siddha Samadhi Yoga, a system of meditation for adults and children. Committed to global religious harmony, program participants work to heal and transform deeply rooted schisms in Indian society—through…
Hovering with Your Children
One of my favorite activities is hanging out and watching my children, just watching, not necessarily doing anything for or with them. Often, I sit at the antique wooden table in our kitchen and look out our picture window at their activity. This window frames the life work of my children engaging in play. By sitting and…