On September 10, 2003 Thich Nhat Hanh offered a talk at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to members of Congress and their staffs. Two days later, Thay and monks and nuns led a three-day mindfulness retreat for Congress members and their families. I would like to answer any…
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My Path as a Mindful Educator
photos courtesy of the monastic Sangha “Sentient beings are numberless. I vow to awaken them.” This is the first of the four great bodhisattva vows of Mahayana Buddhism. Whether or not we aspire to be bodhisattvas, once we embark on the Buddhist path we realize that we are practicing not…
Sangha Bumps, Dharma Doors
By Rowan Conrad Teachers say things and sometimes, a light comes on. Sister Annabel, quoting Thay, recently said, "Being in Sangha is like washing potatoes by putting them all in a pot of water and shaking them around. As they bump into each other, they are cleaned." When she spoke, the light went on in…
Cheeze Sisters Make a Really Beneficial Change
By Laura Hunter Laura Hunter photo by Ron Forster It all got real when our Really Beneficial Sangha in Escondido, California, decided to have more fun. We settled on movie night—wouldn’t that be great! Our Sangha brother Herb Zapata (our spirit guide of compassionate eating) suggested Cowspiracy for our first…
Losing An Old Friend
By Dewain Belgard I read somewhere that cedar trees can live to be a thousand years old. The cedar in my neighbor's yard was not nearly so old as that, but it was one of the largest and oldest trees in our neighborhood. My neighbor, Miss Lou, never liked the tree because it shaded…
Peaceful Warrior
I’m used to change. My life had already begun...
Resolution: establishing a CTC Transformation & Healing Committee
The Care-Taking Council of the North American Dharma Teachers Sangha adopted the following resolution in March, 2015, in the wake of their visit to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and their reflections on the collaboration between Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Martin Luther…
Retreating to My Roots
By Loan To Phan I am a Vietnamese-born Australian citizen. While attending a winter retreat at Plum Village in November 2007, I got in touch with my ancestral roots on a level that over the last twenty-three years has been unacknowledged and unexplored, almost foreign. “Boi dap goc re, khai…
Ending the War with Weight
Mindfully Transforming Body Image By Peter Kuhn One morning, feeling serene and well-grounded after meditating, I took a mindful shower. Awash with gratitude I stepped out with a smile and looked in the mirror. All I saw was my big belly and love handles. Contented joy vaporized into distress. I…
Why Build Sangha?
Thich Nhat Hanh shares the fruits of monastic civilization with lay practitioners so that we, too, can experience community as a resource for awakening. Meditation can seem easier when we’re in a group, and we learn from each other, so we build Sangha to enjoy and support our practice. The…