Reader Feedback What joy to receive in my mailbox today the new Mindfulness Bell! The cover is gorgeous, with a glimpse of the stained-glass window that is shown on the back cover. It makes me very happy to stay in touch with the international sangha in this way. Marie-Anne Tattevin…
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Please Help to Support Our Two Monasteries in Vietnam
Plum Village 7th August, 2005 Dear friends, Today, from Plum Village, Thay has ordained ninety-one monastics. Eighty-four of them were ordained via the Internet at Tu Hieu Temple, where Thay grew up as a novice, and Prajna Temple in the Highlands of Vietnam, where many of you joined Thay during…
Book Review
No Coming, No Going by Jane Ellen Combelic Juniper Productions, 2018 Paperback, 194 pages Reviewed by Beth Howard “Love will always take us where we want to go, whether it’s love of God or love of a dog.” These words end the prologue and begin Combelic’s remarkable journey with her…
Florida Community of Mindfulness
Fruits of the Seeds of Thay’s Transmission By Angela Parrish Monastics from Blue Cliff Monastery and Magnolia Grove Monastery leading the consecration ceremony for the new retreat hall, Great Cloud Refuge, 2016; photo by Alex Lerner It is summer of 1994 in Plum Village, France. Thay speaks as he transmits…
Kid’s Stuff
By Mark Vette Sleeping bags and bodies twisted and tangled upon one another, and moonlight on the beautiful faces of children sleeping under the stars, awakes the child within me. I sit like a sentinel at meditation reflecting on the evening before, of enjoying hot chocolate and cookies while telling stories and jokes. A…
Peace in Yourself, Peace in the World
By Larry Kasanoff Larry and Thay When I’m in conversations about current events with people who feel angry, frustrated, and powerless and say, “Well, I can’t do anything about them,” I know I can do something because Thay taught me a simple message: “Peace in yourself, Peace in the world.”…
The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha in U.S. Prisons
By Bill Menza Resources for Prison Sangha Building Buddhist Peace Fellowship Prison Resource Guides for PrisonersFree Buddhist books and other publicationsDharma/spiritual correspondence courses and pen pal programsNewsletters that focus on prisoners’ rights and criminal justiceResources for prisoners with childrenLegal Aid resourcesPost-release resources Prison Dharma Network Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in…
Handling Strong Emotions
Part Two Retreat on Buddhist Psychology Key West, Florida November 7, 1997 “Handling Strong Emotions,” Part One, was published in the Summer 2017 edition of the Mindfulness Bell. Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics on almsround. Photo by Deny Hermawan This is a song I wrote that you might like to…
Brothers in the Beloved Community
“A Letter across the Divide” It is important to first understand the significant barriers—religious, political, and social—that lay between Thích Nhất Hạnh and Martin Luther King Jr., before we can understand how the successful bridging of this gap highlights the precious quality of their friendship. From today’s standpoint, these barriers…
Revisioning Our Work
By Thomas Urquhart Easter morning in the Malibu Hills. The full moon comes to rest on a distant ridge, then melts into the cliffs. We stand in a circle and watch the red peaks come alive in the first light, and the shadows retreat from the east down their flanks. The clear note of…