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The Art of Transforming Suffering: Part One
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Dharma talk “The Art of Transforming Suffering” talks about signlessness and developing Right View
Sowing Sangha Seeds
By Judith Toy A Sangha Sprout My husband Philip Toy and I first began inviting folks to sit with us in Black Mountain, North Carolina, in 1999, in a room in our cottage that could barely hold four cushions. Today, eight years later, our sangha’s twenty-by-thirty-foot Dharma hall has been…
The Flooded Labyrinth
In No Mud No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh writes...
Walking in Nirvana
By Thich Nhat Hanh New Hamlet, Plum Village January 27, 2013 photo by Paul Davis Dear Sangha, today is the 27th of January, 2013. We are in the Full Moon Meditation Hall in the New Hamlet of Plum Village during our Winter Retreat. During this retreat, we have practiced not…
Breathing In: Breastfeeding as a Spiritual Practice
The Sangha dwells in mindfulness day and night, providing the foundation for us to realize the fruit of meditation. – Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh writes, in his book The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, “Sangha is the fourfold community of monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen, as well as the…
Bridging Communication Barriers
By Sister Tam Muoi Gardening; illustration by Youheum Son Practicing the Eighth of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, True Community and Communication, is like peeling an onion. We peel away layer after layer, and there’s always another layer to discover! If I have a difficulty with someone, it feels uncomfortable. It’s…
Is There a Hole in My Brown Jacket?
“Do you have a hole in your brown jacket?” When my teacher asked this question during a recent Dharma talk, it brought to mind something Sister Annabel said when I received the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings at Magnolia Grove Monastery in 2017. Sister Annabel reminded us that we now have a…
Dharma Talk: The Habit of Happiness
Upper Hamlet, Plum Village June 19, 2012 Good morning, dear Sangha. Today is Tuesday, the nineteenth of June 2012, and we are in the Still Water Meditation Hall, Upper Hamlet. This is our nineteenth day of the twenty-one-day retreat. Sitting here, I can hear the sound of the rain. I…
An Informal Invitation to Sitting Meditation
This piece is partly a response to practicing in the midst constant sirens on the twenty-first...