Parallax Press is happy to provide books and discounts for the Celebrating Our Togetherness online retreatants over the New Year. We are offering a free download of The Mindfulness Survival Kit, and special discounts on books that are relevant to the theme of the retreat. The Mindfulness Survival Kit Considered…
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Our Racism is a Crying Baby
Larry Ward Interviews Sister Chau Nghiem June 20, 2004 at the New Hamlet, Plum Village Sr. Chau Nghiem, can you give us a glimpse into what it was like being a person of African American and European American descent, prior to coming to Buddhist practice and monastic life? It’s been…
Order of Interbeing Aspirant Training
Walking Meditation The Education and Training Committee of the Order of lnterbeing developed a four-stage Education and Training Program in 1997. As a regular feature in The Mindfitlness Bell we will offer some of the suggested practice exercises and study work outlined in The Mindfulness Bell #21. We invite Order Aspirant Training programs throughout the…
Spirit in Our Struggles for Truth, Peace, and Justice
It is important to bring spirituality more intentionally into our struggles for truth, peace, and justice, as this grounds our social movements in the strength of our collective humanity, bridges our struggles across identity politics, enhances our clarity in decision making, and sustains our energy and joy. photo by Marisela…
Be Mindful in Daily Life
Photo by Renee Burgard Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly alive, present, and at one with those around you and with…
The Wonderful World of Gathas
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 ridiculous situations, and…
Awakening Joy for Kids
2016 Nautilus Book Award – Gold Medal, Parenting & Family Spirit Rock founder, author, and teacher James Baraz’s Awakening Joy offers his large and devoted readership a program to gain contentment and happiness by cultivating the seeds of joy within. Here he joins with Michele Lilyana, a classroom teacher for…
Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World
A Zen study wrapped in a memoir of destruction and healing written by an elite ultrarunner as she struggles to make it to the other side of a life-shattering injury with her sanity, and her marriage, intact
The Art of Leadership
How to restore harmony to ourselves and our nation? In this extract from a talk just after the inauguration of Barack Obama, Thich Nhat Hanh draws parallels between a president’s task of uniting a nation and a meditator’s task of bringing their different elements into harmony. He invites us to…
The Dharma Is Revolutionary and We Need a Revolution
Celebrating the Order of Interbeing’s roots, Happy Farm Manager Mick McEvoy encourages us to cultivate collective awakening and action in a world on fire.