PassagesMarried: John Balaam, True Original Mountain, and Charito Sanchez were married in Waipio Valley, Hawai'i on January 1, 2000. Ordained: A warm welcome to new Order members, Virginia Bollero, Sheila Klein, Judy Weaver, Karen Zampalia, Chau Yoder, Peter Hawkins, and Bethany Freshnock. One Hundredth Monastic: During the Winter Retreat in Plum Village, sixteen new monastics were ordained—the sixteen "cherry trees."…
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Making Peace
By Tracey Pickup photo by Tracey Pickup I had wanted to find a solution to family violence without being fully present to the pain. For most of my career I have been working on finding ways to prevent or end violence. More recently I have been gifted with work to…
Healing in Vietnam
In early 2007 Thich Nhat Hanh led a ninety-day pilgrimage to Vietnam. Fifty monks and nuns from the monasteries in the U.S. and France accompanied him, along with a hundred lay Westerners, in each of four three-week segments. On this second historic visit to his homeland, Thay was also accompanied…
World Beat Sangha Soup
Sangha Strengthening Weekend Retreat By Phuong Ai La and Nhu Quynh La photos by Ron Forster At Deer Park Monastery in May 2009, a new Dharma door opened for the World Beat Sangha from San Diego, California. Originally some of us had the simple wish to gather for days of…
How to Smile is Like a Revolutionary Cry
Brother Pháp Lưu reflects on How to Smile, a new compilation of simple, refreshing meditations from Thích Nhất Hạnh to give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happiness.
New Moment of the Heart
By Claudia Baker photo by Renee Burgard On April 9, 2005, I spoke for the first time to the son I gave up for adoption in July of 1970. I was nineteen years old when he was born. The last time I saw him, he was being carried out of…
Prison Mindfulness
By Mair Honan A few years ago, the word "prison" arose repeatedly in my meditation. I thought it referred to an internal prison and laughed when the words "Thomaston prison" arose one day. Thomaston is a nearby state prison. I had no conscious desire to enter the prison and no experience in prison work. But,…
Book Reviews
Ten Breaths to Happiness Touching Life in Its Fullness By Glen Schneider Foreword by Thich Nhat HanhParallax Press, 2013 Soft cover, 108 pages Reviewed by Louise Dunlap, True Silent Teaching “Our hands imbibe like roots, so I place them on what is beautiful in this world” (Francis of Assisi). So…
Sangha Profile
Buddhist Interhelp, London, England12 Shell Road,London SE13 7TWTel. and Fax: (44)181.692.1737 By Mai Nguyen Our Sangha, Buddhist Interhelp, began practicing together in early 1982. In 1986, Thich Nhat Hanh named us with the English equivalent to Hoi Tuong Te Phat Giao-the Sangha of lay Buddhists in Vietnam who assist the Abbot or Abbess…
The Helping Hand
Brother Phap Dung (pronounced FAP YUNG) gave the children’s Dharma talk before Sister Annabel spoke during the Colorado retreat, 24 August 2007. I enjoy my life very much as a monk. I live with my brothers and sisters at Deer Park Monastery in California. We live together as a family.…