A Dharma talk given by Sister Jina on September 1, 2002 in the Upper Hamlet in Plum Village I have been aware of silence this week. I would like to share with you a little bit how I practice with noble silence in my daily life. I first came to…
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A Day of Mindfulness at Google By Sister Chan Hien Nghiem Google slide, photo courtesy of monastic Sangha The Google campus is an interesting place. Called the “Googleplex” by Silicon Valley, it is a sprawling mass of buildings of unusual shapes and sizes, with earnest-faced, intelligent-looking young people darting between…
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…
An Informal Invitation to Sitting Meditation
This piece is partly a response to practicing in the midst constant sirens on the twenty-first...
The Story of Interbeing: Interview with Charles Eisenstein
May 27, 2014 Charles Eisenstein Charles Eisenstein is an author, public speaker, and self-described “degrowth activist.” He has written six books, including The Ascent of Humanity (2007), Sacred Economics (2011), and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (2013). In his latest book, he speaks of the old…
Silence Is Goldish Blue
By Christian McEwen photo by Renee Burgard Twenty-six hundred years ago a little Indian boy lay resting in the shade under a rose-apple tree. It was the time of the spring plowing, and he watched the men and oxen as they worked their way up and down the lengthy furrows.…
Drinking Tea
By Savitri Tsering There are times in my day that my actions are like ritual moments that help me remember to come back to the present moment. Some of those critical times are when I ride my bike to and from work, when I go for a walk at lunchtime and,…
Deadlines, Hanging Out, and Spiritual Practice
By Charles Suhor It wasn’t until late in my career that I saw connections between my spiritual practice, deadlines, and deep listening to colleagues and friends. It wasn’t until retirement that I linked all of those things to what’s commonly called “hanging out.” In the Workplace My job was a…
Open Eyes
By Sam Dubois Please do not ask me to shut my eyesuntil you have demonstrated what a lotus isand how I may be able to be it;until you can show me how to understandthat along with the terrible, even unspeakable,I carry along some kind of potential.I do not mean to…
Ask the Dharmacarya: How do you practice in your Workplace?
Chan Huy - Montreal, Canada I am back to work after a two-year sabbatical. I am an engineer, a construction project manager for a federal department in Canada. I work with a team of consultants, architects, engineers, contractors and in-house resources specialists. This team changes with each new cycle of the work project. I…