A Wonderfully Rich Practice By Bud Reiter-Lavery Few of the local Sangha members have young children. I have two neighbors with children under the age of three who used to do formal sitting meditation alone or in groups, but haven’t done so since the birth of their children. Similarly, I…
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Cherishing Each Day
By Howard Weamer In 1992 my wife and I began raising Yeti, our first Canine Companion puppy. These dogs assist physically challenged companions by learning specialized skills like turning lights on and off, fetching objects by name, alerting the person to sounds in their home, etc. Our job was to present CCI with an 18-month-old…
Wake Up Spirit
By Brian Kimmel photo by Robert Harrison What is Wake Up Spirit? The intention to “wake up” beyond our usual notions of ourselves and our environment, to enter deeply into meditation and move out into the world, to celebrate and share our gifts with collective awareness, inclusion, and fun. It…
Being Home
By Susan O’Leary Ours is an old house in the heart of a midwestern American city. This is where we daily breathe (not always in mindfulness), where we daily walk, where we daily sit. This is where our practice starts in the morning and ends at night. We do not…
Dharma Talk: The Art of Living
Many years ago, a young man named Jim Forest asked me to teach him about the practice of mindfulness. But when I offered him some tangerines, he continued telling me about the many projects he was involved in — his work for peace, social justice, and so on. He was…
Poem: A Wild Thing
By Larry Ward The bones of our ancestors still dance At ease in the field of magic stardust An ounce of poetry from long ago The crane says, “I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A tiny bird will drop dead, frozen, from a bough of a…
Creating Villages of Peace
Summer Camp in Texas By Terry Masters One day at my summer camp for gifted children, MasterSchool, the children created different villages from around the world. Using their imaginations and whatever materials they could find around the ranch, they built villages in Mexico, India, Israel, France, and Japan. In France, in…
Meditations on a Piece of Fruit
By Garry Appel Gary Appel Looking deeply at my food as I slowly and consciously consume it, I see and taste and hear and feel and smell a sweet morsel, lovingly produced through much kind work. I see the sun, the water, and the nutrients that exist in this bit…
A Journey of Healing
By Jill McKay A wedding photo of Jill’s parents Several years ago, before a five-day retreat on the topic, “Embracing our Inner Child,” Dharma teacher Anh-Huong invited us to bring a baby picture or the earliest photo of ourselves we could find. During our first family group sharing, we silently…
Through Prison Gates
By Bill Menza On October 16, 1999, for the first time ever, the state of Maryland opened its prison doors to a renowned Buddhist Zen master. The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh rode in the second of two cars caravaning from Washington, D.C. to the medium security prison at Hagerstown, Maryland. The glorious autumn day reflected the…