Author of The Mop Rides series Jaimal Yogis With the second title in the Mop Rides series out today, author Jaimal Yogis was kind enough to sit down and answer some questions about Mop, the message he hopes kids and parents take away, and the future adventures Mop may get…
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Fractals and Interbeing
Homage to the Buddha Shakyamuni. Dear beloved teacher, respected monastic brothers and sisters, and dear noble community, several years ago we had a teaching tour in Southeast Asia. One evening in Taiwan, our teacher taught about the Four Gratitudes: gratitude to our parents who gave us this body and this…
Youth Transformation in Urban America
by Jina Jibrin I am currently working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, managing a youth leadership program for black and Latino youth from housing developments in the Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan communities. The Fuerza Leadership Program is a prevention-based, leadership development, and community-organizing program which allows young adults…
Handling Strong Emotions
When the seed of anger in us is touched, and when it manifests in our mental consciousness as the energy of anger, we have to be aware of it right away. First, we have to produce mindfulness to be aware that the energy of anger is coming up. That is the practice of mindfulness of anger. Breathing in, I know I am angry. Breathing out, I know that anger has manifested. You continue to follow your in-breath and out-breath, generating the energy of mindfulness to embrace your anger. You might like to do walking meditation to help you continue to generate the power of mindfulness. Breathing in, I know I am angry. Breathing out, I know I have to take good care of my anger.
The Song of No Coming and No Going
Rashani Réa shares about how meeting Thầy and Sister Chân Không, having a daily practice, and grief have influenced her creative expression.
Invite the Dragon to Tea
By Eveline Beumkes I have always felt an intense dread of being responsible and have wished to hide from that role. I run away in fear and feel chased by responsibilities. But lately another attitude has opened up in me, a willingness to turn around and face what is chasing me, saying to responsibility,…
Smiling Is a Powerful Tool
By Steve Black I work in a small community college and several years ago I decided to smile and say hello to everyone I met in the hallways at the beginning of the term. I wanted to welcome our new students and to see how long it would take for them to relax and…
Happy with Myself
Reflections on a Teen Retreat By Emma Carey The nonprofit Peace in Schools (peaceinschools.org) launched the United States’ first for-credit mindfulness course in a high school in 2014. This semester-long Mindful Studies class helps teens develop compassion, calm, emotional resilience, and self-awareness. At a time when many teens struggle with…
200 Eggrolls
By Tatian Greenleaf On Saturday, I started cooking 200 eggrolls at 9 p.m. planned to drop them off at the soup kitchen that would serve the homeless on Skid Row the next Friday. I finished , tired, at 3 a.m. I then drove to Von's to buy some aluminum foil trays to hold the eggrolls.…
Media Reviews
Who Am I in This Picture? Amherst College Portraits With Brett Cook and Wendy Ewald Amherst College Press, 2009 Soft cover, 96 pages Reviewed by Karen Hilsberg Who Am I in This Picture? documents a community art project conducted by Sangha member and artist Brett Cook and photographer Wendy Ewald…