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.…
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A Taste of Plum Village: Practice as a Family Charlottesville, Virginia, June 16-21, 1995 During this five-day family retreat, we will practice mindfulness with our children and share energy, experience, inspiration and resources with each other. Teenagers are especially invited. Many members of the core community will be participating. The retreat will take place…
Buddha, Ananda, & Katrina
By Sid Kemp In early September my wife, Kris, spent six days in the Superdome in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina passed overhead. From early Monday through early Saturday, I had no news from her. I have been a Buddhist practitioner for twenty-five years, and a member of the Order…
Right Consumption
By Katharine Cook When I decided to take the Fifth Precept, I thought about never drinking again. I believed that it was no problem for me to have an occasional glass of wine at relatives' dinner parties, but now I see that although it may not be a problem for me, it could become…
Living Dharma
By Miriam Goldberg photo by Deny Hermawan For me, the Indonesian retreat closed with the sunrise meditation walk, Dharma talk, and formal lunch at Borobudur the day after the retreat officially ended. We walked stone pathways lined with images depicting the Buddha’s life and all the sutras. Every curve of…
The Perfection of Energy
By Jack Lawlor A bodhisattva strives to cultivate wisdom and compassion simultaneously in order to liberate all beings. Let us examine a very important characteristic of the Bodhisattva Way, the Perfection of Energy. There are many words and phrases we commonly use to describe a perceived lack of energy: tired, weary, exhausted, burnt-out, fatigued, etc.…
Book Reviews
Friends on the Path—Living Spiritual Communities by Thich Nhat Hanh, Compiled by Jack Lawlor Review by David Percival This book is an invaluable resource on Sangha building for beginning and advanced practitioners around the world. We are told that even the smallest Sangha nurtures and continues the living tradition of…
Interbeing in Germany
By Marcel Geisser The second meeting of the German-speaking members of the Order of Interbeing was held on June 10, 1996. Present were Thay Nhat Hanh, Sr. Chan Khong, Sr. Jina, Marcel Geisser, Karl Schmied, Karl and Helga Riedl, Manfred Folkers, Gabriela Flagge, Annette and Reiner Landgraf, Steffi Hoeltje, and Margret de Backere. Thay's visit…
Bells in the Heart of London
By Josie Ng Brother Phap Linh drawing calligraphy during London Mindfulness Hub’s first year; photo by Lisa Laeber What happens when we invite a bell into a hall filled with chatty Londoners lounging on couches and sitting with their laptops? Nobody else stops. Barely anyone glances our way or pauses…
Dharma Talk: Immediate Protection
In the 1960s, American young people marched in the streets, shouting "Make love, not war." I reflected deeply on this. What kind of love were they speaking of? Was it true love? If it were true love, it would be the opposite of war. If it were only craving, one…