No Worries Report from the European Institute of Applied Buddhism By Sister Annabel The European Institute of Applied Buddhism, also known as the Ashoka Institute, will celebrate its second anniversary on September 10, 2010. We are enjoying ourselves very much in Germany, where we have favorable conditions for the practice:…
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How a Chopstick Prevented a Strike
I am a labor lawyer, representing registered nurses at contract negotiations. While I consider my work to be Right Livelihood, it brings a myriad of challenges to my practice. One of my most rewarding challenges occurred in December 1999. I was negotiating at a large teaching hospital in New York…
Supporting the Aspirant
By Mike Bell A couple of summers ago in Plum Village, I asked Sister Annabel about the process of joining the Order of Interbeing. Over several meetings, she dictated guidelines to me. My understanding from those meetings was that the emphasis was on self-assessment and we answer an aspirant "yes" in the absence of flagrant…
Walking the Green Path
Deer Park Monastery Takes Steps for Mother Earth By Laura Hunter Expressing gratitude to land ancestors during Thanksgiving Day Ancestors’ Offering, Deer Park Monastery; photo by Ron Forster BONG. BONG. Each morning when the temple bell sounds, we rise and walk silently and peacefully through the grounds of Deer Park…
“Mitakuye Oyasin”
Monks’ Experiences of the Ancient Stone People Lodge Ceremony Immediately after the Colors of Compassion retreat, on the first of April, fifteen monks participated in an ancient ceremony of the Indigenous Peoples of this land—a Stone People Lodge ceremony. It was a historic event, in that we had the opportunity…
In the Buddha’s Footsteps
By Shantum Seth Thich Nhat Hanh, along with 12 monks and nuns from Plum Village and friends from the U.S. , Europe, and Australia, spent three weeks in February and March traveling through India and visiting many important sites of the Buddha's life. On February 18, the group's first evening in New Delhi, the Attorney…
Letters
Thank you so much for sending me the Winter/Spring 2007 issue of the Bell, which had my poem “No Windows” inside. I’m in a very difficult state because my mother passed away from cancer on March 3rd. I was devastated and in shock. My mother recently had major surgery to…
Be Still
The Mindful Christian By Diane Strausser We all know the importance of words. Relationships are built with them. Our important teachers use words that help us structure our lives and we carry those words in our minds as we go about the business of living. Despite the fact that I…
Peace Is Every Step
How the Mindful Walk with Thich Nhat Hanh in Los Angeles Became an International Day of Mindfulness and Peace By Beth Howard At the retreat in Estes Park, Colorado, someone asked Thich Nhat Hanh what could be done to bring peace to the situation in Iraq. He responded by saying…
Small Is Beautiful
Old Path Sangha Turns Ten! “Building a Sangha is very healing for the world.” - Thich Nhat Hanh On a rainy, cloudy Saturday afternoon in October 2009, friends of Old Path Sangha (OPS) gathered for a Day of Mindfulness and to reflect on a milestone: the tenth anniversary of the…