The Mindfulness Bell Bundle – PDF

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Featuring: “The Art of Transforming Suffering” by Thich Nhat Hanh, “Resting Back and Trusting the Unknown” by Kaira Jewel Lingo, “Gathas for the Practice of Mindful Living” with Brother Chan Phap Luu, “Contemplations of the Five Mindfulness Trainings” by Marisela Gomez and Valerie Brown, sharings from practitioners on social justice, service as chaplains, navigating suffering, Wake Up, schools, and much more...

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The Mindfulness Bell would like to honor Thầy’s transformation by offering this curated collection of highlights from the week of memorial ceremonies; teachings from Thích Nhất Hạnh on death, impermanence, and interbeing; and reflections and recollections of Thầy from elder monastics, lay Dharma teachers, and friends.

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This issue features:

• Thich Nhat Hanh on the intimate connection between suffering and happiness
• Dr Larry Ward on caring for our traumatic experiences
• Brother Peace on losing both his parents to depression and suicide
• Dharma teacher Valerie Brown on inspiring hope in a world in need
• Sister Bội Nghiêm on understanding relationships and suffering in the LGBTQIA+ community
• Updates from ARISE Sangha, the Earth Holder Community, Happy Farm, Wake Up International, Wake Up Schools, and the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation.
• Practitioners share about spirituality and racial equity, being on the front lines of climate action, practicing online, and much more

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This issue focuses on the path of practicing with Buddhist psychology and neuroscience for individual and collective health:

• In "Rebuilding Health" Thích Nhất Hạnh teaches us to stop running and find healing.
• Dharma teacher Jo-ann Rosen and the EMBRACE Sangha offer insights on seeing the practice through a neuroscientific and trauma-sensitive lens.
• "Neuroscience Infused Body-scan," a Dharma talk by Brother Pháp Linh.
• Practitioners share about healing trauma and mindfulness in public health research.
• Sharings from Happy Farm, Wake Up, Wake Up Schools, the Earth Holder Community, and the Thích Nhất Hạnh Foundation.
• ...and much more.

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In this issue we give homage to Thầy’s vision of deep ecology, as we share our experience with climate change:

• In “A Love Letter to the Planet” Thích Nhất Hạnh shares intimate conversations with Mother Earth.
• Brother Pháp Lưu offers a continuation of the Earth Peace Treaty: a new series of earth-touchings and an updated commitment sheet.
• Dharma teacher Jem offers insights from his deep Earth holding practice, surviving cancer, and disrobing after eighteen years as a monk.
• A Dharma talk by Brother Pháp Dung from the Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet online course.
• Practitioners share about living gently on the Earth and connecting with nature.
• Sharings from Happy Farm, Wake Up, Wake Up Schools, the Earth Holder Community, and the Thích Nhất Hạnh Foundation.
• Poetry, a recipe from the monasteries, and much more.

We hope the visions shared in this issue will encourage each of us to engage with our world and each other mindfully and lovingly.

This issue is included in our digital subscriptions and reflects on continuation, touching the ancestral steam, and feeling connected with the deep, rich Plum Village lineage:

• Sister Chân Đức shares about our teacher’s lineage as a peace activist.
• Dharma teacher Mitchell Ratner reflects on his pilgrimage tracing Thích Nhất Hạnh’s lineage in Vietnam.
• An interview with Thích Giác Quang, a Most Venerable from Huế, Vietnam, explores the importance of the many ceremonies remembering and honoring Thầy’s passing.
• Lay friends answer what it means that Thầy is our ancestral teacher.
• Sharings from ARISE Sangha, Happy Farm, Wake Up Schools, the Earth Holder Community, and the Thích Nhất Hạnh Foundation.
• A guided meditation from Thích Nhất Hạnh, poetry, and more.