I was deeply touched recently by a book called At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace. The author, Claude Anshin Thomas, describes in detail the suffering he has experienced as a Vietnam veteran [see below]. The description of his suffering made me look more deeply into the…
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Coincidences, Histories, and the Monastic Life in the EIAB Waldbröl
By Axel Denecke photos courtesy of the EIAB Through mere coincidence I came across the history of Waldbröl and the former Kraft durch Freude (KdF) Hotel, which is now the EIAB (European Institute of Applied Buddhism). In search of material about the period of National Socialism in the university library, I came across a…
Fierce Compassion
By Cheri Maples Cheri Maples received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh and became a Dharma teacher on January 9, 2008 at Plum Village. Here is part of the Dharma talk she gave to the Sangha that day. Since I was very young, I have had a passion for…
Peanut Butter Love Balls
By David Viafora and Sangha Youth photo by Paul Davis During the September 2011 retreat at Deer Park Monastery, the young people offered their creativity, fun, and love to the Sangha by raising money for children in impoverished conditions around the world. Within the Children’s Program, we incorporated mindful eating…
The German Maitreya Fonds
Helping Our Sisters and Brothers in Vietnam By Eva K. Neumaier photos courtesy of Maitreya Fonds For a period that seemed longer than it really was, we were squeezed together in a small bus, rocking along over a pothole-strewn gravel road on the way to a village near the Vietnamese…
Busynessless
Brother Phap Dung's Dharma talk about the practice of not being busy to young adults
The Practice of Collective Wisdom
In a world dominated by individualism and competition, it is a real challenge to live as a spiritual community. "Please use the Sangha eye to understand the nature of suffering in our times," urged Thich Nhat Hanh during the 21-day retreat in Plum Village last June. The metaphor used by Thay was to practice like bees…
Love in Action with the Police
By Marisela Gomez illustration by Brother Phap Ban Talk at ABC Home September 2016 Dear friends, dear Thay, I want to share about what love in action may look like, and maybe why it is necessary. This is not just for activists but for everyone who is negotiating and navigating…
It Don’t Mean Nothin’
By Arthur James November 1969, on a darkening eve, we met upon a jungle trail. I felt the terror of death. Our encounter startled each one of us. Two North Vietnamese soldiers braced to shoot me. Shaking, I wedged myself and my M-16 rifle against a tree. I shot them.…
Be What a Bullet Can’t Be
Three artists and Sister Peace, with the support of Magnolia Grove Monastery...