By Scott Nance The next time a congressman or congresswoman is waiting at the airport, maybe he or she won’t be caught up thinking about his or her next meeting, or an upcoming vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead, he or she may be doing…
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A Special Section: Buddhism in Vietnam
Editor's Note: In universities throughout North America and Europe, there are many professors specializing in Buddhism in Japan, Tibet, Korea, China, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, India, and other countries, and there are numerous texts to support their studies. But to date, no Western scholar specializes in Vietnamese Buddhism, and there is very little written about it…
Touching the Master
By Aparna Pallavi photo by Karen Hilsberg “Go back and take care of yourself. The wounded child in you needs you. Your suffering, your blocks of pain need you. Your deepest desire needs you to acknowledge it.” Each word touched my hurting heart like a tender dewdrop. My whole…
Thay in Disguise
By Vickie MacArthur Lower Hamlet, Plum Village; photo by Vickie MacArthur In the fall of 2017, I had the opportunity to stay at Lower Hamlet in Plum Village for four weeks. This was not my first visit; I had been blessed to attend the 21-Day Retreat in both 2012 and…
Living and Practicing the Fourth Mindfulness Training
By Mihaela Andronic Montage; photo by Mihaela Andronic “Aware that looking deeply at the nature of suffering can help us develop understanding and compassion, … [we] are committed to finding ways, including personal contact and the use of telephone, electronic, audiovisual, and other means to be with those who suffer,…
Dharma Talk: The Buddhist Understanding of Reality
Plum Village, France 21 June 2009 At the Path of the Buddha retreat, Thay focused on global ethics. A handout (see below) summarized four different approaches to ethical questions. Here is an excerpt from Thay’s last Dharma talk, in which he discussed the Buddhist approach. We study this line: “Both…
The Role of the Lay Sangha
in the Time of Buddha Shakyamuni By Sister Annabel, True Virtue With the publication of Freedom Wherever We Go (1)the Revised Pratimoksha (precepts of the fully-ordained Buddhist monks and nuns) becomes available to be studied and read by laypeople. Traditionally, lay practitioners have not been permitted to read the Pratimoksha.…
How Silence Nourishes Our Love
By Joann M. Joann and her husband at the beach; photo by Brian Drapeaux Aware of my suffering from sexual violence and clumsy attempts at love, I celebrate with great gratitude the gift of my relationship with my beloved husband, who is also committed to the mindfulness trainings and exploring…
Loving the Whole
Reflections on Touching the Earth By Leslie Rawls Mist drifted across the Pacific mountain meadow as Sister Chan Khong’s voice guided several hundred retreatants in the practice of Touching the Earth beneath towering redwoods. It was 1993 and my first encounter with a practice I came to treasure: The Five Touchings…
On Love and Being Gay
Laurie Arron shares about true love and transforming silent suffering.