A retreat bringing together people of East Asian and Southeast Asian heritage for a long weekend exploring Plum Village practice Thank you for registering for the upcoming retreat at the Being Peace Centre. We trust that this retreat experience will support you in restoring balance, deepening your spiritual roots, and…
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Now is The Time for Engaged Buddhist Practice
At this very moment, American society is full of anger, fear, confusion, and reactivity. The recent loss of our perceived psychological safety and physical security has removed the veil of material success as our great protector. With this curtain of affluence and influence torn away the depth of our suffering…
Dharma Talk: True Happiness
Good morning, dear Sangha, today is the twenty-third of June, 2005 and we are in the Lovingkindness Temple in the New Hamlet. Happiness is a practice. We should distinguish between happiness and excitement, and even joy. Many people in the West, especially in North America, think of excitement as happiness.…
When Giants Meet
Dedication of the Beloved Community Garden at Magnolia Grove Monastery Beloved Community Garden, Magnolia Grove Monastery. Photo by Paul Davis “If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton What happens when two giants meet? We invite…
Dharma Talk: Be a Real Human Being
I love the smells here. They’re old, been around a long time. I can feel the ancient presence of the native peoples, in the rocks and in the mountains, in the trees and in the river. It makes me very happy to be here in this space. Compassion is very…
Migrating into Happiness
By Robin Lee Schiff and Joost van Rens photo by David Nelson Robin: Yesterday evening we were lying on the smooth sun-warmed road that winds its way down the mountain at Deer Park Monastery, watching the moon rise over the crest of the ridge, enjoying the coolness of the evening…
The Sangha Carries Everything
An Interview with Anh-Huong Nguyen Anh-Huong (front row, second from left) leads walking meditation at a Day of Mindfulness at the University of Philadelphia Anh-Huong Nguyen has been practicing mindfulness in the tradition of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh for more than thirty years. She has led mindfulness retreats in…
Chanting from the Heart Vol 1
Chanting from the Heart Vol. 1: The first volume in the revised edition of Chanting from the Heart, by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village. Vol. 1: Buddhist Sutras and Recitations, contains sutras from both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions, translated by Thích…
Letters to The Mindfulness Bell
I was moved by the tributes to Jini Fauss in issue # 17 of The Mindfulness Bell and especially so by Jim's own article. I also found that Fred Eppsteiner's letter expressed some very important thoughts regarding the service you now and might in the future provide practitioners. It is important to relate the…
Sangha Fire-Building Sessions Around the World
A historic moment is approaching for our global spiritual family.