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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…
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…
Falling Back in Love with Mother Earth
Journalist Jo Confino interviews Thích Nhất Hạnh on how we can practice with and relate to insights arising from contemplating the Earth as our Mother.
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…
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…
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…
The Courage to Change Becoming a Conscious Consumer
By Jonathan Borella My spirituality has become the main guiding force in my life. It plays a role in almost every decision I make, in my relationships with family and friends, and in my perspective of the world. Indeed, as the days go by, I am noticing my life and…
Taking Care of Our Suffering
Thich Nhat Hanh welcomed at the temple in Danang, Vietnam in 2007; photo by Cilla Brady Retreat on Buddhist Psychology Key West, Florida November 8, 1997 Dear friends, At a past winter retreat in Plum Village, everyone was given an assignment to write a love letter to their father. A…
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.…