At the retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, Sister Annabel offered this Dharma talk on August 24, 2007. In her soft British-accented voice, Sister Annabel gave a brilliant elucidation of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Dear Sangha, today please allow me to…
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My Mind is a Stage
Introducing Mindfulness to High School Students and Teachers I grew up on Chicago’s Northshore, the area which, I later learned, had the highest teenage suicide rate in the country at the time. My own high school years were uneventful, but my younger brother’s were very troubled. I suspect that this was…
Loving the Whole
Reflections on Touching the Earth Aspirants from the Beech family during the Rains retreat, Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, 2018; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha Mist drifted across the Pacific mountain meadow as Sister Chan Khong’s voice guided several hundred retreatants in meditation beneath towering redwoods. It was 1993 and my…
On Karma
By Barbara Casey For over six years Barbara corresponded with a prison inmate named Claude. He had been convicted of aggravated assault, which means that he did someone serious harm. In a letter to her, Claude asked Barbara for insight about karma, and she asked some dharma teachers to respond…
An Offering for the Dharma
By Andrew Weiss On the evening of April 6, 1993, Pham Gia Binh, a quiet, dedicated practitioner of Pure Land Buddhism, immolated himself in Ellington, Connecticut, in the presence of five friends. Binh made this offering of himself to alert us to the continued violation of human rights in Vietnam, and the continued mistreatment of…
The Culture of the Buddha
By Sister Ha Nghiem When I first became a nun I felt like a bird trying to live in the ocean. Under the water I couldn't understand a word anyone was saying. Everything I had learned of what was important, what was beautiful, was somehow different here. Sometimes I felt lonely and out of…
Cultivating Our Blue Sky Nature
Skillful Means for Emotional Healing In the mid-1990s, John Bell began leading workshops on handling stress for the young people and staff in the YouthBuild programs throughout the United States. At the workshop, John introduced them to meditation and to methods of emotional healing. John has been exploring ways of…
Opening the Voice with the Practice of Chanting
Brother Goodness When I was in grade school and high school I attended chorus classes, but I never paid much attention. It was a wonderful time to goof around, and for my classmates and I it often turned towards playful endeavor that tested our teachers’ sanity. I was not aware…
My Father’s Smile
By Susan Hadler Note: Second Body is a practice that is sometimes used to pair Sangha friends who intentionally support one another’s mindfulness practice. In our Sangha, second body pairs usually meet once a week for about four months. An early morning breeze blows through my cotton jacket as I…
Restoring Peace and Safety
Excerpts from a Panel Discussion Paths to Community Justice By Cheri Maples Cheri, Thay, and friends at the 2003 retreat for police in Green Lake, Wisconsin Baltimore, Maryland, USA August 24, 2016 Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being here. I’m really happy to be spending the time with you. There…