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…
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Fierce Bodhisattvas
By Daryne Rockett photo by Fe Langdon If you ask my ninety-six-year-old grandfather about his participation in World War II, he might tell you that he was disqualified from service because of his flat feet. His wife, Laura Blackwood, is another story. Fit enough for the typing pool, my grandmother…
The True Musician
An Interview with Sister Trai Nghiem Brother Phap Dung and Brother Phap Lai interviewed Sister Trai Nghiem at Plum Village in the spring of 2011. Question: Were you always a Buddhist, you and your family? Sister Trai Nghiem: By birth, yes. But not practicing. In Japan, we call it “funeral…
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Dharmacarya Ceremony at Plum Village Nine students of Thich Nhat Hanh were invested with the title "Dharmacarya," (dharma friend, or dharma teacher) at Plum Village on August 5, 1990. The sangha of over 150 people from Vietnam, Europe, and the Americas gathered in the Dharma Nectar Meditation Hall to witness the Lamp Transmission Ceremony. With…
Practice in Vietnam: An Inside Look
Interview with Thay Phap KhamBy Barbara Casey in Hanoi, Vietnam During the retreat in Hanoi, former Mindfulness Bell editor Barbara Casey sat down with Thay Phap Kham (monks who have received full ordination are addressed as “Thay”) for an extended chat. This energetic and committed monk has been instrumental in…
The Queen of the Night
Aurora Leon and Felipe Viveros share about bringing spirituality into conversations about racial equity and inclusion during the “Science, Spirituality, and Action” retreat at Plum Village, France.
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…
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…
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…