By Laureen Osborne photo by Bonnie Bluhm For seven years, I helped take care of my two elderly parents while trying at the same time to run my own business. My mother suffered with a rare form of dementia from which she eventually died in 2000. Eighteen months later, my…
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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…
A Frolic Down the Path of the Buddha
A Buddhist retreat at Plum Village is unlike any other Buddhist retreat (as far as I know). There’s relatively little sitting meditation, which surprises and disappoints some folks. But there are lots of other forms of meditation — in fact the practice of mindfulness means meditating twenty-four hours a day,…
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…
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…
Dharma Talk: The Way to Well-Being
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…
Mindfulness Practice Center
Dear Friends, February 14th and 15th, we had an open house for the Mindfulness Practice Center of the Upper Valley, Vermont. About three hundred people joined us in mindful sitting and walking, clementine ceremonies, introductory talks, total relaxation and singing. The Mindfulness Practice Center of the Upper Valley is "a resource center and gathering place supporting…
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…
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…
Earth Justice and Earth Holding
Reflections from Earth Holder Community Dharma sisters from the Global South