By Svein Myreng When we take up the practice of mindfulness, it feels wonderful. We enjoy a new calm and serenity, see trees and the sky more vividly, and find pleasure in a community that values friendliness and equanimity. This is the "honeymoon" of mindfulness practice, to be enjoyed fully. But it doesn't last in…
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Joining with Grace
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…
Fierce-Faced Bodhisattva: A Policewoman’s Story
Interview with Cheri Maples by Barbara Casey during the Hand of the Buddha Retreat, June 2002 Cheri, how did you decide to be a peace officer? Cheri: There were three things I wanted to be as a little girl: a lawyer, a police officer and a professional baseball player. I…
Another Crazy Cyclist for Clean Air
By Gary Richardson Looking inward, I see that my grasping for speed and convenience fuels a part of the oil industry, which does its best to meet my needs as efficiently — and profitably — as possible. I try to control my appetite for convenient transport. For a dozen years…
Earth Justice and Earth Holding
Reflections from Earth Holder Community Dharma sisters from the Global South
Unconditional Acceptance
An Interview with Joanne Friday Joanne Friday with members of Rhode Island Community of Mindfulness; photos courtesy of Joanne Friday Joanne Friday is a Dharma teacher in the Order of Interbeing. In 2003, she received authority to teach from Thich Nhat Hanh, her teacher for twenty years. Joanne leads meditation…
Taking Refuge in Goodness
By Michelle Cattanach “Let Your Light Shine” by Rita Loyd A good friend recently asked me how I was doing, and I had to think about it. I was about to say “Fine,” but then I paused. I wasn’t fine. I had been struggling to make sense of the rising…
Anger
By Celia Landman Rose Festival during the summer retreat, Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, 2018; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha I came by my temper in the traditional way, handed down as a family heirloom. As a child, I didn’t understand that rage was a cry of despair and helplessness. Anger…
Dharma Rain
Practice as Inspiration for Artists By Denys Candy Stonehill College, Massachusetts, August 2000 It is some ungodly hour of the morning, the room is already warm — it can’t be time to get up already? In the nether world between sleep and waking, I intone, “Twenty-four brand new hours!” “Are…
Dharma Talk: Brotherhood = Reunification
Thich Nhat Hanh was invited to address the audience of a monthly Peace Forum on March 19th, 2003 held for leaders and representatives of various religious communities in South Korea on the topic of “Spiritual Reflections on War and Peace.” The following introduction was given: Since the winter of 2002,…