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…
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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: Throwing Away
June 7 – 8, 2006 Thich Nhat Hanh During the Breath of the Buddha retreat at Plum Village, Thây focused on the Sutra on Mindful Breathing, which he had just translated from the Chinese. In this excerpt from two Dharma talks,Thây discusses exercises 11 through 14. Exercise 11: Skillfully he…
Jewish Holidays
By Anne Rogal Winiker Because the Jewish year is based upon an ancient lunar calendar, Jewish holidays are never on the same date from one year to the next. Thus, my nonrefundable plane tickets were already purchased when I realized that our most sacred holidays overlapped the time period of "The Heart of the Buddha,"…
Jail Cell, Monk’s Cell
By Judith Toy Bending to enter the conference room where we held meditation at Countytown Prison in Pennsylvania, Joshua darkened the doorway. He didn’t stand; he loomed. Joshua was a scary-looking six-three or six-four, over three hundred pounds, with a blue anarchist tattoo etched into his shaved scalp. It was…
Be A Flower
Children's Questions to Thay Summer Retreat 2001 Child: Why do you shave your head? Thay: This question is classic. Many children have asked why do you shave your head? The answer I usually give is that we want to save shampoo. But there are other answers as well. The Buddha said to the monks and nuns, every morning when…
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,…
Tending the Whole Garden
Teaching Yourself, Teaching Children By Christopher Willard photo courtesy of the monastic Sangha “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” - Frederick Douglass I’ve often found dealing with myself and my own expectations a more difficult challenge than dealing with some of the toughest children.…
Hugging with True Love
Thay’s Presence in a Mother-Daughter Relationship By Bobbie Bosworth Bobbie Bosworth and her daughter As many of us know, things can get pretty tense between teens and parents. That was the case with me (the mom) and our daughter when she was a teen. For various reasons, she became very…