Children’s Exercise on Interbeing By Terry Masters This activity can take one or two days, depending on the ages and interests of the children and how much time you have. Note: What you might say is in boldface. The answers to questions in parenthesis are the answers our children gave…
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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,"…
How to Listen
In excerpts from the newest release in the bestselling How To series, Thầy demonstrates how deep listening is a basic ingredient to strengthen our capacity for mindfulness, concentration, insight, and compassion.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Seasoning the Soup with Peace
An Interview with My Elder Brother By Phap Lai Brother Phap Do and I sat and drank tea together on a number of occasions. Sharing tea is a time-honored way of building brotherhood in Plum Village. As the story of my elder brother’s journey and transformation unfolded I felt inspired…
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.…
Dharma Talk: Interbeing and the Nature of Perception
November 3, 1997 Key West, Florida Dear friends, we should train ourselves to think and to see things in the light of interbeing. Suppose we think in terms of left and right. We may believe that the left is not the right and the right is not the left. Sometimes…