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Scorpion Nature
In your daily life, do you have awareness that you have feet? When you walk across the parking lot or around your office, do you have mastery of your steps? There is a story about a scorpion and a frog. One day, the scorpion needs to cross a pond. So…
Flowers in the Dark
Sister Dang Nghiem brings together her lived experience as a survivor of trauma...
Book Reviews
Awakening of the Heart Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2012 Softcover, 608 pages Reviewed by Fred Eppsteiner, Brother True Energy Several weeks ago, a Sangha member told me she was interested in delving more deeply into traditional Buddhist teachings and asked if I could suggest…
Fractals and Interbeing
Homage to the Buddha Shakyamuni. Dear beloved teacher, respected monastic brothers and sisters, and dear noble community, several years ago we had a teaching tour in Southeast Asia. One evening in Taiwan, our teacher taught about the Four Gratitudes: gratitude to our parents who gave us this body and this…
Poem: Discourse on True Contentment
I heard these words of Thay one time when he was living in the vicinity of Escondido at the Deer Park Monastery in the Oak Grove. Late at night, a group of coyotes appeared, whose passionate howls made the whole Oak Grove tremble joyfully. After paying respects to Thay with…
Tears Become Rain
32 mindfulness practitioners around the world reflect on encountering the extraordinary teachings of Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh, who passed away in January 2022, exploring themes of coming home to ourselves, healing from grief and loss, facing fear, and building community and belonging. Some moments change our lives. We experience…
Announcements
PassagesMarried: John Balaam, True Original Mountain, and Charito Sanchez were married in Waipio Valley, Hawai'i on January 1, 2000. Ordained: A warm welcome to new Order members, Virginia Bollero, Sheila Klein, Judy Weaver, Karen Zampalia, Chau Yoder, Peter Hawkins, and Bethany Freshnock. One Hundredth Monastic: During the Winter Retreat in Plum Village, sixteen new monastics were ordained—the sixteen "cherry trees."…
Making Friends with Time
By Tracy Sarriugarte and Peggy Rowe Smell the Roses People from a planet without flowers wouldthink we must be mad with joy the whole time tohave such things about us.—Iris Murdoch Beauty from nature is one of my favorite touchstones and it comes in all forms and shapes and sizes-trees, flowers, clouds, and…
Coming Together in Difficult Times
Your Incredible Support in 2020 Farming at Plum Village Monastery photo courtesy of Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation “In Buddha's time, nuns and monks went to the villages with their begging bowls and asked for food and support. The monastic community is similar today. It is the generous donations from our…