For two years, I’ve been the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Supervisor for Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, training priests and deacons to be better pastoral care visitors. It’s become clear to me that the CPE model was created by, and best serves, those of the dominant culture. It requires intellectual and…
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Raising the Tension: Nonviolent Action to Cultivate Beloved Community
In this excerpt from Brothers in the Beloved Community, author Bishop Marc Andrus discusses how Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used the nonviolent technique of "raising the tension" to cultivate reconciliation and acknowledgement of the interbeing of all people.
Brothers in the Beloved Community
The never-before-told story of a friendship between two of the most well-known peace icons of the twentieth century. Although Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr. knew each other for only a few years before Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, their relationship had a profound impact on each…
Mindful Psychotherapy
My role as a psychotherapist is to relieve the suffering of my clients. Clients come to treatment with an aspect of their life condition that is causing them (and usually others) pain and discomfort. They may be aware of symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, and frustration, but an understanding of the true causes of their…
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Parallax Press
This affectionate trip down memory lane by outgoing publisher Hisae Matsuda shares the backstory behind Parallax’s publications, celebrating the people who made the books possible and the team of practitioner-publishing professionals guiding the journey of tomorrow.
Mindfulness on the Bedroom Floor
Practicing with The Five Remembrances during a life-threatening emergency
Build Resilience, Nurture Community
Order of Interbeing member Sue Kronenberger deepens understanding of suffering through building resilience with her sangha.
All Roads Lead to Plum Village
Transformation Hall, Plum Village, 1991; courtesy of monastic Sangha I left Plum Village in August 1990 after three weeks at my first summer retreat, not knowing that it would take me fourteen years to get back. But those three weeks changed my life. I had started meditating on my own…
My Life Is My Teaching
In January 2024, Thích Nhất Hạnh (Thầy)—the teacher of mindful living and the founder of the Plum Village tradition—will be celebrated as the Fifth Patriarch of Từ Hiếu root temple and First Patriarch of the Plum Village Sangha. We invite you to learn more about Thầy's life and the spiritual roots of Plum Village through Thầy's books, which continue to be some of his most accessible offerings to the world.
Ask the Dharmacharaya
Playing Sports? Is it Mindful? Dear Dharmacharyas, My name is Ethan Flint. I am nine and 3/4 years old. My dad is in the Sangha in New York City. I wanted to know your opinion about playing in a sports league, like soccer or baseball. Do you think it is…