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Tributes to Our Beloved Teacher, Dr. Larry Ward
Honoring the 49th day since his passing, we offer these loving remembrances from Dharma teachers Valerie Brown and Kaira Jewel Lingo.
Little Feather
By Asa O’Connor Jaeckal As a dove flies past,In the clear blue sky,A feather falls.A wind sweeps it up,Making it swirl, and summersaultover grassy fields, and snowy mountains.It floats gently in the breeze,connecting with the infinite power oftime and thought,While slowly, very slowly, making its wayto the ground.It lands, and…
How Can I Control my Temper?
Child’s question: How can I control my temper?Once we’re aware of our anger, we can be gentle with it. Don’t try to control your anger. As soon as you try to control it, this may start a fight between you and your temper. Instead, just be with it and accept…
The journey to discovery starts with a question. Where is the Buddha?
Sister Trì Nghiêm and Jacob Surpin In celebration of this release, editors Sister Trì Nghiêm of Magnolia Grove Monastery and associate publisher Jacob Surpin sat down and answered some questions around the Buddha’s true nature, lessons children can learn, and what makes this book different from previous children’s books by…
Book Reviews
Is Nothing Something? Kid's Questions and Zen Answers About Life, Death, Family, Friendship, and Everything in Between by Thich Nhat Hanh Plum Blossom Books, 2014 Hardcover, 40 pages Reviewed by John Malkin Fifteen years ago I was at a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh at Deer Park Monastery, and during a…
Why Don’t Monks and Nuns Eat Meat?
Q&A with Thich Nhat Hanh Monastic sisters at Magnolia Grove Monastery. Photo courtesy of monastic Sangha Child’s question: Why don’t monks and nuns eat meat? Thich Nhat Hanh’s answer: We don’t eat meat because we want to reduce the suffering of living beings. Human beings suffer, but animals also suffer.…
You Are Also a Cloud
Child’s question: Do you remember any of your past lives? Thich Nhat Hanh’s response: Yes. When I practice looking deeply, I see that one time in the past I was a rock, a tree, a squirrel, a bird, a fish, a cloud, and a river. If I continue to look…
Ubuntu and Interbeing
Order of Interbeing member rehena Harilall calls for Love in Action for Black History Month UK, October 2025
The Peace Treaty
Because a lot of suffering arises when we become angry or upset with our partner or other friends, at Plum Village we have created a "Peace Treaty" which we sign in front of the sangha. I would like to explain something about it. The treaty was written to help us live happily together.…