Author of The Mop Rides series Jaimal Yogis With the second title in the Mop Rides series out today, author Jaimal Yogis was kind enough to sit down and answer some questions about Mop, the message he hopes kids and parents take away, and the future adventures Mop may get…
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Friends on the Path—Living Spiritual Communities by Thich Nhat Hanh, Compiled by Jack Lawlor Review by David Percival This book is an invaluable resource on Sangha building for beginning and advanced practitioners around the world. We are told that even the smallest Sangha nurtures and continues the living tradition of…
Enjoying an Apple of Mindfulness in the Big Apple
Stephen Pradarelli encounters Thầy while supporting the naming of Thích Nhất Hạnh Way in New York.
Small Is Beautiful
Old Path Sangha Turns Ten! “Building a Sangha is very healing for the world.” - Thich Nhat Hanh On a rainy, cloudy Saturday afternoon in October 2009, friends of Old Path Sangha (OPS) gathered for a Day of Mindfulness and to reflect on a milestone: the tenth anniversary of the…
Flowers in the Dark
Sister Dang Nghiem brings together her lived experience as a survivor of trauma...
Walking the Teacher’s Path with Mindfulness
Dzung Vo interviews Dharma teacher Richard Brady about his book of stories on mindfulness, education, and touching our bodhicitta.
WHY IS RACIAL EQUITY WORK IMPORTANT TO ME?
ANTOINETTE GONZÁLEZ The practice of pausing, looking deeply, and being fully present is very difficult and liberating. When I first seriously looked at racial inequality, I was an undergraduate grappling with coming out as a lesbian and being a first-generation Chicana in college. As I learned more about social inequity,…
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…
New Sangha in Thailand!
Members of the Sangha of Mindfulness at the Suan Pai Vegetarian Restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. Clockwise, from the left: Warunee Dejsakulrit, Pongsathorn Tantiritthisak, David Percival, Sandra Brantley, Kittiya Pholkerd, and Piangporn Lapeloima. There is an oasis of mindfulness amidst the congestion and noise of Bangkok. It is the new community…
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…