Visiting Vietnam Before our party of monks and nuns left Plum Village and Deer Park Monastery to go to Vietnam, Thay gave us instruction. His first words were, "We are sending you as an offering to Vietnam." These words impressed us deeply. They made us feel light and easy and…
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Earth and Racial Justice Framework
In our regular column in the Mindfulness Bell, the Earth Holder Community would like to offer our Earth and Racial Justice framework, which serves as the foundation of our work. May it nourish our practice and action.
Snake Medicine
By Sister Thuong Nghiem Note: Calling something medicine in the Native American traditions is a way of emphasizing the special qualities of that thing. All elements in the cosmos have the potential to heal us and to teach us when our hearts and minds are open. One foot follows the other, making a path.…
Meditations for the Terminally Ill
By Elisabeth Ollagnier When you accompany a patient until his death, you are walking together on the final piece of life's path. The patient chooses the one he wants to accompany him. He chooses someone with whom he feels a closeness, without considering the person's position or status. All that a terminally-ill patient has been…
Book Reviews
Mindful Movements:Ten Exercises for Well-Being Thich Nhat Hanh and Wietske Vriezen Parallax Press, 2008Hardcover, ringbound, 61 pages With DVD featuring Brother Michael, Thich Nhat Hanh, and monks and nuns of the Plum Village community, produced by Sounds True — 36 minutes Reviewed by Judith Toy, True Door of Peace What…
Touching the Earth
On the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day, His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered four reasons for us to be hopeful: the dedication to nonviolence in such violent times, the strength of the individual in the face of adversity, the arising of religious life, and an awakening to our connection with our environment. The deepest…
Living with Compassion Intention
Interview with Dr. James Doty By Sarah Caplan (L-R) Dr. James Doty, Brother Chan Phap Nguyen, and Thich Nhat Hanh, October 24, 2013. Photo by Chris Wesselman Last April, my meditation group attended an event at Stanford University entitled “Conversations on Compassion with Sharon Salzberg.” Sponsored by Stanford’s Center for…
All That Has Breath
By Adele Macy Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know that this is a wonderful moment! Thay's words seem so simple. At times, reading such simple words, I find myself searching for some extraordinary revelation. This intellectual hunger usually crops up when I feel overwhelmed by…
Our Environment: Touching the Gift of Life
In 2007, Thich Nhat Hanh delivered a provocative Dharma talk on humanity’s effects on the health of the planet—and proposed an elegant course of action.
Living History in Belfast
By Peter Doran photo by Sarah Dawson In April 2012, Thich Nhat Hanh spoke in the Senate Chamber at Parliament Buildings on the outskirts of Belfast, Ireland, where former combatants and political opponents now serve together in the government. Thay addressed an audience of ministers, legislators, and a cross-section of…