The Third Precept: Aware of the suffering caused by sexual misconduct, I vow to cultivate responsibility and learn ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals, couples, families, and society. I am determined not to engage in sexual relations without love and a long-term commitment. To preserve the happiness of myself and others, I…
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How to Be Your Own Soulmate
An interview with Sister Dang Nghiem about true love
Dharma Talk: Cultivating Compassion, Responding to Violence
A Dharma talk offered by Thich Nhat Hanh Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California September 13, 2001 Thich Nhat Hanh and 80 monks and nuns began the public talk with a ceremony to send the energy of peace and compassion to all those who were suffering from the events of September…
Mindfulness Bell Survey
By James Schaan and Natascha Bruckner As a key step in our efforts to transform the Mindfulness Bell, we conducted the first-ever MB reader survey. Our purpose was to discover who our readers are, how they feel about important aspects of the MB, and what they’d like to see in…
Resist, Maladjust, Defy
Dharma Teacher Marisela Gomez on how turning the upside-down world right side up requires us to resist, maladjust to, and defy the normalization of greed, hatred, and delusion
Book Reviews
The Mama Bamba Way The Power and Pleasure of Natural Childbirth By Robyn Sheldon Findhorn Press, 2010 Soft cover, 272 pages Reviewed by Karen Hilsberg I met Robyn Sheldon when we shared a taxi during Thay’s 2008 tour in Vietnam. I learned that she is a midwife in South Africa…
Honoring Joanna Macy, Bodhisattva of Earth
With hearts full of both sorrow and gratitude, we share that our beloved teacher and author Joanna Macy has passed from this life. Joanna was not only a scholar of Buddhism and a visionary thinker, she was a true Bodhisattva of the Earth.
We Belong to One Another
Trish Thompson, an American Dharma teacher living in Việt Nam, shares her deeply personal experience of interbeing during Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh’s casket and cremation ceremonies.
Understanding Gross National Happiness and the 3 Fundamental Components of Happiness
Author of A Culture of Happiness Dr. Tho Ha Vinh Celebrating the release of A Culture of Happiness, author Tho Ha Vinh answers questions about happiness, the framework used in Bhutan to measure happiness, and tools that readers can use today to cultivate more happiness. Jump to the questions: Happiness…
Contemplations on The Five Mindfulness Trainings
photo by Paul Davis Marisela Gomez’s Personal Statement on the Writing of the Contemplations on the Five Mindfulness Trainings The Five Mindfulness Trainings have been a wonderful remembrance of what is the ground of ethics. When I first read these, what came to my mind was “this is what my…