The first Dharma talk of the Buddha after his enlightenment was about the Four Noble Truths. They express the cream of his teachings and method of practice. The Buddha continued teaching the Four Noble Truths right up until his “great passing away” (mahaparinirvana). It is important for us to study…
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Living into Nondual Parenting
Alicia LeClair and Owen Zinaman explore their insights into building a community of care.
The Joy of Practice Cannot Be Contained
By Leslie Rawls and Carl Dunlap, Jr. photo by Nyanayasha Shakya To our respected and beloved teacher, Thay Nhat Hanh, and to the stream of ancestral teachers who have preserved and transmitted the teachings, we offer an ocean of gratitude. From Carl December 5, 1988 was the coldest, darkest day…
Finding Ways to Help
In 1975, Thich Nhat Hanh and I moved with several fliends to a house near Fontvannes, France. The war in Vietnam had ended and we were cut off from our country with no way to help. We named our community Les Patates Douces, Sweet Potatoes. In Vietnam, when peasants have no rice, they eat dried sweet potatoes.…
The Art of Transforming Suffering: Part Two
If you have eyes of signlessness, you can recognize your beloved cloud in her new form–the rain. The following Dharma talk is a continuation of Part One, which appeared in the Summer 2021 issue. No Birth, No Death In the Heart Sutra, it says that nothing is born and nothing…
The Son’s Flesh Sutra
Translated by Sister Annabel Laity The Son's Flesh Sutra(Puttamamsa Sutta) Samyutta Nikaya II, 97. The discourse was heard at Savatthi. The Buddha began speaking. "Monks, there are four kinds of nourishment which maintain living beings and make possible the coming to be of living beings. "What are the four "There is the nourishment…
Remembering That You Have a Body
A Retreat for Software Developers and Designers Retreat for software developers and designers, 2015. Photo courtesy of Kenley Neufeld “I realized that I want to cultivate more joy, less fear, less self-loathing and comparing. And the way I use technology now is not filled with joy. It’s filled with duty,…
Conscious Sexuality as a Spiritual Path
Jane Ellen Combelic and Colin Ralph; photo courtesy of J.E. Combelic I’m standing in the old phone box at Lower Hamlet, the one that used to be by the bookstore under the tall oak trees. I am talking to my mother in Colorado, who has mild dementia. “Mom, I’ve met…
Friends on the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism
By Jack Lawlor Dean Kaufer; Soto Zen priest and teacher Taigen Dan Leighton; and Dharma teacher Jack Lawlor of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s Chicago Chapter at the 2012 NATO Conference protest march in Chicago Many of us attracted to the teachings of the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh have an interest…
Toward a Compassionate Economics
An Interview with Riane Eisler By John Malkin Riane Eisler Compassion is a deeply valued aspect of Buddhist practice. Caring for others is a natural expression of interbeing. How would our lives be different if compassion were a foundation of politics and economics? Riane Eisler explores the possibilities of a…