Reflections on Engaged Practice in the Holy Land We did walking meditation together, each of us silently breathing and stepping, opening ourselves to the moment. We formed a circle and chanted together, giving homage to Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva who hears and responds to the suffering of the world. All of…
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The Scent of Oranges
By Nancy Hom Note: this article comes from Spoken Like a True Buddha, a compilation of stories about mindfulness practice in everyday life, edited by Carolyn Cleveland Schena and Sharron Mendel. Death, and the notion of aging, has always hung over me like a heavy cloud. I have sought ways…
Weaving the Wake Up Web
By Brandon Rennels For the past few years I have had the immense pleasure of serving as a Wake Up Coordinator. What exactly is a Wake Up Coordinator? The way I describe it is as follows: There are hundreds of amazing young adults all over the world who are practicing…
Wedding Meditation
By T. Ambrose Desmond On August 28, 2010, surrounded by family and friends on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Annie Millar and I were married. It was an extremely moving experience for us, and a deep teaching. Upon becoming engaged, we had decided to wait a full year before…
Extend the Peace and Joy of Plum Village
Brother Phap Luu (Brother Stream) and kids; photo courtesy of monastic Sangha Each year over ten thousand lay practitioners come from around the world to join the monastics of Plum Village for a mindfulness retreat. Practicing alongside the monks and nuns, retreatants enjoy the healing power of living in the…
Living with Joy in a Scary World
Order of Interbeing member Jane Ellen Combelic offers insights from the tale of a parrot firefighting in a forest.
Relationship as Engaged Buddhism
By Nathaniel Vose photo by Renee Burgard Of the different forms of activism I’ve practiced in my life, the most transformative, perhaps, is the relationship activism I practice with my partner, Liz. Our partnership acts as a microcosm for our relationships with all beings. We practice to nourish not only…
Renewing Communication
By Lennis Lyon Smiling nuns; photo courtesy of our monastic friends The last sentence in the Eighth Mindfulness Training encourages us to “be active in finding ways to reconcile and resolve all conflicts however small.” The words “however small” have challenged me for years. If I have discomfort in my…
Avant-Garde Dharma
For “People in Sorrow” By Karen Hilsberg and Peter Kuhn photos by Ernestine Lona On October 2, 2011, in downtown Los Angeles at the REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney Cal Arts Theater), an unusual fusion of jazz legends and the Plum Village Sangha converged. The occasion was the world premiere…
Step by Step out of Despair
Parenting a Child with Special Needs By Laurel Houghton We were at home and I went to pick her up. She was blue, and her arms and legs limply dangled between my arms. I thought she was in a deep sleep. Then that she was dead. My first child, three…