I am writing to express my gratitude for the Rosh Hoshanna services led by Shefa and Andy Gold at the Omega Institute retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh. I chose to be away from my home and community, because I admire Thay's deep love of compassionate justice and felt I had much to learn from…
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Nurturing Bodhicitta in Vietnam
I found Sister Thoai Nghiem at Lower Hamlet before the Breath of the Buddha retreat, mindfully hacking away at overgrown bushes behind the Dharma Nectar Hall. We met for this talk after the retreat, on June 25, 2006. Mindfulness Bell: You’ve spent a lot of time in Vietnam since Thây’s…
Healing Our Brokenness
By Sister Viet Nghiem The first person with whom we need to practice Beginning Anew is ourselves. In this excerpt from the question-and-answer session at the monastic retreat in Estes Park in August 2006, Sister Viet Nghiem answers this difficult question from a lay retreatant: how can we look deeply…
Letters to the Mindfulness Bell
I received The Mindfulness Bell today and immediately read Leslie Rawls's beautiful tribute to her dad and the 11-year-old girl inside her. Thank you for sharing it. Stories like this help all of us to deepen our understanding of the Dharma. The story was a reminder to me that wisdom is not about escape, but rather…
Falling in Love with the Earth
Blue Cliff 2014, photo by Margaret Alexander Thich Nhat Hanh wrote the following statement in response to a request from the United Nations Climate Change Chief, Christiana Figueres, for the UN “Thought Leadership Series.” The series offers spiritual perspectives in preparation for the Paris climate talks in December 2015. Christiana…
Meditation and Healing
The first act of the meditator is to go back to his or her body as the object of mindfulness. Breath is the vehicle with which we go back to our body. The breath belongs to the body. It is a link between body and mind. As soon as you go back to your in-breath…
Dharma Talk: The Power of Visualization
From talks given June 11 and June 14, 2004, at The Feet of the Buddha Retreat, Plum Village Thich Nhat Hanh In June, 2004, Thich Nhat Hanh offered teachings on the nature of consciousness at The Feet of the Buddha Retreat in Plum Village. Expounding on the material published in…
Interbeing and the Gift of Generosity
a message from the Thích Nhất Hạnh Foundation
Thich Nhat Hanh in Israel
By Marjorie Markus When I first heard that Thich Nhat Hanh would be leading retreats in Israel in May 1997, I was excited and knew immediately that I wanted to go. As the time approached to commit to attending the retreat, I had some doubts and concerns, particularly about how we might be received in…
Seeing My Mud
Before the pandemic hit, I quit my job...