By David Percival For most of us, the commute to and from work is a daily reality. I am fortunate to be able to bicycle to work, weather permitting, which in New Mexico is most of the time. Unfortunately, I think it is safe to describe the streets of most of our cities…
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Reflections While Sitting in a Catholic Church
Aware of the suffering created by attachment to views and wrong perceptions, we are determined to avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. We shall learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to others’ insights and experiences. We are aware that the knowledge we presently…
Communal Pursuit of Happiness
By Allan Hunt Badiner The third of the Five Awarenesses: We are aware that our joy, peace, freedom, and harmony are the joy, peace, freedom, and harmony of our ancestors, our children, and their children. The first thing I do when I return home is pick up my baby daughter, India, and hold her…
Opening to Suffering
Antony Henao finds the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh on his journey from scarcity to inner fulfillment.
Gatha for the Sick
I accept the cancer in this body,Knowing that it is not me.Hand in hand we play and practice together,That all who suffer may be free. NAMO RATNATRAYAYAI pay respect to the three jewelsNAMO ARYA AVALOKITESVARYA,Respect to the noble AvalokitaBODHlSATTVAYA, MAHASATTVAYA,The Awakened Being, the GreatMAHAKARUNIKAYA.Being of Great Compassion. When there is…
Lamp Transmission of Shalom
at the Great Ordination CeremonyDeer Park, CaliforniaFebruary 13, 2004 Respected Thay, respected Venerables, brothers and sisters and friends, I offer Greeting to this House, greetings to the people and to the ancestors of this House. Greetings to the land, the mountains, the rivers, and the sea. Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena…
Book Reviews
Good Citizens Creating Enlightened Society By Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2012 Softcover, 129 pages Reviewed by Karen Hilsberg and Alex Cline At the age of eighty-six, our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh continues to actively teach around the world and to publish several new books each year. His latest offering,…
Dharma Talk: Knowing We Have Enough
At Maple Forest Monastery, June 25, 2002 Photography by Jan Mieszczanek This is enough, I know it well. This is enough, I don’t need more. The call of the bird In the bleak gray sky Is the bright pink rose in a sea of green. This is enough. I thought…
Mindful Eating
By Patrecia Lenore Like all the Mindfulness Trainings, the fifth one on mindful consumption-has been a process for me. In my younger years, I drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes. In my early thirties, I gave up smoking, and sometime in my forties, I discovered that alcohol increased the symptoms of my illness, fibromyalgia, so I…
Spiritual Friends
Waking Up in Community By Sister Hanh Nghiem Wake Up! Young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a Healthy and Compassionate Society is a worldwide network of young people practicing the living art of mindfulness. It sprang from our teacher’s humble suggestion that young people should create such a movement for themselves.…