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…
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Bicycle Meditation
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The Three Earth-Touchings
Thầy teaches us a practice to transcend the notions of me, the other, and life span.
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…
Growing in Mindfulness
By Sandro M. DuBois For the last five weeks, I have tried to be mindful of one of the precepts daily for one week, trying to keep the broad idea in my mind and to realize how it might affect everything that I was doing throughout that day. I wish I could say that…
“Sponsoring Hungry Families”
The word "sponsor" comes from the Latin word...
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…