The World We Are By Felipe Viveros, Miranda van Schadewijk, and Bas Bruggeman photos courtesy of Felipe Viveros Look at the flower. Could it possibly exist without the rain, the sun, the soil, the gardener, the minerals or even without your consciousness? It could not exist if only one of…
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Realizing True Education
Leaders of the international Wake Up Schools initiative offer stories of building connection and community.
On the Way Home (part 5)
Life on the Farm in England I grew up in a part of England near the West Coast that enjoyed the effects of the Gulf Stream. Although temperatures did fall below freezing sometimes and even snow fell, it was not cold like New England is. My mother gave birth to…
Dharma Talk: True Presence
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk on being truly present for our loved ones, the Four Mantras of True Love, and loving kindness meditation
Breathing Together in Memory of Dr. Larry Ward
Breathing together, we remember Dr. Larry Ward — teacher, author, and true brother on the path. His voice, like his Dharma name “True Great Sound,” carries on through the lives he touched.
Pain, Love, and Happiness
By Khanh Le Van The University of California at Santa Barbara campus was huge. "Wait till you see the gym," said my Dharma brother Arnie. Indeed, for the next five days we 1,300 retreatants would sit together in that gym for meditation and Dharma talks. A team beaded by Wendy Johnson was busy arranging the…
Writing Your Autobiography:
A Path to Healing By Janice Rubin I am in my twelfth year of teaching adults to write their autobiographies—a new career begun after I had retired from a career in journalism—and in my fifth year of practice with my Sangha. Without knowing anything about Buddhism or the existence of…
Dharma Talk: Diet for a Mindful Society
Mindfulness is the blood of our psyche. It is exactly like the blood in our body—it has the power to wash away the toxins and heal our pain, the pain in our consciousness. When we are not mindful, we ingest many poisons into our consciousness. In fact, we water the…
Be Here Now
By Nicole Dunn Be Here Now Sangha; photo by Nicole Dunn When I started our local Sangha, Be Here Now, in the fall of 2002, I really had no idea of what the heck I was doing. I was twenty-three years old and new to the practice, with only a…
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the managing editor of the Mindfulness Bell