By Therese Fitzgerald Two years ago, when we planned the details of a Spring 1991 tour of North America with Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Phuong, we knew that it would be the longest retreat and lecture tour yet—110 days—and that Thay would need the best support possible. One of his biggest concerns was that…
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Truthful, Loving Speech
By Stephen Hyde One of the most helpful teachings I have learned from Thich Nhat Hanh is that sometimes the best expression of our practice is a formless one. This encouragement to be formless made all the difference in my ability to sustain a practice within my home and family at a time when more overt…
Healing through Writing
By Michael Gardner & Therese Fitzgerald The group of veterans gathered casually on the deck near the familiar round yurt in the bright May morning sunshine. They spoke quietly as they gazed out at the tall grass and wildflowers in the surrounding fields of Green Gulch Farm. This was the ninth meeting at which…
The Ultimate Dimension
A Practice with Dying and Death By Haven Tobias photo by Grace Sanchez Some friends and I joined in a practice to write about death and dying.* When we shared what we had written, we learned that the following drama was everybody’s worst-case scenario. I am in a nursing home…
North American Gathering
By Michael Trigilio On October 10, 1998, North American Order of Interbeing members gathered for a three-day retreat at Green Mountain Dharma Center in Vermont. Seasoned practitioners and "rookies" like me traveled from all over the continent to share the joy of being together. One of the first things Sister Annabel told us upon…
Transformation and Healing at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
By Jack Lawlor Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh, 1966; photo in National Civil Rights Museum Members of the Care-Taking Council of the Dharma Teachers Sangha for the US and Canada recently devoted a day of their annual retreat and gathering to a visit to the National Civil…
Demons into Butterflies
Chronic Illness as Dharma Teacher By Hannah S. Wilder As a child, I was always in motion. I carried this energy into adulthood; it ran my life like a demon. As an adult with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), I have brain chemistry that operates like two extremes on a dial: scattered/distractible or hyper-focused. As…
Wise Parenting
By Fred Bender On two beautiful afternoons during the April Santa Barbara Retreat for Young People and Families, some fifteen adults held an informal discussion on the topic, "Spiritual Practices Within Families." Quite magically, this group jelled immediately. People spoke from their hearts and many deeply moving experiences were shared.…
A Magnolia Grove Remembrance
By Connor Figgins Thich Nhat Hanh with Connor (in yellow hat) and Sangha I remember back to September 29, 2011, at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi. I clutched the hand of one of Thay’s monks, and we were walking together right behind Thay and the other children. As we…
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