Dear Friends, Over the years, the number of Sanghas all over the world has grown steadily, and requests for retreats addressed to Dharmacharyas at Plum Village have increased accordingly. We are happy that the practice is bringing so much joy into people's lives and we always try our best to respond to all…
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Journey as a Writer
Upper Hamlet, Plum Village. Photo by Mercia Moseley When I first went to Blue Cliff Monastery in New York, I was in both a personal and professional crisis. Indeed, the two felt inextricable. I was a writer and had finished a memoir about becoming a mother. But in the process…
Peace of Mind
We can’t heal with our minds alone. Thinking can be something productive and creative, but without integrating body and mind, much of our thinking is useless and unproductive. In Peace of Mind, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that integrating body and mind is the only way to be…
Alms’ Round
The Practice of Love, Humility, and Gratitude By Brother Chan Troi Nguyen Luc Brother Chan Troi Nguyen Luc “The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, a gentle breeze blows. With each step, a flower blooms.” Alms’ round…
Support for a Palestinian Peace Activist
The Israeli Sangha wishes to raise funds for Issa Souf and his wife and four children to go to Plum Village this summer. The Israeli Sangha has interviewed him, and the interview can be read in full on the Mindfulness Bell website along with the details of how you can…
Rejoicing with the Sangha in Hanoi
By Sister Hanh Nghiem The seven-day retreat on Engaged Buddhism in Hanoi was truly wonderful. I was touched by the rooted feeling of being a community. Before the orientation, the Order of Interbeing, monks, and nuns were on stage ready to invoke the name of Avalokiteshvarya. Looking out at the…
The Quest for the Holy Grail
This article is an excerpt from dharma talks given by Brother Phap Hai at Deer Park Monastery during 2005. Sisters and brothers, in the Chinese language they have a beautiful way of referring to a practitioner. They call practitioners “cultivators,” Cultivators of the Way. In English we tend to use…
Learning to Speak the Truth
From a Dharma Talk by Thay Phap An June 13, 2004Upper Hamlet, Plum Village Respected Thay, respected brothers and sisters, and the whole community: Today is June 13th, 2004. We are in Dharma Cloud Temple in the Upper Hamlet. In the last two weeks, we have learned that we can depict…
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the managing editor of the Mindfulness Bell
On the Way Home
By Sister Annabel, True Virtue In response to a request from her teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Annabel is writing about her life. Thay suggested that her story be serialized in the Mindfulness Bell and then put together in a book. In this first installment, when the story begins she…