By Patrecia Lenore Last October, at the Omega retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, a four-year-old dream came true. In 1993 at my first retreat with Thay at Omega I was in the midst of memories of incest and deep suffering. The Dharma discussion leaders were unable to answer my questions because of their inexperience with…
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The German Maitreya Fonds
Helping Our Sisters and Brothers in Vietnam By Eva K. Neumaier photos courtesy of Maitreya Fonds For a period that seemed longer than it really was, we were squeezed together in a small bus, rocking along over a pothole-strewn gravel road on the way to a village near the Vietnamese…
Healing with My Mother
I lost my aunt last year, on October 16, 2019. Her death shattered...
Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart is a new section of the Mindfulness Bell — for you to express your thoughts and share your practice on a given topic. In this issue we focus on the Second Mindfulness Training (of the Five). For the Autumn 2007 issue, we invite you to write on…
Peace, Love, and Happiness
Thich Nhat Hanh shares a message about climate disruption
Ancient Tree, Fragrant Flower
By Sister Thoai Nghiem photo by Jitka Slomova They’re always beautiful, the good old days. Each time someone asks me about the old days, I am perplexed, saying “umm” and “ahh,” but once I start, I often run out of time. Our memories, when we touch them, vibrate as a…
Opening the Joyful Path
Brother Pháp Dung teaches us to cultivate our good seeds, community, and freedom.
Zen Noir: Mindfulness in Moviemaking
By Marc Rosenbush Zen Noir began about thirteen years ago, when I was sitting in a Japanese Zen temple in Chicago. It was about 4:30 in the morning, and I was facing a row of fellow meditators and watching their heads bob up and down as they tried not to…
Transforming Self, Transforming Society
An Interview with Cheri Maples photo by Paul Davis Cheri Maples was given the Lamp Transmission in 2008, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin. She worked for twenty-five years in the criminal justice system. She was a police officer for twenty years, ending her career as the Captain of Personnel and…
Turning Durians into True Love
By Sister Hai An (Sister Ocean) I recently had the opportunity to move to Blue Cliff Monastery in New York from Plum Village. The transition was filled with joy in getting to know a new community and being back in North America. It was also filled with sorrow over the…