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Finding a Common Sense in Isolation
In the midst of this big stop, billions of people...
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…
Keeping the Two Promises
By Yvonne Mazurek This summer, the Plum Village children’s program staff dedicated one afternoon each week to the Two Promises. Our sharings helped everyone think about why it was important that the children took the Two Promises in a ceremony at the end of the week. We sang songs about…
News from Vietnam
Compiled by Sister True Emptiness, Sister True Wonder Adornment, Steve Denney, Therese Fitzgerald, and Carole Melkonian Over the last five years, the Vietnamese government has embarked on a policy of doi moi—reforms creating a more open society, particularly economic reforms, but in other areas of life as well. During 1992, it became increasingly common to…
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…
Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Vision: The Village Way as the Beloved Community of Engaged Buddhism
Brother Pháp Dung outlines Thầy’s aspiration and vision for residential spiritual communities as a service and refuge for society.
Sailing at the Earth’s Tempo
photo by Heather Lyn Mann Ship’s Log: October 15, 2008, 14:10—Atlantic Ocean just outside Port Everglades, Florida “That’s it! When in doubt, let it out,” coaches Peter, the nautical salesman who helped us secure two crisp, new sails for our vessel. Husband Dave and I spent the past year, when…
Book Reviews
We Walk the Path Together:Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh & Meister Eckhart By Brian J. Pierce, O.P. Orbis Press, 2005 Reviewed by Chan Phap De This is not another academic comparison of two great mystics; rather, it is a love affair, a meeting of two brothers in the heart of…
From Selfness to Cellness
Dharma teacher Jo-ann Rosen offers insights on seeing the practice through a neuroscientific and trauma-sensitive lens, and on being a cell in a Sangha body.