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…
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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…
My Path as a Mindful Educator
photos courtesy of the monastic Sangha “Sentient beings are numberless. I vow to awaken them.” This is the first of the four great bodhisattva vows of Mahayana Buddhism. Whether or not we aspire to be bodhisattvas, once we embark on the Buddhist path we realize that we are practicing not…
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…
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…
Transforming Life and Death
I had a pretty uneventful early childhood. I grew up on a farm with loving parents. I quarreled a lot with my two brothers, and, when I was six, I had a little sister that I cherished a lot (and still do). However, when I turned nine or ten, I started feeling strange.…
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…
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…
The Computer Bridge
By Judith Bossert Step by step, Sometimes reluctantly, I walk over the bridge Between nothing and nothing at all. Among the many teachers I have had in my life, one of them has been the computer. Typing on the computer is like walking meditation, breathing with the steps of my fingers on the…
Right in the Middle of It
Travel and Practice in Southeast Asia By David Percival Travel is a part of us. From the poorest Southeast Asian villagers who travel their countries by boat, minivan, and battered bus, to Western jetsetters, travel is in our blood. Yet, these last few years I have experienced a lot…