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…
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Opening the Joyful Path
Brother Pháp Dung teaches us to cultivate our good seeds, community, and freedom.
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…
Thầy and His Supporters in Nonviolent Activism
Sister Chân Đức teaches about Thích Nhất Hạnh’s lineage as a peace activist through his letters on the influence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Father Daniel Berrigan, Mahātma Gandhi, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, revered throughout the world for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace. His key teaching is that, through mindfulness, we can learn to live happily in the present moment—the only way to truly…
Societies Can Practice Too
By Sulak Sivaraksa Ed. Note: These insights are offered in response to Patricia Ellsberg's article in the last Mindfulness Bell. All Buddhists accept the Five Precepts (panca-sila) as the basic ethical guidelines. Using these precepts as a handle, we will know how to deal with the real issues of our day. The first precept…
Sangha Bumps, Dharma Doors
By Rowan Conrad Teachers say things and sometimes, a light comes on. Sister Annabel, quoting Thay, recently said, "Being in Sangha is like washing potatoes by putting them all in a pot of water and shaking them around. As they bump into each other, they are cleaned." When she spoke, the light went on in…
Dharma Talk: The Three Spiritual Powers
This is an excerpt of a talk at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Da Nang on April 10, 2007. Thay spoke in Vietnamese to an audience of intellectuals and answered some fascinating questions from the audience. Most of us think that happiness is made of fame, power, money. Every one…
Where Is the Heart of Compassion in the Balkans?
By Fred Eppsteiner Once again, our country is at war. Once again, violence is the solution nations and peoples choose to settle conflict. Yet, one of the hallmarks of the Buddha's teaching is nonviolence. The first mindfulness training given by Shakyamuni Buddha was "Do not kill, do no harm, protect life." As students of the Buddha,…
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…