By Sister Annabel, True Virtue Sister Annabel was one of Thây’s first students in the West. At Thây’s request, she is writing a memoir of her practice life; this is the second installment. Thây and Sister True Emptiness [Sister Chan Khong] were so kind to me in my first years…
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Letter from the Editor
To Our Readers The evidence of constant change is all around me. A week ago, the brown and yellow leaves were still hanging from the great old walnut and chestnut trees in my backyard. It seemed like overnight that the remaining leaves fell, changing the landscape and the view from…
The Paramitas as the Path to True Love
By Joanne Friday Joanne Friday, photo by Richard Friday I was recently invited by the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation to share my experience of our practice here in the Mindfulness Bell. I feel that the Dharma is the greatest gift I have ever been given, so it is always a…
The Miracle of Sangha
photo by David Nelson Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Friends, A miracle took place at the One Buddha Is Not Enough retreat in Estes Park, Colorado. Each person at the retreat experienced that he or she was surrounded by Thich Nhat Hanhs (Thays) and that he or she was indeed also…
Rooted in Resilience
At twenty-one years old I came into the monastery, leaving behind a life marked by anxiety and depression. I had dropped out of college because I was drowning. Waves of pain, sorrow, and hopelessness kept pulling me under, and I couldn’t find my way out. The weight of climate change, ethical concerns about career choices, economic uncertainty, conflict and violence, widespread environmental destruction, and the plethora of suffering in the world was constantly overwhelming me, and I didn’t know how to deal with it all.
Earth Holding Community: Inter-Activism
How our Hearts, Hands, and Global Spheres of Care Coalesce and Manifest Through Earth-Holding Actions: inspiring news from Brazil, Latin America; Chesapeake Bay, US; and Ontario, Canada–from mindful trash cleanups to legislative actions to gardening in our homes. May these offerings inspire and nourish your Earth holding aspirations and practice!
One Recipe at a Time
By Eve Heidtmann Portland Sangha potluck shared by (L-R) Joe Cantrell, Claudia Johnson, John Wadsworth, Laura Walsh (in front of John), Garry Weil, Sally Corliss, Theresa Weil, Margaret Kirschner, Eve Heidtmann, Denis Heidtmann “What’s for supper?” It’s a question that comes up with a sense of hopeful anticipation just about…
Entering the Stream Down Under
By Ettianne Anshin I practice with seveerral Sydney Sanghas and have visited Nhap Luu (Entering the Stream) Monastery three times in the last eighteen months. This monastery is a two-hour drive from Melbourne and twelve hours ffrroom Sydney, Australia. Since their arrival two years ago, the original three monastics—Sisters Thuan…
Writing Breakthrough
By Richard Gilman From the age of six, I knew that I would design computers. My whole life has been about science, math, and statistics. I only wrote to put a few words between the formulas, postulates, and theorems, so they would flow better. Arts and literature were not for me. But, something happened…
Peace, Understanding, and Compassion
An Urban Retreat for People of Color Copyright 2010 New York People of Color Day of Mindfulness; photo by Tasha Chuang “The value of a person is not his race or caste, but the value of his thinking, speaking, and acting. We are noble not because of our race, but…