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On the Way Home (part 2)
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…
Getting Better, not Bitter
The Dharma in Tanzania By Karen Brody Thay’s teachings have been words deeply etched in my heart for years, but this summer was the first time I encountered their true meaning. My husband’s work for an international non-profit took us to Arusha, Tanzania. What luck, we thought, that we had…
Smoking Buddha
Transforming an Addiction to Smoking By Carolyn Cleveland Schena At two o’clock in the morning I am wide awake and I really want to smoke a cigarette. I should be exhausted and sleeping soundly after being awake since five a.m. the day before, but I am not tired. I am…
Veterans Visit Plum Village
By Carole Melkonian On November 21, four American veterans of the Vietnam War—Jim Janko, Ted Sexhauer, Jerry Crawford, and Dan Thompson—and Earll and Maxine Hong Kingston arrived at Plum Village. This symbolic return to a Vietnamese Buddhist village in the Dordogne region of France, was the conclusion of a three-year Mindfulness and Writing Workshop for veterans led by Maxine.…
Welcome Dharma Teachers
On October 1-4, 2021, twenty-five monastics and fourteen lay friends received Lamp Transmission to become Dharma teachers at Deer Park Monastery. As part of their ordination, each new Dharma teacher receives a transmission gatha from the senior Dharma teachers and the lineage of ancestral teachers. We asked the new lay Dharma teachers for their reflections on their gathas.
Unmindful Tea
By Tom Reinert One recent morning, my first business meeting finished early. Since I had about 45 minutes to "kill" before the second meeting in nearby Bethesda, I decided to stop for a cup of tea. I thought I could spend half-an-hour collecting my thoughts, reviewing my notes, and preparing for the rest of my…
Dharma Talk: Leading with Courage and Compassion
Unexpectedly, while on tour in India, Thay was invited to speak to the Parliament of India. On October 17, Thay addressed the assembly and many dignitaries. Honorable Speaker, honorable Secretary-General, distinguished Members of Parliament, In this time of turmoil, in this time of violence, anger, fear and despair, every one…
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…