BRUCE L. HILSBERG, Strong Commitment of the Heart and True Courageous Inspiration, passed away on March 29, 2005. He was forty-five years old. Bruce and his wife Karen met in graduate school, where they both received doctorates in clinical psychology. Bruce’s most recent employment was as Chief of Psychology at…
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Birthing a Sangha
By Ann G. Moore Ann and her Sangha; photo by Nell Chevalie During the 2007 monastic tour at Stone Hill College, Thay sowed the seeds of Sangha building through his encouragement, in the absence of a local Sangha, to start your own. In my case, the gestation period for that…
A Knock on the Door
A Sangha Christmas Story By Jerry Braza It was three days before Christmas and twenty-seven Sangha members were nestled in chairs and on cushions in our Woodland Chapel practice center. The warmth of the building coupled with the energy of the Sangha, offered us a refuge on this cool first…
Book Reviews
The Dragon Prince: Stories and Legends from Vietnam By Thich Nhat HanhParallax Press, 2007 Reviewed by Emily Whittle “Long ago, when earth and sky were still covered in darkness, a great bird with wings like curtains of night....” Before the end of the first sentence in The Dragon Prince, the…
Resolution: establishing a CTC Transformation & Healing Committee
The Care-Taking Council of the North American Dharma Teachers Sangha adopted the following resolution in March, 2015, in the wake of their visit to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and their reflections on the collaboration between Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Martin Luther…
Being with the Children
By Shantum Seth One day in Bodhgaya Thay said why don't we organize the children in the village where Sujata and Svasti used to live. We could have tea meditation there together. I met two kids, one about thirteen or fourteen years old and asked them to get all the children together. I worked…
How I Became the Mother of a Monastic
By Elaine Solomon Elaine Solomon and Brother Phap Man “Hey, Mom. Would you like to learn how to eat mindfully?” “Yes, that sounds interesting. What do I need to do?” “Just don’t talk while we’re eating,” my son explained. “I can do that!” I replied. This, in a nutshell, was…
Best Expectations
By Allan Hunt Badiner A commentary on the second of the Five Awarenesses: "We are aware of the expectations that our ancestors, our children and their children have of us." Key to understanding the full significance of each of the Five Awarenesses is to see ourselves not as individuals, but as continuations of all…
Reflections on the First Awareness
By Allan Hunt Badiner "This is what you can say tomorrow, and every full moon," Thich Nhat Hanh told us as he smiled and handed us a slip of paper in the dining hall of the pilgrim's hostel in Sarnath, India, in November 1988. "These are the Five Awarenesses." Later that night, my bride-to-be…
Poem: A Prayer for Peace
In beauty, sitting on a lotus flower,is Lord Buddha, quiet and solid.Your humble disciple,calm and pure of heart,forms a lotus flower with his hands,faces you with deep respect,and offers this heartfelt prayer: Homage to all Buddhas in the ten directions.Because of your love for all people,have compassion on us.Help us…