Dear beloved Thầy, Please allow me to open my heart and express my deepest gratitude to you—a teacher, a leader, and a legend. You have helped us learn how to be human, how to connect, how to love, how to see each other as flowers in one garden of humanity.…
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Dharma Talk: The Long Arm of the Fourfold Sangha
Dharma talk at the European Institute of Applied BuddhismJune 11, 2010 During the war, Thich Nhat Hanh was moved to find an appropriate and beneficial way to bring the teachings and practices of the Buddha directly to the real suffering of the people. In 1966, the Tiep Hien Order, or…
Brothers in the Beloved Community
“A Letter across the Divide” It is important to first understand the significant barriers—religious, political, and social—that lay between Thích Nhất Hạnh and Martin Luther King Jr., before we can understand how the successful bridging of this gap highlights the precious quality of their friendship. From today’s standpoint, these barriers…
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Mindfulness, and Social Change
By Marisela Gomez Bhikkhu Bodhi Bhikkhu Bodhi, an American Theravada Buddhist monk, was ordained in Sri Lanka in 1972 and currently teaches in the New York area. He has edited and authored several Buddhist publications and is founder of the organization Buddhist Global Relief, which funds projects to fight hunger…
Peace Is Every Step
The Path of Mindfulness at the Presidential Inauguration By James Figetakis The morning was cold. The anticipation was high. The crowds were intense. After nearly two years of a historical campaign that became an unprecedented social movement, the day had arrived for the Inauguration of our forty-fourth President, Barack Hussein…
Wake Up
Young Buddhists and Non-Buddhists for a Healthy and Compassionate Society photo by Robert Harrison Nutshell Wake Up is an active global community of young mindfulness practitioners, aged 18-35, inspired by the teachings of Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. We come together to practice mindfulness in order to…
Crayfish in a Lotus Pond
By Lowie van Liere photos by Lowie van Liere Many participants were shocked during the Path of the Buddha retreat when they saw Upper Hamlet’s lotus pond. They had hoped to see beautiful flowering lotuses but instead observed turbid water. All lotus plants had vanished. The pond had been invaded…
Dharma in the Deep South
Reflections on the Roots Retreat Close-up etching of children enslaved by the Haydel family, Wall of Honor memorial, Whitney Plantation.Photo by Edissa Nicolás-Huntsman Some journeys take us out into the world, anchoring us in history; others bring us back to ourselves, connecting us with our past. The Mindful Peacebuilding Roots…
New Moment of the Heart
By Claudia Baker photo by Renee Burgard On April 9, 2005, I spoke for the first time to the son I gave up for adoption in July of 1970. I was nineteen years old when he was born. The last time I saw him, he was being carried out of…
The Joyful Buffalo Herder
By Brother Phap Co Dear Thay, dear Sangha, This morning, I was doing walking meditation with the Sangha. I breathed in and out with every two steps, and after a while, I saw that I was becoming calm. I was able to direct my calm mind to the wondrous surroundings,…