Meow Said the Mouse By Beatrice Barbey; Illustrations by Philippe Ames Plum Blossom Books, 2005 Reviewed by Jane Anderson My seven-year-old daughter Anastasia’s well-used costume box overflows; becoming a cat is her favorite make-believe. She cuddles up close to have her silky fur petted, quietly purrs, and then unpredictably springs…
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War, Conflict, and Healing in Belfast
By Bridgeen Rea This talk was presented at the Vesak Conference in Hanoi in May 2008. I first went to Plum Village for a week of the summer retreat in July 2005. Sitting with Thay and the Sangha around the lotus pond in Upper Hamlet—following my first-ever walking meditation—had a…
Veterans of War and Peace
By Ted Sexauer How did we get into this? For the four-plus years that we of the Veteran Writers' Workshop have been meeting, our mentor, the noted writer Maxine Hong Kingston, has gently insisted that she has not only been instructing us in writing, and in listening, but also, ultimately, in how to lead such…
Letters
I wanted to start off by thanking you for the free subscription to the Mindfulness Bell. I have found it very inspirational. As a Buddhist living in the “Bible Belt,” it can sometimes be difficult, so it’s really refreshing to see different monasteries and organizations taking care of us and…
War and Reconciliation
By Gary Gill The Veterans' Retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh last April was attended by Vietnamese, American veterans of the war, and Americans who did not serve in Vietnam. During the first few days, we were in silence together--eating, meditating, walking, listening to talks by Thay. This had the double effect of bringing our feelings…
Reconciling Ourselves to the Unreconcilable
Even meditation was difficult. Breathing in...
Peace Talking
By Kim Redemer I left my home in Thailand to come live in California 17 years ago. Although I consider myself to be quite Americanized, I still have plenty of cross-cultural clashes. One afternoon I was browsing in a beautiful flower shop. The entire store was packed with freshly cut flowers, and it looked…
Seeing My Christian Connection
By Stephen Denney After traveling abroad, I was not sure how to respond when my friends told me it must have been very exciting. I enjoyed the week I spent at Plum Village, the day I spent with Jim and Nancy Forest and their family in Holland, and the ferry ride across the English…
Building A Unified Community
Connecting Wake Up and All-Ages Sanghas By Bryan Hindert Meditation and mixer for Wake Up and all-ages Sangha practitioners; photo by Brian Greenhouse A fellow Wake Upper shared an insight during a recent retreat’s closing circle. He was surprised to learn that some practitioners older than forty had many of…
Integrating Head and Heart
Organizing a Wake Up Tour By Brandon Rennels photo by Brandon Rennels A year ago I was sitting at a cafe in Ann Arbor, Michigan, enjoying breakfast with a beloved professor from university. When I was in school he taught a course entitled Psychology of Consciousness, which was my first…