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photo courtesy of monastic Sangha Joyfully Together in Viet Nam In Spring 2015, we will offer mobile retreats for small groups of mindfulness practitioners in Viet Nam. Travel from Saigon in the south, to Hue and Hoi An in the center, to Hanoi and Yen Tu Mountain in the north.…
Breathing, Learning, Growing
Mindfulness with Youth in the Clinic and the Classroom A Dialogue between Meena Srinivasan, Dzung Vo, and Young Whan Choi Meena Srinivasan and Sister Jewel with students learning mindfulness Young Whan Choi: It’s a pleasure to be hosting this conversation about how to bring mindfulness practice to young people. Both…
Oh, My Happiness!
By Karla Johnston photo by Karla Johnston It’s the end of a lovely day, made all the lovelier by sleepily making my way to a bookshelf where nestled into a crevice sits a glass mason jar, a practice companion, labeled, “Oh, My Happiness!” Taking out a piece of scrap paper…
The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha in U.S. Prisons
By Bill Menza Resources for Prison Sangha Building Buddhist Peace Fellowship Prison Resource Guides for PrisonersFree Buddhist books and other publicationsDharma/spiritual correspondence courses and pen pal programsNewsletters that focus on prisoners’ rights and criminal justiceResources for prisoners with childrenLegal Aid resourcesPost-release resources Prison Dharma Network Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in…
Being Together
In Israel and Palestine Excerpts from a journal By Sister Steadiness Walking Peace in Yanoun June 15, 2003 At the village of Yanoun (an Arab village in the Occupied Territories, West Bank) we met with the mayor and a council member under an olive tree. There had been several attacks…
Prison Sangha
By Therese Fitzgerald The chaplain said, "You know, it is unprecedented in the North CarolIna prison system to have a Buddhist ceremony." We were on the phone trying to rearrange a Five Mindfulness Trainings ceremony for Sam DuBois an inmate at Harnett Correctional Institution. Charlotte Sangha member Bob Repoley had spent weeks arranging for a dozen…
How to Live with Two Religious Paths
By Emily Hilsberg I am seventeen years old, and I am Jewish and Buddhist. I study mindfulness at Deer Park Monastery. I have been going to Deer Park since I was six years old. This year marks my eleventh year being a part of the Sangha. I am also involved…
The Prodigal Son
By Mark LeMay I came late to parenting. I was 40 when Joe was born and 43 when Sammy arrived. They are now six and three years old, and I am still amazed at how they changed my life. I am especially struck by the sheer challenge of parenting. When Joe was an infant, his…
Meditative Transformations
My meditative practice started while I was still in high school...