By David Viafora and Sangha Youth photo by Paul Davis During the September 2011 retreat at Deer Park Monastery, the young people offered their creativity, fun, and love to the Sangha by raising money for children in impoverished conditions around the world. Within the Children’s Program, we incorporated mindful eating…
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Dharma Talk: Cultivating Compassion, Responding to Violence
A Dharma talk offered by Thich Nhat Hanh Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California September 13, 2001 Thich Nhat Hanh and 80 monks and nuns began the public talk with a ceremony to send the energy of peace and compassion to all those who were suffering from the events of September…
Welcome Home
A Retreat for Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 2014 Veterans Retreat. Photo courtesy of monastic Sangha On an overcast day in November 2014, they began to arrive, sometimes alone, sometimes accompanied by a parent, a partner, or a sibling. Each in his or her own way was shrouded,…
Bodhisattvas in the Subway
By Peggy Rowe Ward On Thay’s 2003 author tour of South Korea, one of the stops was to the city of Daegu. Before we arrived, a man had started a fire in a crowded subway that contributed to the death of over 130 people and the wounding of 140 men,…
Dharma Talk: Make a True Home of Your Love
photo courtesy of the monastic Sangha Plum Village Upper Hamlet December 26, 2010 Every one of us is trying to find our true home. We know that our true home is inside, and with the energy of mindfulness, we can go back to our true home in the here and…
Letter to a Vet
By Alan Cutter I am now at a place where I can begin to talk about what the war has meant to me. I am facing the hurt and regret, and learning to understand how they have affected my family and my relationships with other people. Through owning up to the bad choices I…
The Question of Overpopulation
By Brother Phap Lai Question to PV Listening Website — 15 December 2007 Teacher, One of the five precepts asks us not to kill. I am concerned about the effects of overpopulation and historical outcomes such as war. Global warming proponents indicate that the human population is to blame. Some…
A Eulogy from Thầy’s Disciples in Diệu Trạm Nunnery
We could never have imagined being able to eat with you, to sit this close to you and to be given food by you. Thầy’s food is always both nourishing and delicious. Sitting near you, all our sorrows evaporate like mist. What remains is only peace and joy. Coming back to our quarters, we felt full, both from the food and from the love. We feel grateful to Thầy for having taught us what mindful eating is all about.
A Happy Guinea Pig
By Beverly Alexander I have had the pleasure both of owning a guinea pig and of being one. Greg Ascue, Jim Needles, and I were among the first to participate in a formal, year-long Order of Interbeing aspirant training program. As part of our commitment, we all trained and acted as Doans (meditation hall…
A Winter Peacewalk
By Judith Toy It is the third Sunday in December. As usual, wearing white, I am the first person to arrive at an empty Pack Square in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, while Philip parks the car. I slowly circumambulate the rounded brick walk below the obelisk of Vance…