Editor's Note: In the following two letters, Sister Chan Khong shares some ideas about implementing Thay's vision of a unified Sangha and invites the input of the larger Sangha to help determine how this vision might be realized. Some of the advisory boards have already begun their work, but many other ideas-such…
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The New Gurudharmas for Monks
Before the Sangha traveled to Vietnam, Thay wrote a code of conduct for monks with regards to nuns, to update the ancient code of conduct for nuns with regards to monks. Sister Annabel graciously wrote this commentary for the Mindfulness Bell. The Sangha of the Buddha is known as the…
A Biography of Thay Giac Thanh
In Loving Memory of Thay Giac ThanhJune 9, 1947 - October 15, 2001 That you are a real gentleman is known by everyone The work of a true practitioner has been accomplished When you stupa has just been raised on the hillside The sound of children's laughter will already be…
Letters to The Mindfulness Bell
I was moved by the tributes to Jini Fauss in issue # 17 of The Mindfulness Bell and especially so by Jim's own article. I also found that Fred Eppsteiner's letter expressed some very important thoughts regarding the service you now and might in the future provide practitioners. It is important to relate the…
Being Myself in a Challenging Learning Environment
By Jadzia Tedeschi illustration by Br Phap Ban Saturday, October 21, 2017 Today, we had an extraordinary half-day of classes. You know, to supplement our learning. 8:00 History: “Good morning! Let’s begin with a warm-up exercise: I’d like to you to discuss the role of women in the nineteenth century…
Next Generation Dharma Teachers
By Kenley Neufeld Gen X Dharma Teachers Retreat, Deer Park Monastery, June 5-9, 2013; photo by Daitetsu Hull The location was the hidden valley of Deer Park Monastery near San Diego, California. This five-hundred-acre sanctuary provided the space for about sixty Dharma teachers to meet for five days in early…
Tribute to Charlie Malat
By Friends Charles A. Malat, known to many hundreds at Plum Village as Charlie, died among friends and family in Ithaca, New York, on September 25,1994, of cancerous tumors discovered just two months earlier. He is survived by his parents, Doris and Hyman Malat, his brother David, many relatives, and an international network of close…
What It Means to Be White
By AJ Johnston Blue Cliff Monastery; photo by Paul Davis Several years ago at a fundraiser for the East Bay Mediation Center in Oakland, California, activist Angela Davis asked Jon Kabat-Zinn, “In a racially unjust world, what good is mindfulness?” As a white woman inviting white people to look into the causes…
Drawing from the Well
By Nancy Hawley My brother, sister, and I decided to meet with my aging parents to discuss this stage of our life as a family. As we sat together discussing health proxies, wills, and funeral arrangements, I was filled with a sense of interconnection with them, how deeply the roots go. I was also…
Letter from the Editor
photo by Bruce Nichols Dear Thay, dear Sangha, Many people in my community have been impacted by the economic downturn. Layoffs, cutbacks, and furlough days have given us the challenge and gift of less work and less income. Some people are seeing their losses as opportunities—to live a simpler life,…