In Plum Village, we practice a ceremony called, "Beginning Anew," which goes all the way back to the Buddha. Families in great difficulties have been saved by this ceremony, and lay and monastic communities have reestablished their harmony, thanks to it. I feel grateful for this simple ceremony every time I see the effect of…
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Bridging Communication Barriers
By Sister Tam Muoi Gardening; illustration by Youheum Son Practicing the Eighth of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, True Community and Communication, is like peeling an onion. We peel away layer after layer, and there’s always another layer to discover! If I have a difficulty with someone, it feels uncomfortable. It’s…
Is There a Hole in My Brown Jacket?
“Do you have a hole in your brown jacket?” When my teacher asked this question during a recent Dharma talk, it brought to mind something Sister Annabel said when I received the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings at Magnolia Grove Monastery in 2017. Sister Annabel reminded us that we now have a…
Dharma Talk: The Fourth Establishment of Mindfulness and the Three Doors of Liberation
photo by Paul Davis Dharma Talk at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom August 17, 2010 Good morning, dear Sangha. Here we are in the University of Nottingham, at our retreat, “Living Mindfully, Living Peacefully.” The other day, we spoke about the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, the four domains of…
Silence Is Goldish Blue
By Christian McEwen photo by Renee Burgard Twenty-six hundred years ago a little Indian boy lay resting in the shade under a rose-apple tree. It was the time of the spring plowing, and he watched the men and oxen as they worked their way up and down the lengthy furrows.…
An Informal Invitation to Sitting Meditation
This piece is partly a response to practicing in the midst constant sirens on the twenty-first...
Intention, Innovation, Insight
A Day of Mindfulness at Google By Sister Chan Hien Nghiem Google slide, photo courtesy of monastic Sangha The Google campus is an interesting place. Called the “Googleplex” by Silicon Valley, it is a sprawling mass of buildings of unusual shapes and sizes, with earnest-faced, intelligent-looking young people darting between…
Open Eyes
By Sam Dubois Please do not ask me to shut my eyesuntil you have demonstrated what a lotus isand how I may be able to be it;until you can show me how to understandthat along with the terrible, even unspeakable,I carry along some kind of potential.I do not mean to…
The Story of Interbeing: Interview with Charles Eisenstein
May 27, 2014 Charles Eisenstein Charles Eisenstein is an author, public speaker, and self-described “degrowth activist.” He has written six books, including The Ascent of Humanity (2007), Sacred Economics (2011), and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (2013). In his latest book, he speaks of the old…
Deadlines, Hanging Out, and Spiritual Practice
By Charles Suhor It wasn’t until late in my career that I saw connections between my spiritual practice, deadlines, and deep listening to colleagues and friends. It wasn’t until retirement that I linked all of those things to what’s commonly called “hanging out.” In the Workplace My job was a…