Reflections on Our Practice Following the announcement in November 2014 that Thich Nhat Hanh was in the hospital with a brain hemorrhage, the worldwide Sangha responded with a profound deepening of practice and an outpouring of love and energy sent to our beloved teacher. The Mindfulness Bell asked our friends to share their reflections, and…
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Walking the Teacher’s Path with Mindfulness
Dzung Vo interviews Dharma teacher Richard Brady about his book of stories on mindfulness, education, and touching our bodhicitta.
Announcements
Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project Art James and John Baca, two Vietnam veterans who attended the 1989 retreat in Santa Barbara with Thich Nhat Hanh, have been working actively with a project to help reconcile themselves and other Vietnam veterans with the people and places of past destruction. The VVRP has…
Dreaming with My Dad
Growing closer to those we love who have already passed away By Sister Hanh Nghiem How many of us have suffering from our past, especially when it comes to relationships and how we live our life? Many people ask how we can fix mistakes or heal deep wounds we carry…
Youth Transformation in Urban America
by Jina Jibrin I am currently working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, managing a youth leadership program for black and Latino youth from housing developments in the Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan communities. The Fuerza Leadership Program is a prevention-based, leadership development, and community-organizing program which allows young adults…
Reverence for Life
My older brother Bud and I were brought up in an alcoholic...
Race: A Dharma Door
ARISE Sangha offers the Race: A Dharma Door (RADD) training. Love in action interwoven with interbeing, the program used the Four Noble Truths as the framework to invite us into a discussion of race as a Dharma door for greater understanding and less suffering.
I Love You, Mama Bea
By Lee Klinger Lesser Mama Bea was my daddy's mother and my grandma. When she got sick, the doctors said they thought she was going to die. So she left her home in Florida, and came to live in our house in California. My mommy and daddy said we were going to take care of…
Rebel for Life
Rebel for Life is a powerful story about climate activism, the spirit of community and the future of life on Earth. At the centre of this truly engaging story we follow Vishal, a young hospital doctor who has turned into a full time climate activist. Understanding that the Climate Crisis…
Carts & Koans
By John Beaudry I was standing on a narrow sidewalk, bent over, putting a small bandage on a cut my sandal keeps making in the top of my right foot. The bus that would take us the remaining distance to the island and the temple had not arrived yet. So…