Right Livelihood
By Jonathan Borella
As 18-35 year olds, Right Livelihood is an especially important practice. We’re at a time when we are beginning careers, developing passions,...
The Value of Visiting Other Communities
Interview with Nhu-Mai Nguyen
How did the Wake Up USA Southwest Tour manifest?
It was led mainly by Brian Kimmel who is residing in Boulder, Colorado....
How the Viet Wake Up Retreat Helped to Reconnect With My Roots
By Thien Kim Truong
During a trip to visit to one of Thay's monasteries, Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi, I became really good friends with...
Clap, Tap, Hum, Breathe
Mindful Songwriting with Children
By Joe Reilly
Where do songs and music come from? I ask this question to the many groups of children with whom...
Practicing with Donald Trump
by Jonathan Borella
I shouldn’t have stayed up to watch the election at Deer Park Monastery. It was my intention not to. Even when a...
Cherry Blossom Sangha
To start off 2017, we get to know Cherry Blossom Sangha from Seattle, Washington, in the United States. Find out what Wake Up means...
Spending a Year in Plum Village
Christine from Wake Up Chicago chats with Nigel Armstrong, a concert violinist, about the year he spent as a Happy Farmer in Upper Hamlet...
Wake Up Little Saigon
This month as Sangha of the Month, Wake Up Little Saigon from Orange County, California, USA share about all the activities they do together...
Letter to President Obama
Four months ago, your incredible wife gave an impassioned and prophetic speech at the Democratic National Convention. She spoke of the story of generations...
Forgiveness
By Jonathan Borella
As students of the Dharma, we practice to grow our compassion. The Metta Sutta exhorts us to “let our boundless love pervade...
Witnessing a Birth
Reflections on Forming the Wake Up Collectivity of Ambassadors
By Nhu-Mai Nguyen and Elli Weisbaum
It all started during a Wake Up Order of Interbeing (OI) Skype...
Seeds of Joy in Southwestern U.S.
During the Wake Up Southwest tour in Colorado, Texas, and Utah, I felt a deep sense of connection with the Maha Sangha by being...
The Treachery of Oblivion
After years of doubt and turmoil, months of examinations, and weeks of travel, I decided to leave home for boarding school. I left the...
Organizing a Retreat with Monastics
Interview with Elli Weisbaum
Q: Can you share a bit about the recent Wake Up retreat at Blue Cliff and your experience as a member...
10,000 Steps, 10,000 Thank Yous.
Our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, shares that with each step we take we can say, “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.” This is a...