Life
By a lay friend (written August 7, 2011)
(A short preface for the layperson: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, in its origins, is an extremely effective yet...
I Have Arrived, I Am Home
Weikei, one of the facilitators from Wake Up Los Angeles, shares about his arrival at Deer Park Monastery for the Wake Up retreat.
Deer Park’s...
I Love Jesus But I Follow Buddha
Azariah, who attended the Wake Up retreat at Deer Park Monastery last month, shares how a Q&A session with the monastics about transgender roles...
Monastics Visit Wake Up New York
Recollections and Reflections – March 4, 2016
by Rachel Rampil, Sangha member and occasional facilitator, Wake Up New York
Dear Community,
On the first Friday of March, Wake...
Letter to Thay on Diversity
By Anthuan Vuong
Leading up to my Order of Interbeing ordination at the 2015 Wake Up Ambassador Retreat during the North American Tour at Deer...
Practicing Mindfulness in a Beautiful Way
By a lay friend
On January 23rd, 2016, around 25 people gathered for a Day of Mindfulness at Garfield Park in South Pasadena, just outside...
One Year at Blue Cliff Monastery
By Nhu-Mai Nguyen
The following is a letter that I submitted to the monastic sisters as part of my self Shining Light, which is a...
Reflections on a Day of Mindfulness
by Jonathan Borella
After finally parking the car several blocks away, I make my way towards the park. The streets were crowded and busy with...
Present with Myself, Present with My Patients
By Anthuan Vuong
To maintain my sanity in an intense and at times chaotic and insane environment, I have been motivated by the staff and...
Lessons I Learned from Buddhist Nuns about Dating and Relationships
By Jessica Semaan
I spent two weeks at Plum Village, a Buddhist monastery in France. I came to recover from burn out, and what I...
Mindful Intentional Living
Growing the Seed of a Wake Up House
By Nick Neild
A Wake Up house is an intentional community of dedicated young mindfulness practitioners who have a...
Dear Thich Nhat Hanh
Dear Thich Nhat Hanh,
First and foremost, thank you for everything. And Nothing, for that matter. We will probably never meet, but I will be...
My Mother, My Self
By Denise (Diem Trang) Nguyen
For those of us who fled Vietnam, treasured photographs of our lives in the homeland are hard to come by. My...
Dating in the Sangha – Roses and Compost to be Aware of
by David Viafora
As a facilitator in Wake Up groups and retreats, I consistently cut myself some slack and recognize that we are all young...
Wake Up Milpitas
For this month's Sangha of the Month, we get to know Wake Up Milpitas from California and how they got inspired to start a Sangha after...