Backwoods Camping in the Great Lake State
By Steven Larmore
Six of us gals and guys all agreed upon a retreat to the woods for some middle-of-nowhere mindfulness. I think we figured...
Maria’s Story
When I moved to Seattle, WA two years ago from Philadelphia, PA I was surprised at the difference in sangha culture. It took me...
Sangha Stories: An Oral History Project
By Erica Fugger
“I think for me, right now, engaged Buddhism is just really about being open and not having any ideas about the way...
Wake Up Spirit: Mountain Lamp Community Retreat 2013
By Brian Kimmel
In October of 2012 a delegation of four non-monastic and five monastic friends of Deer Park toured the Pacific Northwest offering workshops,...
The Real Wake Up House – San Diego
By Nick Neild
Hey my fellow Wake Up brothers and sisters out there! I have some wonderful news to share regarding the formation of the...
Happiness is Here and Now – Poem
By Jonathan Borella
Happiness is here and now.
Do you hear the sound?
Can you feel the walls tearin' down?
You might as well wear a smile.
No need...
So many students – walking, flowing
Article by Nhu-Mai Nguyen
So many students. So many students walking. Walking walking walking. So many bodies flowing. Flowing, flowing, flowing. As our tour group...
The Man Who Planted Trees
by Jean Giono
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance...
Love in our Generation
By Jenny Hamp
In April 2011 I asked a Brooklyn Sangha friend how to get in touch with New York Wake Up. The next week...
Open Heart – experiencing healing
Dear friends,
Recently I had an experience which moved my heart very deeply. I feel I am very lucky. I would like to share this...
Meditating with incarcerated young people, in the Bronx, New York
NBC News did this little news report on our very moving visit to a detention center in New York earlier this month, as part...
Basic Mindfulness Practice
At Penn University Phap Luu introduced the practice of mindfulness for our daily lives. He talks about freedom and stopping. This talk was given...
How to continue the practice
Sr True Dedication shares about how to continue the practice in our daily lives; from the day of mindfulness at Georgetown during the Wake...
Handling Strong Emotions – This is how it’s done!
Sit back and enjoy this amazing talk from Sister True Brightness about handling strong emotions from our day with the School of Ethics and...
Wake Up Austin
Here are two very cool little films about how Wake Up is manifesting in Austin Texas. Beautiful. May Wake Up houses bloom all around...