A Young Buddhist
By Friso Woudstra
Born in a land without war, a land without parents who have suffered from war. Freedom is just normal to us. Even more,...
Beyond Words
By Gijs Van den Broeck
An Impression of Plum Village
You do not only, to reach the place
have to leave home, but also out of ways...
Less is More – Tasting Abundance During Lent
By Leni Cellini
In case you did not notice, Lent fasting has been going on for a while. Just as in 2012 and 2013, I...
Replanting A “Forest of Interbeing”: Spiritual Community As Food
Several months ago, four young friends living in three different countries embarked on a journey together to replant a deforested rainforest in the...
Wake Up Poem
By Andreas Swart
Wake Up
There is beauty all around
In your pain, your fears, your loneliness
There is beauty within
Do you have the will and endurance to...
Sangha-Building with Brother Phap Ho
Dear Thay, dear Sangha, dear Siblings,
My name is Phap Ho, Protector of the Dharma or Brother Protection. I come from Stockholm, Sweden and I...
Wake Up Groningen
For the first time ever, we will feature a Wake Up sangha as Sangha of the Month every month.
This month, we'll take a look...
Day of Mindfulness at the USC
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Wake Up Dreams
By Brother Phap Linh
Every year I am asked to write something for the magazine Lá Thư Làng Mai, and every year I feel confused....
Waking Up! March 2014 In Review, In Photos
From emotional to inspirational, here are some of the Wake Up events around the world that took place this month.
Wake Up Cork and Wake...
Wake Up Retreat – The Music We Are
Click here to see a sample retreat day schedule and click here to register for the retreat.
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Fundraising for Students to visit Magnolia Grove
For the last three years high school seniors from Warren Easton (a New Orleans public school) have visited Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi.
The...
The Marching Band
by Dairíne Bennett
Poem composed at the Fall Wake Up 2012 Retreat in Newgrange, Ireland in response to a Q&A session.
For the longest time...
Mindfulness Retreat in Chandolin, Switzerland
Mindfulness and Compassion as a basis for inner transformation and social innovation: Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
Based on the Mindfulness Practice of Plum Village...
Sangha-Building: Wake Up Groningen
by Nadine Spigt
Actually it feels like there hasn't been so much compost for us, just a lot of flowers that needed some time before...