The Joy of Growing Pain – Opening Up
Hello Dear Thay, Dear Sangha and Dear Brothers and Sisters Waking Up!
I just want to share with you my joy of being alive! Joy,...
Living My Dream – Sr. Hien Nghiem
LIVING MY DREAM - A RESPONSE TO THE BAT NHA KOAN
Dear Beloved, Respected Thay,
I ask permission to share my initial insights on Thay’s Bat Nha...
A Letter To My Teacher – Br. Phap Linh
A LETTER TO MY TEACHER - A RESPONSE TO THE BAT NHA KOAN
Dear Respected Teacher,
This is a moment of happiness.
I am sitting with a...
Love Poem from Israel
Dear Thay,
Yesterday a friend declared her hatred for Israel.
Another, his fear of Iran.
A mother dragged her crying daughter through the street by the arm,
and...
Waking Up Online with Skype
Well, that was super cool! A tea-sharing teleconference over Skype. I never expected that.
Listening to the sound of the bell (well ok, it sounded...
Waking Up in Upper Hamlet
A video made by young long-term retreatants living in Upper Hamlet
ENJOY !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5NtjH5xeU
A Rose for Your Pocket
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Mother's Day - Sunday, 9th of May 2010
What will we do on this day to express our love and gratitude towards our mothers?
Please share...
Let’s Plant Wake Up Trees!
In Reverence to the Buddha Nature within all Beings
We, the Wake-Uppers from all ten directions (Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland) gathered...
A few days in Plum Village
By Edward Pinkney
‘Mindfulness’ has become a bit of a buzz word in connection with mental health & wellbeing recently. With this in mind I...
Wake Up: The Music of Community
Dear Friends,
Last night at the Dharma Nectar Hall of Lower Hamlet in Plum Village, lay and monastic
practitioners from around the world gathered to concentrate...
Daffodil Great Ordination Ceremony
Hi All,
The Daffodil Great Ordination Ceremony will begin this Tuesday, Jan. 12! Well I'm into it because our family, the Papaya family, will receive...
Share the Good News!
Dear Wake Up friends,
Christmas is coming and a new year will soon begin. In these cold, dark winter months, it is all the more...
Bat Nha’s Great Vow
Bat Nha's Great Vow
In Lam Dong province, daily incense smoke curdles
In forests and on Buddha’s faces, on altars of monasteries,
A drizzle begins at 6...
Froglessness Retreat at the EIAB
On 16, 17 and 18 October, we had a Wake Up weekend at the EIAB. The weekend had the theme "Cultivating Froglessness."
In our daily...
Thay Giac Thanh Hut Jam
By Br. Phap Man
We (Br. Phap Luu, Brother Honey Bear and Br. Man) jammed this out one night at Deer Park Monastery just before...