Working Meditation
By Brandon Rennels
The first time I stepped into a monastery was the fall of 2011 at Deer Park in California. I arrived on a...
Becoming a Better Health-Care Provider
By Marilyn Tran
I remember being a fourth-year intern as a naturopathic medical student and seeing my own patients for the first time. No doubt,...
Mindfully Angry!? ~ On Our Longing for Authenticity
By Leni
It took me a while before I understood the importance of anger. That being angry is not a sin. That you are not...
Listening Deeply in Today’s Political Climate
By Jonathan Borella
Dear friend,
We've met in person before. A couple times actually. In those moments, I appreciated your large and gentle presence. I felt...
How Kids Can Be Happy in Education
By Gijs van den Broeck
My Story
This essay is the result of my own experience as a teacher. For little over a year, I taught...
Courageous Authenticity: The Ground of Dharma Sharing
At our Wake Up Oregon retreat this past March, on the last full day together, we had the most extraordinary Dharma sharing circle that...
Love in Action With the Police
Dharma talk by Marisela Gomez at the ABC Home in September 2016
Dear friends, dear Thay,
I felt very nourished during our walking meditation together....
From Crisis to Transformation
In the spring of 2015, I received a sign of magic. I came across Thich Nhat Hanh’s writings and while listening to one of...
How to Respond Appropriately to Situations in Our Lives
A Dharma talk by Kaira Jewel at ABC Home, New York City, in September 2016
Dear Thay, dear friends, dear Sangha,
On the way to...
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...
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...
My Breath is My Lifeline
Cleansing of Body and Mind
I recently started a cleanse with the hope of clearing stagnation and any buildup of toxins in my body. It...
How Mindfulness Transformed My Family
By Khanh Doan
Mindfulness practice, the beautiful teaching of the Buddha, profoundly interpreted by our beloved Thay, is a miracle that helps transform many lives....
Shining Light on White
By Vanna Waldron
Mindfulness practice gives us tools to face parts of ourselves, our reality, and our histories that we may otherwise push away,...
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...