Tag: Suffering
Burnout to Dharma Bum
Insights from a year living in Plum Village
By Doran from Wake Up Brighton
It’s 4 a.m. I can
feel my heart beating and my whole...
Lessons Learned from Living with Monastics
By Leo Widrich
Have you ever felt like you needed a big reset of your life? Toward the middle of 2017, I found myself in...
Woulda Shoulda Coulda
A lot of suffering
By Brother Pham Hanh
As I was sitting in front of my tent and the sun was slowly rising, I looked at...
Healing the Past, Transforming the Future
Written by Br. Chan Troi Duc An
Dear respected Thay, dear sisters & brothers, dear friends,
My name is Chan Troi Duc An. I am a...
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...
Detachment, Non-Caring and When Thay Passes Away
What’s the Difference Between Detachment and Non-Caring?
Brother Ngo Khong: I’ve been confronted by detachment and non-caring in my life. Often I’ve been told I...
Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity in Response to...
Statement from ARISE* in Response to the U.S. Election, 2016
Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we commit ourselves, individually...
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...
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....
A Little Angel
By Virginie
This morning, with a little sorrow,
I take out my cards, mix them,
and draw a little angel
(it's my little joy)
stroking a little cat:
TENDERNESS
The afternoon,
inside,...
Sailing to the Other Shore
Memories of a Winter Retreat
I chose the shape of a mandala with three circles to give you a structure of my story. The frame...
Journey to Discovering True Love
By Monastic Brother Phap Man
My journey has a lot to do with love. When I was 10 years old, my parents were divorced. It...
Insights I Gained From Traveling In Cambodia
by Monastic Sister Sinh Nghiem
Before I ordained, I loved to travel, as many young people like to do nowadays after they finish high school...
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...
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...