for Chris Wallach Sometimes the loving-kindness he intoned emanated in such a compelling way that, as Lynne Bousfield says, “you just got hit by the metta.” David Hopkins recalls such an experience at Dhamma Giri when…
If you want to understand your mind, sit down and observe it. –Munindra, Bengali Buddhist At the end of March, Chris Wallach spent a week on silent retreat at the Insight Meditation Society retreat center…
for Chris Do you have the scribbles of Shimmelstoy in your bookmarks? They’re better for you than the Lotus Sutra! “Like,” share, and read them over and over– The bodhisattva in those verses is really only you!
In ten years (or thirty) Thich Nhat Hanh will still be among the living Just like today I will see him in your smile
In October, Susan Clark and Chris Wallach attended the Mind and Life International Symposium for Contemplative Studies. The Mission Statement of the Institute states: The Mind & Life Institute is a non-profit organization committed to…
Happy when Amazon.com doesn’t faze me Happy shutting up Happy patiently watering the impatiens Happy to be Joanie’s Feldenkrais student Happy to enjoy I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss
Dear Chris, Thanks to you, I now have the following favorite Alice Walker poems from The World Will Follow Joy: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Democratic Womanism Hope to Sin Only in the Service…
She asked me,”Hey Shimmelstoy Are you headed to Mississippi To see Thich Nhat Hanh?” “Naw, ” I said “I already see him twice a week When I’m with Chris Wallach”
What is it that makes young men and women and boys and girls join the service and go to war? What is their experience like once they get there? Chris Wallach will share what she…