The Diamond Sutra Explained
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”
Category: Wisdom Traditions
The Global Family
1. In the early days of the Cuban Revolution Che Guevara received a letter from a woman in Spain Her name, too, was Guevara She was curious to find out if they were related He…
“Why I Read the Bhagavad Gita” by Katie Consamus
The Huffington Post calls her “The Sunshine Goddess,” But I just call her Anne-Margaret And she is the reason I read the Bhagavad Gita. She told me once that her job as a yoga teacher…
Bhagavad Gita Reading Group: The Way of Love
Chapter 12 Monday 26 August 6312 W. Park Avenue 6:30-8:00 p.m. Meditation 20 m. Recitation Chapter 12 5 m. Reflections Eknath Easwaran’s commentary on chapter 12: “Every time we withdraw our desires from some self-centered…
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9: The Royal Path Monday 24 June 2013 Meditation 20 m. Two Reflections “The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in…
Drugged by Books
Soon after my father’s death, I started reading Leon Wieseltier’s Kaddish, his journal of reflections on his year of going to shul and saying Kaddish. In the days and weeks ahead, Wieseltier offered me some…
Friday Meditation
Chris and I began by sharing about last night with Sara Rendell. Then, after meditation and a reading on Dipa Ma, we drew mindfulness cards from Thich Nhat Hanh. Mine read: “There are thousands of…
Zen Flesh Zen Bones
Paul Reps, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child. — Soyen Shaku Many of us are students…
Thây’s Journals from the 1960s
Thich Nhat Hanh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals 1962-1966* We must strengthen ourselves for the coming test. –Thich Nhat Hanh [p. 66] This book is an enchanting glimpse into the Vietnamese Zen Master long before he…
January 1997 Notes on Thây’s “Cultivating the Mind of Love”
Thich Nhat Hanh. Cultivating the Mind of Love: The Practice of Looking Deeply in the Mayahana Buddhist Tradition. “The best way to touch the Buddha — not to look for a person, a non-person, a…