Sometimes all it takes is one second for everything in your life to come crashing down. Once you’ve been alive long enough you know this—perhaps too well. Everything changes, and sometimes…
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THE SIXTH MINDFULNESS TRAINING: Dealing with Anger
I have worked with this mindfulness training consciously and unconsciously long before I knew there was a Buddhist precept about it. But I did not have a good understanding about anger or violence…
DEEP LISTENING: Experience true love through understanding
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher and writer, often speaks about the power of deep listening and the effect this can have on another person…
ABIDING HAPPINESS: Embracing the reality of life with acceptance
Why don’t my children listen to me? Why can’t politicians tell the truth? Why did it have to rain on my wedding day? Reality baffles us. We question it every day…
HEALING THE INNER CHILD: Venturing into the territory of suffering
Dealing with suffering is like handling a poisonous snake. We have to learn about the snake, and we ourselves have to grow stronger and more stable in order to handle it without hurting…
COUNCILS OF SAGES: Peace, reconciliation and listening deeply
We need guidance from wise teachings to calm our deeply troubled minds. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh provides this (2005; 2002b): Calming down, becoming serene is the first step of…
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