I have a confession to make: I want to change the world. I'm a shameless idealist, and in my best moments I overflow with an optimism that makes some people look at me in disbelief and ask...
Last updated: أكتوبر 21st, 2018“To be or to do, that is the question” of The Mindful Word’s new blog “Aimless...
Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. for his peacemaking efforts during the Vietnam War. In Calming the...
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...
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...
It’s been said that the people who irritate us the most are our best teachers, and that reacting to to...
Last updated: مارس 27th, 2019“We can work in such a way that we realize we have a lot of choices...
The five mindfulness trainings have traditionally been known as the layman's Buddhist precepts: do not kill, steal, sexually abuse, lie...
Last updated: مارس 26th, 2019Solving climate change is pretty simple. As a species, all we have to “do” is simply do less. The...
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...
Last updated: أبريل 9th, 2019It had been two years since I’d made the accidental discovery. My false hope of reconciliation...
Last updated: يناير 30th, 2020C högyam Trungpa taught that part of embodying the path of the Shambhala Warrior, of mindful...
Last updated: مارس 19th, 2019 When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by....
Slow, deliberate strokes, indicative of a writer with an enlightened, peaceful disposition, are the strokes of Thich Nhat Hanh. In addition to being a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, poet and peace activist, Nhat Hanh practices mindful calligraphy and has put on many exhibits dedicated to his particular form of the art...
We often go through our days rushing full speed ahead, as though trying to reach some imaginary finish line—the end of the meeting, workday, or class. We strive for that post-dinner relaxation...
Last updated: مارس 4th, 2019 Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. ? Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness...
Last updated: يوليو 7th, 2018Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life Thich Nhat Hanh [Parallax Press, 134...
Last updated: أبريل 9th, 2019[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]In our weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy...
Last updated: أبريل 9th, 2019[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]In our weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy...
"You have arrived, you are home” a sign informs me as I drive past the entrance to Deer Park monastery. Indeed, I am home. Having practiced in the Plum Village Buddhist tradition for a few years...
Last updated: نوفمبر 4th, 2019SILENCE: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise Thich Nhat Hanh [HarperOne, 213...
Last updated: أبريل 8th, 2019The following has been excerpted from spiritual teacher Joseph Emet’s latest book, Finding the Blue Sky,...
Last updated: نوفمبر 17th, 2022The good news they do not print. The good news we do print. We have a...
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...