Every step is a miracle. Every step is nourishing. Every step is healing. The Zen Master Linji said that the miracle is not to walk on thin air or on fire – the miracle is to walk on earth. To be alive and to be walking on this planet is a miracle. And you can […]
Mindful eating To cultivate mindfulness, we can do the same things we always do—walking, sitting, working, eating, and so on—with mindful awareness of what we are doing. When we’re eating, we know that we are eating. When we open a door, we know that we’re opening a door. Our mind is with our actions. When […]
In this short teaching from the Deer Park Monastery, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) advises the use of a Cong Phu Sheet: a practice journal that shows how well we maintain our practice of mindfulness in each daily activity. Getting out of bed, opening and closing doors, brushing our teeth, turning on the light, […]
Why We Need a Global Ethic Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight The world in which we live is globalized. Economies halfway around the world affect our own. Our politics, education, and cultural consumption happen on a global scale. Our ethics and morality also need to be globalized. A new global order calls for a new global […]
Many people think that to be empty means not existing. But it’s not true; emptiness does not mean nonexistence. In sutra we recite, “Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form”. There is a glass which is not empty because it has some tea in it. Another glass has no tea inside. To be empty or […]
Is there a way to deal with the death of a loved one? In particular, how can a mother deal with the loss of a partner and give their children the best possible upbringing? Is there a way to take the gloominess away? Visualize a cloud in the sky. Maybe one part of the cloud […]
