Cloud Floating Free Sangha
Mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat HanhMother Earth, Thich Nhat Hanh, A Rose For Your Pocket, p52-53
Mother Earth has been here for a long time. She is mother to all of us. She knows everything. The Buddha asked the Earth to be his witness by touching her with his hand when he had some doubt and fear before his awakening. The Earth appeared to him as a beautiful...
Stillness Is The Foundation of Understanding
Cloud Floating Free Sangha How to Fight, Thich Nhat Hanh When we observe or listen to other people, we often don't see them clearly or really hear what they are saying. We see or hear our projections and prejudices instead. We have wrong perceptions about others,...
Nondiscrimination
from The Sun My Heart, Thich Nhat Hanh Peace and compassion go hand in hand with understanding and nondiscrimination. We choose one thing over another when we discriminate. With the eyes of compassion, we can look at all living reality at once. A compassionate person...
The Energy of Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Answers From The Heart The teaching of the Buddha aims at helping us to generate the energy of love and understanding. If we can practice that energy, it will first of all help us to satisfy our need to be loved. And then, with that capacity of love...
Dialogue On Race
I have copied this information from the Dialogue on Race Facebook page so that you can be informed about what is happening here in Cville. Maggie and I are attending the Tuesday evening Circle. Hope to see some of you there... Dialogue on Race is Back (bet you knew...
Walk With Me Screening in Cville
A screening of Walk With Me has been scheduled here in Charlottesville, VA. 7:30 PM on October 24, 2017 at Regal Cinema in Stonefield. Follow this link to purchase your ticket NOW: https://gathr.us/screening/21279 With unprecedented access, WALK WITH ME goes...
The Sun Always Shines, Thich Nhat Hanh
#233 The Sun Always Shines Your True Home, Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh When it is raining, we think there is no sunshine. But if we fly high in an airplane and go through the clouds, we rediscover the sunshine again. We see that the sunshine is...
Beyond Labels
As human beings, we’re exactly the same. But the many layers of labels prevent other people from seeing you as a human being. Thinking of yourself as or calling yourself a “Buddhist” can be a disadvantage, because if you wear the title “Buddhist” this may be an...
Go Back to the Body
GO BACK TO THE BODY Breathing mindfully takes our mind back to our breath and, if we continue, to our whole body. We go back to our body and reconcile with it. We get to know what’s going on in our body, the wrongs we have done, the conflicts we’re having, and we’ll...
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