The relationship between the mind and the body is a fundamental part of Dharma practice. As Anyen Rinpoche, founder of the Orgyen Khamdroling Dharma Center, explains, reflecting on the mind-body connection through mindfulness and self-discernment can help ground you and reconnect you in your own practice—which we all can use from time to time. Click here to [...]
April 25, 2013 – 11:00 am
Free the Mind is a new documentary about the ability of meditation to rewire the brain. Featuring neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson, the film follows two veterans grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder from serving in Iraq and Afghanistan as Davidson teaches them meditation to ease their pain and help them return to the lives they had [...]
Thich Nhat Hanh is best known as a Buddhist teacher, but his skills as an artist were on display this weekend in Bangkok. An exhibit of his calligraphy is on display there this month, and he gave a demonstration of his artistic process, mixing tea with Chinese ink and using a brush to create circles [...]
. In the Mojave Desert, J. Jason Graff reflects on silence, time, and slowing down in our modern age through mindfulness. . While walking slowly through the Mojave desert I found what looked like part of an old desert tortoise’s shell, sun bleached and chalky, broken into pieces that fit together like a puzzle in [...]
The Garrison Institute is celebrating its 10th anniversary on April 9 with a gala dinner at the Pierre Hotel in New York. Richard Gere and Gelek Rinpoche are honorary co-chairs the event. Environmentalist and journalist Paul Hawken, psychiatrist and mindfulness research Dan Siegel, and Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg are the keynote speakers. A special tenth [...]
Naked Mind is a new documentary that explores the effects of meditation and its potential to change society, asking the questions “What does mindfulness mean, how does it relate to human happiness, and what does it mean to practice mindfulness in today’s society?” To make the film, filmmakers Sarah Barab and Paxton Winters traveled to [...]
January 10, 2013 – 10:12 am
For a down-to-earth method of practicing mindfulness in daily life, Thich Nhat Hanh crafted the five mindfulness trainings. To explore how his community is living these trainings day by day, breath by breath, I wrote “In the Country of the Present Moment,” a feature published in the current, January 2013 Shambhala Sun magazine. Now, posted [...]
January 5, 2013 – 12:53 pm
Andrea Miller — deputy editor of the Shambhala Sun, and editor of the book Right Here With You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships — on Daniel Ladinsky’s Love Poems from God. Love Poems From God Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Penguin Books 2002; 384 pp., $18 (paper) [...]
January 3, 2013 – 7:51 am
By Andrea Miller A brown-robed sister led me down a hallway lined with doors. She opened one, but he wasn’t there, though the table inside was set with tea. Then she opened another and there, behind door number two, was the renowned monk. Thich Nhat Hanh was stretched out on a green hammock, drinking oolong [...]
December 29, 2012 – 10:18 am
Shambhala Sun deputy editor — and editor of the book Right Here With You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships — sometimes points us to noteworthy books on mindful loving. Here, she focuses on Sitting Practice by Caroline Adderson. Sitting Practice By Caroline Adderson Trumpeter 2009; 336 pp., $21.95 (cloth) Ross and Iliana have been [...]
December 10, 2012 – 6:12 pm
That’s how writer Seth Greenland says mindfulness has helped him in our January magazine. Greenland’s latest novel is The Angry Buddhist, which the Shambhala Sun’s Andrea Miller calls it “a steamy mix of murder, matching manga kitten tattoos, and a fierce congressional election.” Jimmy, the titular angry Buddhist, is an angry, hard-drinking cop who’s slowly [...]
December 6, 2012 – 2:12 pm
Our January magazine features a special section about Thich Nhat Hanh, which includes a profile of his Plum Village community in France and a new teaching about creating a global ethic of compassion, understanding, and peace. (“You Don’t Need to Be Buddhist,” a Q&A with Thay about the five mindfulness trainings, is online in full [...]
December 5, 2012 – 4:41 pm
“Of course we need to think,” writes Toni Bernhard, author of How to Be Sick, in this guest post. But discursive thinking – the constant stream of thoughts racing through your head — can be slowed down to give the mind a rest. Here are five suggestions for practicing what Toni calls “Not-Thinking.” Of course [...]
November 29, 2012 – 5:25 pm
Our January magazine features a special section on Thich Nhat Hanh, including a profile of his Plum Village Community in France, and a new teaching by Thay about building an enlightened society. Shambhala Sun Deputy Editor Andrea Miller sat down with Thich Nhat Hanh to discuss the five mindfulness trainings and how they can help [...]
November 21, 2012 – 2:35 pm
In this holiday guest post, “Mindful Writer” founder Chris Malcomb shares a lesson in mindful eating from a Thanksgiving retreat. On retreat, we are taught to eat mindfully. We learn to take smaller bites. Set utensils down while chewing. Explore the actual taste and texture of each mouthful. To eat mindfully is to just eat. [...]
