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Dare to Be Boring: Advice for a Life Well Lived
Embracing simplicty
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Meditation as Sustenance for Death and Dying
Who is dragging this corpse around? This huatou, similar to a koan, was popularized by Hsu Yun, a famous Chan Buddhist master of the late 19th/early
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How to be Mindful of our Habits
I remember a story that a sister (let’s call her Sister G) told me the year before I ordained. It was raining, so a number of
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Healing the Teenager Within
During the summer here at Plum Village we host a series of family retreats. For the first time this year I participated in the Teen
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Too Busy for Mindfulness
There are times when life feels light and spacious, and times when life feels tight and full. Mindfulness practice is a way of life that
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How Belief in Rebirth Might Protect the Earth
An American Buddhist friend of mine recounted a conversation she had with another practitioner, one who comes from a clear, unwavering cultural confidence in the
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Short Stories of Discovering One’s Inner Joy
Where is my key?One night a man was crawling around on his hands and knees to look for something underneath a lamppost. When his friends