The River
I love this story by Thich Nhat Hanh about a river and clouds. May you come to see what your clouds are and be free from clinging to them. It can be found on page 130 of Peace is Every Step. Once upon a time there was a beautiful river finding her way among the […]
Being Peace ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
This is one of the first books by Thich Nhat Hanh I ever read. I was in Vietnam, it was 2006, I had just spent ten days at a silent meditation retreat in Thailand at Wat Suan Mohk. The simple practices in this book, Being Peace, changed the course of my life. An audio file […]
Peace Is Every Step ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
This is the first book of Thich Nhat Hanh’s I ever read. It was instrumental! Thich Nhat Hanh offers simple guidance to help us gain peace through cultivating awareness of everyday life. From here I read Being Peace, and three days later, I was living with 200 young nuns in the Central Highlands of Vietnam […]
Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana
There are so many gems in the book, Mindfulness in Plain English. I read it last spring for the first time, in preparation for spending two months at Bhavana Society. It begins: Meditation: Why Bother? Meditation is not easy. It takes time and it takes energy. It also takes grit, determination, and discipline. It requires […]
Pema Chodron ~ Loving Kindness
Pema Chodron’s Shambala pocket classic Awakening Loving Kindness begins: There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable. You can see this even in insects and animals and birds. […]
