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The Habit of Happiness Plum Village Interviews Autumn 2012 A Publication of Plum Village Issue 61 $8/€8/£7.50 The Habit of Happiness By Thich Nhat Hanh Plum Village 30th Anniversary Interviews: Chau Yoder Cheri Maples Brandy Sacks w ISSUE NO. 61 - Autumn 2012 Dharma Talk 4 The Habit of Happiness By Thich Nhat Hanh Sangha Continuation 50 The Spirit of Non-Self: Living in Sangha Paradise By Brother Chan Phap Nguyen 54 One Flame or Two? Lamp Transmission at Deer Park Monastery Remembrances By Leslie Rawls 11 Ancient Tree, Fragrant Flower 56 Leaving a Legacy of Love and Compassion: By Sister Thoai Nghiem An Interview with Brandy Sacks 14 Twenty-two Years of Plum Village 59 Discovering the Roots of Buddhism: 2013 By Paul Tingen Vietnam Tour By Chan Huy and Trish Thompson 17 Summer Camp of the Pure Land By David Lawrence 59 Sangha-that-Sings-to-Birds By Laura Hunter 19 Full Moon Ceremony with Plum Village By Joann Malone and Patrick Smith Inspiration 20 More Joy and Less Suffering: An Interview with Chau Yoder 24 My Beloved Teacher By Chan Luong 27 I Am Not Different from You: A Portrait of In Memoriam Sister Chan Khong By Eveline Beumkes 60 Breathing and Smiling with Brother Phap Kinh 31 Celebration By J.E. Combelic By Svein Myreng Book Reviews Plum Village Smiles 61 Good Citizens: Creating 32 30th Anniversary Photo Tribute Enlightened Society By Thich Nhat Hanh Fierce Compassion 61 Peace Is Every Breath: A Practice for Our Busy Lives 38 Transforming Self, Transforming Society: By Thich Nhat Hanh An Interview with Cheri Maples 42 Free Where I Am 62 Not Quite Nirvana: A Skeptic’s Journey to Mindfulness By Patrick Doyle By Rachel Neumann 44 Why I Became a Buddhist 62 Murder as a Call to Love: A True Story By Ruth Fishel of Transformation and Forgiveness 45 The Hands of the Bodhisattvas By Judith Toy By Sister Hy Nghiem 63 Mindfulness in the Garden: Zen Tools 49 Healthy and Free for Digging in the Dirt By Jerome Freedman, Ph. D. By Zachiah Murray photo by Jitka Slamova Dear Thay, dear Sangha, I love reminiscing. Tell me a story that starts with “I remember when…” and you’ll have my full attention. I especially A Journal of the Art of Mindful Living treasure recollections like the ones in this in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh issue of the Mindfulness Bell. Although they are stories from many years ago, Published by Plum Village they serve as lanterns that light up the Issue 61 Autumn 2012 present moment with understanding. Advisor and Editor Sister Annabel, In this special issue, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Plum Village True Virtue and honor our beloved teachers. We bow deeply to Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Managing Editor Natascha Bruckner Chan Khong, Sister Annabel, and the many monastics and lay teachers Design LuminArts who uphold the practice with joy, love, and wisdom. This collection of Proofreaders Connie Anderson Rene Bruckner stories shows how our teachers make the way clearer by walking ahead of Leslie Rawls us, holding up the torch of awakening, illuminating the path of practice. Subscriptions & Advertising David Percival We honor those who have made Plum Village possible for all of us, Webmaster Brandy Sacks and also those who have established practice centers and Sanghas all over Advisory Board Thay Phap Kham the world. As Sister Thoai Nghiem eloquently shares in this issue: “It is the Thay Phap Dung Barbara Casey image of an ancient tree that suddenly produces a fragrant flower. How I Janelle Combelic love this image! The fruits of meditation practice, of daily enlightenment David Percival from Thay, have been inherited. And the fragrance will be spreading in Leslie Rawls countless directions, even if the tree grows against the wind, and regard- Peggy Rowe Ward less of storms.” Volunteers Margaret Alexander Connie Anderson Because an anniversary is a time to bow to our ancestors, I’d like to Alan Armstrong acknowledge the Sangha sisters and brothers whose love and labor have Sarah Caplan made the Mindfulness Bell possible. Heartfelt gratitude goes especially to Steve Child Arnie Kotler, Therese Fitzgerald, Carole Melkonian, Yael (Ellen) Peskin, Miriam Goldberg Maria Duerr, Leslie Rawls, Barbara Casey, Peggy Rowe Ward, Janelle Martina McNaboe Combelic, and Judith Toy, among many others. We thank each of you for Kenley Neufeld creating and sustaining this publication—a gift of the living Dharma and Maggie Mills a testament to our collective transformation. Greg Sever Night Song As we honor our lineage and appreciate the many gifts we’ve Terri Ward received, may we put these gifts to service for the benefit of all. May Suzanne Wilson we translate our understanding from the past into loving-kindness Writing Submissions: Please send us the fruits of today. May our mindfulness and compassion, forged in the crucible of your practice. We welcome feature articles (1,500 to 2,500 suffering, become a lamp that brightens the way for others. All around words), essays, and stories, as well as poetry. We espe- us, numberless beings need help—whether it’s food, shelter, medicine, cially welcome submissions from young people. or a listening ear. May we use the presence and love we’ve generated Art and Photo Submissions: We welcome photos, in our practice, both to transform our own suffering and to be here for artwork, and cartoons from your local Sangha, family, and others in need. community. Please send digital images as TIFF or JPEG files 1 MB or larger. We can return originals sent by mail. The Mindfulness Bell is a joy to co-create. I truly hope it is a joy for Send submissions via email to [email protected], you to read. Please consider making a donation to support production costs or by mail to the Mindfulness Bell, c/o Natascha Bruckner, and help us send free subscriptions to prison inmates. And multiply your PO Box 1201, Capitola, CA 95010-1201, U.S.A. joy by giving gift subscriptions this holiday season. Advertising and Subscriptions: ads@mindfulness- bell.org, [email protected], or David Percival, 745 May these offerings deeply benefit you and all beings. Cagua S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87108, U.S.A. With love and gratitude, Website: Visit the online archive, subscribe, and view the worldwide Sangha directory at www.mindfulnessbell.org. The Mindfulness Bell is published three times a year by the Community of Mindful Living, Deer Park Monastery, 2499 Natascha Bruckner Melru Lane, Escondido, CA 92026, U.S.A. True Ocean of Jewels 2 Autumn 2012 LETTERS Letters Planting Seeds: The Power of Mindfulness Help the monastic and lay Sangha make an animated Dear Thay, dear Sangha, documentary film based on the book, Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat I was introduced to mindfulness during a training course Hanh and the Plum Village Community. The documen- at work several years ago and I have found that it has helped to transform my life. I am an artist and an art therapist and I now tary will be filmed in Plum Village and will offer the wis- use mindfulness meditation a great deal with my patients. Often dom of the Plum Village tradition to children. I begin with a mindfulness meditation and then I encourage the You can help by making a financial pledge. Even $10 patient to draw their observations. will be an enormous help in making our dream a reality. I read your story, “A Peaceful River” (Summer 2012), as the Go to: www.indiegogo.com/plantingseedsfilm. You can clouds were rolling past my small studio window. I became ab- also help by directing people to this link and posting on sorbed in the sky and the clouds as I reflected on your words and felt inspired to paint. My painting shows my orange mug, full of your Facebook and Twitter pages. ~ Thank you! tea reflecting the clouds as they float past. Underneath the blue sky I have pasted small pieces of torn-up newspaper which were from an article that troubled me. It was about the environment and the loss of trees through constant development in England where I I wanted to pass on my appreciation for a recent story in the live. I visualised the issue attaching itself to the clouds and knew Summer 2012 issue of the Mindfulness Bell. In June 2012 I became that this too, like the clouds, would pass. a new mom. In the early weeks I struggled with my role as a mom. Then I read Sister Trang Moi Len’s “Mama, Today Is a Special Thank you for your inspiring story and for the other encourag- Day.” Through my tears that is. Her words helped me reconnect to ing stories in the Mindfulness Bell. Thay’s teachings and find the strength and courage to love my baby With newfound peace and joy, daughter. Thank you for such a wonderful publication and for the Michelle Edinburgh reminder to find our true selves. Solihull, England Warm regards, Vanessa Chirgwin Massachusetts, U.S.A. Dear Mindfulness Bell friends: I recently received my first issue and am thrilled to be brought into the circulation of your mindful readership. Keeping a mindful awareness and positive perspective here in prison is difficult but with the inspiration and support of works by Thich Nhat Hanh, IT CAN BE DONE one breath at a time. Enclosed is a compilation/ composition of mine that was recently inspired by my meditation on the depths of “aimlessness.” Thanks for all you do for all of us and please know how we in prison already have the elements for happiness within us but we need frequent reminders not to try too hard.
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