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History of Engaged Buddhism Be Still Autumn 2008 A Publication of Plum Village Issue 49 $8/%8/£6 History of Engaged Buddhism A Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh Be Still: The Mindful Christian Joyful Art of the Heart uupcominguupppcccooommmiiinnnggg rretreatsrreeetttrrreeeaaatttsss 22008-200922000000888---222000000999 Nov 7 – 9 C OLLEGE R ETREAT –STUDY,REFLECT &PRACTICE for students and teachers Nov 15 – Feb 15 W INTER R ETREAT 90 days of practice for monastic and lay End of Dec P REPARING FOR AND C ELEBRATING THE H OLIDAYS Jan 22 – 26 P R E P A R I N G FO R AN D C E L E B R A T I N G TrT - L U N A R N E W Y E A R OF TH E O X FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER INFORMATION: NEW Web: www.deerparkmonastery.org - E-mail: [email protected] - Phone: (760) 291-1003 x100 ISSUE NO. 49 - Autumn 2008 Dharma Talk 4 History of Engaged Buddhism Hanoi, Vietnam – May 6-7, 2008 By Thich Nhat Hanh Vesak in Vietnam 10 Report of the United Nations Day of Vesak 2008 13 Practice in Vietnam: An Inside Look - Interview with Thay Phap Kham By Barbara Casey 33 Sending the Buddha to Prison 16 Rejoicing with the Sangha in Hanoi By Carole Baker By Sister Hanh Nghiem 36 Miracle within a Miracle 17 The Long Walk from War to Peace By Susanne Olbrich By Larry Calloway 37 Ko Un — or What? 19 The Eight Practices of Respect Poetry by Ko Un (Gurudharmas) Commentary by Gary Gach and Brother Anthony of Taizé By Thich Nhat Hanh with commentary by Sister Annabel Sangha News 41 Dharma Teachers Travel to South Africa; Wake Up! — Young Buddhists and non-Buddhists for a Healthy and Compas- sionate Society; About DP PodCast; Announcing a New Blog: Mindful Kids Book Reviews 44 Mindful Movements: Ten Exercises for Well-Being Thich Nhat Hanh and Wietske Vriezen 44 Hello at Last: Embracing the Koan of Friendship and Meditation Sara Jenkins 45 Love’s Garden: A Guide to Christian Roots Mindful Relationships Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward 22 A Day in the Life of a Catholic Zen Monk in Plum Village By Brother Phap De 24 Be Still: The Mindful Christian Retreats & Events By Diane Strausser 45 2008-2009 retreats and 26 Singing in the Inspiration Choir schedule for Thay’s By Mary Zinkin 2009 US tour 27 Hear the Angels Sing By Janelle Combelic From Sr. Chan Khong 46 Join Thay in India, Dharma & Art October 2008 30 Joyful Art of the Heart By Brother Phap Ho 31 Dharma Rain: Practice as Inspiration for Artists By Denys Candy Dear Thay, dear Sangha, “Each of us has to discover for himself or herself the cause of ill-being,” says Thay in his Dharma talk at the retreat in Hanoi. I am sitting on my couch furiously scrib- bling as I transcribe Thay’s words from the DVD. (Our invaluable volunteer Greg Sever A Journal of the Art of Mindful Living transcribed most of the two talks that are excerpted in this issue, but then I decided I in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh wanted to include Thay’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths.) The sun is shining Published by Plum Village outside my home in Colorado, the grass needs mowing, I’m way behind my ideal schedule for getting the Mindfulness Bell articles to Sister Annabel for review. Issue 49 Autumn 2008 With a compassionate calm smile, Thay continues, “Suppose we speak about our hectic life — we have so much to do, so much to achieve. As a politician, a Advisor and Editor Sister Annabel businessman, even an artist, we want to do more and more and more.” I just have Managing Editor Janelle Combelic to laugh. What irony! Like many people I know, I’m juggling so many different responsibilities, tasks, and fun projects that I don’t know whether I’m coming Associate Editor Judith Toy or going. Design LuminArts Thay goes on: “We crave success. We do not have the capacity to live deeply Proofreader Elaine Hild each moment of our daily life. We don’t give our body a chance to relax and to Subscriptions & Advertising David Percival heal.” Finally I get it. I pause the DVD, put down my pad and pencil, and take a Website Design Lien Ho few breaths. I realize I need a break so I go outside and water a few plants, pull a few weeds, pet the dog. Webmaster Brandy Sacks A month later I take a real break and attend the Healing Self, Healing Earth Advisory Board Richard Brady retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park — fi ve days of peace, healing, Jerry Braza insight, and new friendships. Barbara Casey In addition to enlightening Dharma talks and mindful hikes in the Rocky Thay Phap Kham Mountains, one of the blessings for me when I go on retreat is the opportunity to speak with readers of the Mindfulness Bell. It’s heartening to hear that people Peggy Rowe-Ward enjoy the magazine, read it on the plane, keep it by their bedside, savor old is- Matt Sherman sues. In this issue we also print letters from prison inmates who benefi t from the Mindfulness Bell. Thank you all for sharing your kind thoughts with me, and do continue to share your writings, art, and photos. In particular, I would love to Writing Submissions: Please send us the fruits of your practice. We welcome feature articles (1,500 to hear from practitioners on the subject of mindfulness in the workplace. 2,500 words), essays, and stories, as well as poetry. We Another way that our journal touches people is when articles get reprinted; especially welcome submissions from young people of any age. this year we’ve had Dharma talks and essays picked up by Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly; Intersein, the German Sangha magazine; The Lotus Bud Art & Photo Submissions: We welcome photos, art- work, and cartoons from your local Sangha, family, and newsletter in Sydney, Australia; the new Sangha newsletter in Thailand; and Hu- community. Please send digital images as TIFF or JPEG man Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge. And we earned a fi les no larger than 1 MB. We can promptly return all origi- complimentary review in Utne Reader’s online newsletter. nals sent by mail. Send submissions via e-mail to editor@mindfulnessbell. In addition, we’ll have another piece in Shambhala’s prestigious anthol- org or by mail to Mindfulness Bell, 745 Cagua S.E., Albu- ogy, Best Buddhist Writing 2008. Here’s what editor Melvin McLeod wrote to querque NM 87108, U.S.A. me: “It’s perhaps a surprising choice: young Cameron Barnett’s description of Advertising Inquiries and Subscriptions: ads@ mindfulnessbell.org, [email protected] or his retreat at Plum Village, and how it helped him after he returned to school… David Percival, 745 Cagua S.E., Albuquerque NM 87108, This piece will be included with authors who include the Dalai Lama, Natalie U.S.A. Goldberg, Sylvia Boorstein, and of course Thich Nhat Hanh himself. I felt that The Mindfulness Bell is published three times a year by the Community of Mindful Living, Deer Park Monastery, it told such a sincere story of how the practice can be applied that it deserved to 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido CA 92026, U.S.A. be in such august company… I’d also like to say how much I admire and enjoy Website: Read selected articles, subscribe, and view the Mindfulness Bell. Of course I have the greatest respect for Thay and all his the worldwide Sangha directory online at www.mindful- historic work, and the Mindfulness Bell is a refl ection of this great teacher.” nessbell.org. To me, the Mindfulness Bell is also a refl ection of our four-fold Sangha — an ever-inspiring kaleidoscope of wisdom, compassion, and beauty in the world. Blessings to you all, On the covers: Thich Nhat Hanh visits Tu Hieu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam, May 2008; photos by Paul Davis 2 Autumn 2008 sharing our VIEWS Letters Prison Dharma About 50 copies of each issue of the Mindfulness Hands in the lotus posture and bow to and loved the poetry in the middle of the Bell go out to people who are incarcerated. all at the Mindfulness Bell staff. Bell. Also I would like to thank you for giving Their heartwarming letters remind us why we do a complimentary gift subscription and was I am in receipt of the complimentary this work. wondering if you could send me another card gift subscription that you send me. It’s year’s worth. It is very much read and I difficult to find the right words to express loved every issue. Another year has passed and once again all that I feel by your generosity. The only Good karma, the Mindfulness Bell has offered to extend thing that I do know is that I am very very my subscription for the new year. I am truly grateful for your kindness and by giving Guy W. grateful for the offer. me the privilege of receiving the beautiful Skyview Prison Unit insights that the magazine brings. You all Rusk, Texas Yes, I would very much appreciate the are doing a wonderful thing by your dona- opportunity to receive the Dharma via the tion of the Mindfulness Bell to us incarcer- Mindfulness Bell for an additional year. ated seeking the truth of the teaching of the Buddha. I pray this letter finds all of you happy We have a very small Sangha here and well! at Gulf C.I.
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