Sublime

What is it that we’re looking for? As we shared in the previous chapter: Where do we think we’re going to find it? Who are we actually—and who is the Buddha anyway? What is my experience of happiness exactly? What is my experience of sadness? What are the ideas that I hold about my happiness and my sadness, about who I am, about who you are? From e

We all come to practice looking for techniques that will relieve our suffering. We all come looking for answers to our questions. But though practice can transform our lives, it does not do so by providing us with those techniques or answers we think we need.

basic mindfulness practice as a way of looking that merely fabricates a little less than our habitual ways of looking.

Practicing Buddhism, practicing meditation is for us to be serene and happy, understanding and loving. In that way we work for the peace and happiness of our family and our society.

Discourse on Method.

Suggested Practice Stopping One of the core practices of the Plum Village tradition is the practice of stopping. If you visit one of our monasteries, you will discover that every time a bell chimes, whether it is a clock, a monastery bell, or the telephone, we physically stop whatever it is we are doing, gently close our eyes, and enjoy breathing i

a manifesto that outlines precisely those steps we must take, as individuals and as global societies, to regain the path of compassion toward all sentient beings, frugality in the use of our natural resources, and humility in our dealings with one another. Mad Monk Manifesto is released less than a year later in 2018, generating some applause, some