TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Sister Dang Nghiem
Leaving her medical career behind, a Vietnamese-American nun continues her healing practice through Buddhism.
Vietnam
My True Home
How Thich Nhat Hanh helped me find refuge as a child of Vietnamese refugees
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Why did Thay Come to the West?
Two new publications illuminate the early years of the late Zen master.
Meet the Monk Cleaning Up Hanoi’s Waterways
Thich Tinh Giac wants to educate his Vietnamese neighbors about the ecological impact of religious rites.
Malá / The Little One
Caught between her Vietnamese heritage and her life in the Czech Republic, a young girl feels like a stranger in her own country. Where is home for a child raised between two cultures?
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Coconut Monk
A former soldier documents wartime Vietnam on an eccentric yogi’s Buddhist island.
BuddhaLand
A Buddhist haven emerges in rural Kentucky, thanks to a generous retiree.
Personal Reflections (Meta)Physical Education
Being Wrong Until You Get It Right
What a physical education teacher and Zen practitioner learned about not knowing while teaching English in Vietnam.
Meeting Violence with Kindness
As people in Baton Rouge protested Alton Sterling’s shooting, one practitioner sought out silence and community in a Zen Buddhist temple.
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