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  • The Five Mindfulness Trainings are based on the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha. In our Sangha we recite them every other month (alternating with the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings). Some practitioners, especially (but not limited to) those who have formally received the trainings, make an effort to recite them more…

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  • Freedom

    (a mural in Barcelona, Spain) Freedom You know what? I cry whenever I vote. From the very first time, when I pulled that lever in…

  • Walking the dog

    Have I seen this place? Everything changes in snow Chocolate lab turns white

  • Adventures with the new floor

    We got a new laminate floor put down in the kitchen because the burst pipe under the sink treated us to icky mold under the…

  • Christmas 2014

    “After the ecstasy the laundry,” a phrase taken from Jack Kornfield’s book of the same name. To me, at this time of year it means…

About US
The face of a stone statue of the Buddha. Visible in the distance behind it are greens of trees and blue sky.

We are a community in the Plum Village tradition. Linda (True Path of Peace) is an ordained Order of Interbeing member. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 15, 2005.