Category Archives: gatha
Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity by ARISE Sangha Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we commit ourselves, individually and as a community, to understanding the roots of these inequities, and to transforming … Continue reading
Mindfulness, Peace, and Service
Excerpt from Lion’s Roar “A Buddhist Cop’s Approach to Justice“ by Cheri Maples As part of my dharma teacher ordination ceremony in 2008, Thay and I exchanged gathas, or practice poems. I composed one for him and he composed one … Continue reading
Earth Gathas
by Thich Nhat Hanh, re-posted from Lion’s Roar Gathas help us to practice mindfulness in our daily lives and to look deeply. Reciting these short verses will bring awareness, peace, and joy to the simple activities we may take for … Continue reading
Wonderful Moment
From The Plum Village Chanting & Recitation Book, Compiled by the Thich Nhat Hanh and Monks and Nuns of Plum Village Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is … Continue reading
Invoking Avalokiteshvara
from “Chanting from the Heart”, Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices by Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village We invoke your name, Avalokiteshvara. We aspire to learn your way of listening in order to help relieve … Continue reading
Bell Gathas
I’m going to tell you how to invite a bell to sound, with a small instrument like this, made of wood. The tranquility in us, the peace in us, we have to call them. There’s tranquility and calmness and peace … Continue reading
Bowing In Gratitude
The Five Earth Touchings, excerpt from “Happiness” by Thich Nhat Hanh In gratitude, I bow to all generations of ancestors in my blood family. I see my mother and father, whose blood, flesh, and vitality are circulating in my own … Continue reading
Thay’s Mindfulness Gathas
Waking Up Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion Brushing Teeth Brushing my teeth and … Continue reading
The Wonderful World of Gathas
The mind can go in a thousand directions, But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, a cool wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms. If your path is like mine, you often find your … Continue reading
We Are a River
Living beings is the name of a continuous stream and all phenomena as the object of perception are only signs. Therefore there is no real change of birth into death into birth and no person who realizes nirvana. –Gatha 44 … Continue reading
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