After four and half years as an active Sangha member and student of Vietnamese Zen Master, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, and Poet, Thich Nhat Hanh, I ordained into the Core Community and committed to dedicated study and practice the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of Tiep Hien, the Order of Interbeing. The ordination ceremony was beautiful. A little more than two years ago when Thich Nhat Hanh came to India I was given the lineage name of “Pure Confidence of the Heart” and on Saturday, November 20, 2010, I was given the Dharma Name, “True Seal of Peace.”

14 Mindfulness Trainings:

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