Sister Ocean, Author at Buddhistdoor Global

Healing Means Being Whole

Sister Ocean 7 November 2014

Visiting family in Toronto this week, the news has been dominated by the story of a popular radio show host accused of ongoing harassment and violence

Look for a Butterfly

Sister Ocean 10 October 2014

Some years after my grandmother died, my mother went to see a psychic to “talk” to her mother. The only thing that I know of

Healing the Teenager Within

Sister Ocean 5 September 2014

During the summer here at Plum Village we host a series of family retreats. For the first time this year I participated in the Teen

Perceptions and Misperceptions

Sister Ocean 8 August 2014

“Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones—all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake.

Why Practice Mindfulness Anyway?

Sister Ocean 11 July 2014

With most things in our daily lives, it’s easy to lose sight of why we do what we do. It’s so easy to keep up a

Too Busy for Mindfulness

Sister Ocean 3 June 2014

There are times when life feels light and spacious, and times when life feels tight and full. Mindfulness practice is a way of life that

Celebrate for its Own Sake: Happy Vesak to You!

Sister Ocean 5 May 2014

Vesak is approaching and I have been contemplating just what Vesak is. I wasn’t born into a Buddhist family or a Buddhist culture, but I

What do you do when you’re sad?

Sister Ocean 1 April 2014

A few days ago, an 11-year old girl asked me, “What do you do when you’re sad?” As she looked back to her father it

Mindfulness of Death, Mindfulness of Life

Sister Ocean 31 March 2014

When I was a child, my father died in a car accident. I learned about loss from an early age, that it could be both

It’s all About Me…?

Sister Ocean 1 February 2014

Editor’s note: Sister Ocean is a Canadian nun ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition. She practices in France and blogs about mindfulness practice in daily

Making Change

Sister Ocean 6 January 2014

Editor’s note: Sister Ocean is a Canadian nun ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition. She practices in France and blogs about mindfulness practice in daily

Doing Metta on the Road

Sister Ocean 4 December 2013

The first time I heard of metta, the cultivation of loving-kindness taught by the Buddha, was at my first meditation retreat in Ladakh, India. It was

REGIONS

Sister Ocean