When I was 5 or 6 years old, I started worrying about life and the end of the world, so I tried to find a way to survive. I decided that the solution is giving. I tried to give rice, money, or whatever I had to people in need.…
“I was born in Mongolia in 1967. Because Mongolia is a Buddhist country, we often went to the Buddhist temple when I was a child. Later, I decided that I would like to become a monk, but first I had to study the Tibetan language for two years. When I…
“When I grew up, I found that everything in life is temporary. When I saw a flower, I thought it was very beautiful at that moment, but some days later it faded away. I realized we could not keep anything in our hands, like the water flowing through our fingers.…
“When I was younger, maybe 12 or 13 years old, I always went to the temple with my family. I followed my father and my mother, it was my culture. I enjoyed the big family at the temple. After High School I became a nun, and I realized I am…
“I am a chaplain at a psychiatric center at an acute care facility, where people are mostly involuntarily, because they have tried to harm themselves or sometimes others. So I often meet people in a time of near death, brought from the ER. They are facing the consequences of…
Thich Hanh Tri chanting the Great Compassion Mantra or the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara
“Cooking is my favorite work. I like it when people eat my food. That is my life. I cook at the temple, but I also like to cook outside of the temple. Cooking is my chanting, I don’t get a chance to go up to the Dharma hall much, I…
