Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun

The interest in teaching meditation to children is growing rapidly, as a number of recent stories in the mainstream media have documented. Child's Mind aims to teach parents and child professionals how to integrate mindfulness into their work with children and teach both young children and adolescents the basics of mindfulness and meditation. The book is a great resource for anyone who work with young people, including family coordinators at retreat centers, religious instructors in a range of traditions, teachers, therapists, and medical professionals. Child's Mind aims to teach children the power that comes with the comfort of just being, as well as the capacity to be, be aware, and be comfortable with oneself.

This extraordinary story takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam, to the California coast, to a monastery in southwest France. Huong Huynh was born in the midst of war to a Vietnamese mother and a U.S. soldier. She dedicated her life to healing and transforming the suffering of other people as a doctor. When her partner suddenly drowned, she decided to become a Buddhist nun. Ordained by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who gave her the name "Dang Nghiem" (Adornment with Nondiscrimination), she finally experienced her own healing. With humor, insight, and an irrepressible sense of joy, Sister Dang Nghiem's story offers inspiration and guidance for anyone who has dealt with suffering and loss. Book jacket.

Vietnam: grandmother's song — The United States: — Eric and Borom — Medical school — Becoming a nun — Reconciling with my family — Nondiscrimination — The dharma lamp.