About Home, I have talked about my childhood place where I call Home, where I don’t need my private room. Now I want to tell you my being-home journey. Growing up, along my journeys, here and there… I have been sheltered under the roofs of many other homes.

The home where…

I was hosted in the house of a Christian family to celebrate Christmas in Italy.

I was invited to stay with of a mix African-European Muslim family in Switzerland to celebrate the Ramadan end.

I spent my retreat time living with Buddhist monastics in France, called Plum Village.

I used to stay with the owner, a Catholic nun, who was my friend, in a remote highland area of Vietnam during my backpacking trips.

I was indulged in good food by a rural Japanese family, during my studying trip.

And it was my home on an unbelievably packed train for a month-long journey across India.

That was my home for a month when I lived in a camping tent surrounded by nature, slept with ants and all kinds of insects underneath, shined by moon light above during the night, joined by summer storms from day to day. Continue reading Home to the Gold of heart →

The prayer series

Jesus,

“For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”*

The law does not remove my sins
but only is used to judge if I have sins or not.
The law makes me die with my sins, Continue reading Prayer 224 →

You might have known about the Buddhist teaching of The Suchness or be familiar with The Nature of Thing phenomenon in our life. It could be as natural as a lion hunts a deer in the wild. Or it is as simple as birth-aging-illness-and death in every human being life. I, too, have read and studied about those teaching and concept and contemplated about that Nature of Thing. It’s been my assumption that I can comprehend the concept with simple explanations. Probably many of us have the same assumption. Continue reading A bird and a cat teach me about the Nature of Thing  →

The prayer series

Jesus,

So hot.

Why don’t you blow away Vietnam Electricity
so that it no longer holds the monopoly?

Oh Jesus, Continue reading Prayer 222 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Should we be closer to US in military relationship?
Should we be a US ally?

…

Is US trustworthy? Continue reading Prayer 221 →

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Giêsu có muốn biết em đang nghĩ gì không?

Em đang nghĩ về tương lai đất nước chúng em.
Một ngày nào đó, thế giới sẽ nói về chúng em:
“Nhìn kìa!
Họ là bạn của Chúa.
Họ biết Chúa
và tay trong tay với Chúa.” Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 220 – Prayer 220 →

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Tình trạng tham nhũng ở đất nước chúng em thật khủng khiếp.
Vậy Giêsu sẽ làm gì?
Giêsu có mang lụt đến như thời Noah không?
Giêsu có mang lửa đến như thời Sodom và Gomorrah không?
Xin đừng làm vậy, Giêsu ơi, em sợ. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 219 – Prayer 219 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I want to listen to English lessons.
Would you like to be a manager of my time?
You’ll organize all things neatly,
and that’s fine by me.
I believe it
and I’ll follow all your plans.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

You are the light,
the one and only light.
Please allow us to gaze at your light
and be one with you.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

Why is this the most important sentence in Bible?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”*

‘Cause it is the easiest teaching, isn’t it? Continue reading Prayer 216 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Why is this the most important sentence in Bible?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”*

‘Cause it has the most important phrase, hasn’t it?
“For God so loved the world.” Continue reading Prayer 215 →