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Yesterday, I visited the newly forming Shantideva Monastery in Castro Valley for the first time. It’s small and lovely, and I am in awe of Thay Từ-Lực’s vision in purchasing land in the very expensive Bay Area so that Plum Village practitioners here can be well supported by monastics and have opportunities to come together…

Growing up the daughter of Chinese immigrants to the U.S., a core part of my identity was as a “second generation” Chinese American. I was therefore more than surprised one day, while conversing with a fellow daughter of Chinese immigrants, to learn that she saw herself as “first generation” Chinese American. Wha? “No,” I said,…