John Bell

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About John Bell

John Bell is an ordained Buddhist Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. He has been facilitating the Mountain Bell Sangha in the Boston area since 1997 and offers retreats around the country. He has served on the Plum Village Caretaking Councils of the North American Dharma Teachers Sangha; ARISE, the racial justice initiative; Earth Holder Community, the earth justice initiative; and most recently, the Beloved Community Circles for Mindful Action network. In recent years, he has been arrested twice with a group of local faith leaders for protesting the installation of a fracked gas pipeline near Boston, MA.

Besides many published articles and handbooks, he is the author of YouthBuild’s North Star, and his most recent book, Unbroken Wholeness: Six Pathways to the Beloved Community. His blog is “Begin Within,” www.beginwithin.info

DANA

John is dedicating any dana received from his various days of mindfulness to Beloved Community Circles for Mindful Action. You might want to support this. You can offer dana in three ways:

• Use the “Donate” button on the bottom of homepage here

• Send check to Beloved Community Circles, 366 Marsh St, Belmont, MA 02478

• Use his Venmo: @John-Bell-728