We visited the Buddhist monk at a Christian conference center in a lakeside setting of rural Wisconsin. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers stark, gentle wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence. He discusses the concepts of “engaged Buddhism,” “being peace,” and “mindfulness.”
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Thich Nhat Hanh address to US Congress, September 10, 2003
Thich Nhat Hanh gave a lecture titled Leading with Courage and Compassion at the Library of Congress on September 10, 2003. It took place in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. The event was part of the annual Capps-Emerson lecture series organized by the...
Buddhism and the Badge
Thich Nhat Hanh was interviewed in Madison, Wis. during a five-day retreat for police officers and public service workers and their families. A live web chat accompanied the article (transcript available).
What’s the point of doing nothing?
The art of being rather than doing, according to Thich Nhat Hanh.
An advocate for peace starts with listening
Thich Nhat Hanh on the power of dialogue.
Message to Osama bin Laden: interview with Thich Nhat Hanh
Thay shares his thoughts on how America should respond to the terrorist attacks. This interview was published in From the Ashes: A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America (Rodale Press, Oct. 2001) What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden Thich Nhat Hanh – Interview by Anne A....
Buddhist Balm after 9/11
Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames, was published the same week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Ten days later Publisher’s Weekly caught up with him at Columbia University, NY.
Building a Community of Love
In this remarkable exchange, bell hooks interviews Thich Nhat Hanh on the theme of “Beloved Community” and realising Martin Luther King’s dream.
A Monk in Exile Dreams of Return to Vietnam
Gustav Niebuhr visits Thich Nhat Hanh at the Green Mountain Dharma Centre.
Stop Running, Start Being
Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh at Kim Son Monastery in the mountains between Gilroy and Watsonville.
Interview with Ram Dass
Thich Nhat Hanh gave a keynote address at the Gorbachev World Forum, September 27-October 1, 1995 in San Francisco. During the course of the conference, he recorded this unusual interview with American spiritual teacher and author, Ram Dass.
Giving back to our motherland
Writing from exile in Paris in 1974, Thay wrote these words of encouragement and inspiration to his social workers back in Vietnam, dreaming of creating a village and practice center together.
The Menton Statement, “A Message to our 3.5 billion neighbours on Planet Earth”
In 1970 together with Alfred Hassler (of the Fellowship of Reconciliation) and other leading intellectuals and scientists, Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong helped convene Europe’s first conference on the environment, in Menton, France. The conference produced this statement.
Letter after hearing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination
Thich Nhat Hanh wrote this letter to his friend Raphael (Ray) Gould, the morning after receiving the news of their friend’s assassination. Ray was one of the directors of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and the International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam, of which both Dr. King and Thich...
A Proposal for Peace: 1 June, 1966
Published in Thich Nhat Hanh, Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change (1993) This statement was read at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 1966, and reprinted in the Congressional Record the next day. Just this morning, the U.S. Consulate in Hue was destroyed by angry...
In Search of the Enemy of Man
Thay's first letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, sent on June 1, 1965. This was the start of their correspondence and friendship, and they met for the first time in Chicago one year later.