The message of love – return to Thu Bon River

A journey dedicated to Thich Nhat Hanh I have come to be with you, to weep with you for our ravaged landand broken lives… [From Thich Nhat Hanh’s poem – “Experience”] 60 years ago, the great flood of November 1964 in central Vietnam swept away homes and took thousands...

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What is Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020

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