“People talk about entering nirvana, but we are already there,” said the Buddhist monk, who died on Saturday. Here is a short selection of his remarks.
Tag: Hue (Vietnam)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Preacher of Mindfulness, Has Come Home to Vietnam
After half a century abroad, the influential Buddhist teacher, 92, is living in the Hue monastery where he became a novice monk at 16.
At War: The Problem With Memorializing Our War Dead Without Honest Accounting of History
It’s irresponsible to memorialize wars in a way that strips out the darker notes and creates a narrative that is “narrow, heroic and emotionally soothing.”