“Re – member
Bat Nha”
In gratitude and utmost respect,
The arrow that was shot from Bat Nha was already in our body even before the event took place.
All societies are being poisoned.
The event gives the opportunity to recognize our hidden suffering.
The koan Thay gives is hanging on the door of our liberation.
Bart Driessens – Response to the Bat Nha Koan
A letter to the Buddhist Community – Responding to the Bat Nha Koan, by Chan Phap Lai
Dear Friends,
You are the ones who have stayed with us throughout the unfolding Bat
Nha Sangha crisis always willing to help us in any way you could. It
is wonderful to know we are part of a wider Buddhist / Spiritual
community. Whereas previous letters have often asked for your support
this letter is to simply share with you [...]
Joe Reilly – a response to the Bat Nha Koan
Dear Thay, Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I am a singer, songwriter, and guitar player. I am also a practitioner of the five mindfulness Trainings. I hope that if I were ever confronted with such a difficult situation as the Brothers and Sisters of Bat Nha, that I could respond in the solidly peaceful, compassionate, and upright [...]
Chan Phap Linh – a Letter to my Teacher
Dear Respected Teacher,
This is a moment of happiness.
I am sitting with a stick of incense, a pot of tea, sunlight, silence and ease. There are more than enough conditions for my happiness.
I have been through storms in the last few months; storms of doubt, fears, anxiety and despair, or rather disappointment. I think that [...]
Three poems – in response to the Bat Nha Koan
un puits
a well-spring
a riverbed that may and does change its course, and often
a long stone stairway down which newly ordained novices are descending slowly and gracefully with Thay
a grey robe draped over a young tea bush in full bloom, blowing gently in the warm breeze
a white boulder lying in a bed where a river of [...]
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers 12 Proposals for Celebrating 1000 Years of Hanoi
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THICH NHAT HANH
Lunar New Year’s Eve, 13 Feb. 2010
Celebrating 1,000 Years of Hanoi
INTRODUCTION
In the year 1010, one thousand years ago, the first king of the Ly dynasty founded Thang Long, the city now known as Hanoi. The Ly dynasty has been described as “the most compassionate, peaceful and harmonious in the [...]
Bat Nha: a Koan – an invitation to look deeply, from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
released Monday 25 January, 2010
Bat Nha: a Koan
Do not just look for what you want to see,
that would be futile.
Do not look for anything,
but allow the insight to have a chance to come by itself.
That insight will help liberate you.
– Nhat Hanh
[...]
The Indestructible Seed of Awakening
(translated from the Vietnamese)
Fragrant Source Inner Monastery [...]
Vietnamese evicted my flock, says Zen master
By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent
Exiled nominee for Nobel Peace Prize accuses Communists of paying mobs to brutalise Buddhist followers
see original article here
A zen master famed for spreading Buddhism in the West, and who was once a confidant of the US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has accused Vietnam’s Communist government of dispatching violent mobs [...]
New York Times: Vietnam Paid Mob to Evict Followers
Filed at 7:21 a.m. ET
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A famous Zen master has accused
Vietnam’s communist government of hiring mobs of people to
violently evict his Buddhist followers from two monasteries.
Thich Nhat Hanh, who helped popularize Buddhism in the West and has sold millions of
books worldwide, has also called on Vietnam to lift restrictions on religious freedom [...]