Saturday, January 22, 2022

Thich Nhat Hanh dead at 95



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Guardian “You learn how to suffer. If you know how to suffer, you suffer much, much less. And then you know how to make good use of suffering to create joy and happiness,”

NY Times "He suffered a severe brain hemorrhage in 2014 that left him unable to speak, though he could communicate through gestures."

Tricycle "Known to his thousands of followers worldwide as Thây—Vietnamese for teacher—Nhat Hanh was widely considered among Buddhists as second only to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in the scope of his global influence."





“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

1985 Interview


How Buddhism has changed the west for the better by Rebecca Solnit.

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