This is Part 4 in a series of columns about the place of the church in modern politics. When I began this series of columns about religion and politics, I did not set out to proselytize on behalf of a ...

(ANALYSIS) Before Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, he asked several of his friends to continue his life’s work building what he called “beloved community.” One of the people he invited was the ...

Do you get anxious? Do you tend to overthink things? Is your mind buzzing like a bee all day every day? Does doomscrolling make you feel like a floating mind without a body? If you answered “yes” to ...

Subscribe to “Nonviolence Radio” on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify or via RSS. On today’s show we honor the life and teachings of Buddhist monk and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh, or Thay as he is ...

As a Zen Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh spent most of his life spreading love and compassion. He was born in Vietnam as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo before changing names several times. Thich Nhat Hanh's quotes ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, a revered Zen Buddhist monk, poet, and peace activist, has touched the lives of millions around the world with his teachings on mindfulness, compassion, and peace. Born in Vietnam in ...

The Nam Hai may not advertise itself as a holistic resort, but it certainly feels like one. The Hội An-based hotel uses beach cruisers as the main mode of transportation to cross the cobbled lanes, ...

In June 2022, the Plum Village Monastery near the French city of Bordeaux held a 40th anniversary retreat that included an evening of musical celebration for an audience of hundreds. The Buddhist ...

Thich Nhat Hanh: mudra of compassion. This photo was taken while his monks and nuns were offering the compassion chant at his European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Germany. (c. 2009) (© Plum ...

After Thich Nhat Hanh died at the age of 95 a year ago last week (Jan. 22, 2022), many obituary writers turned to his 1965 book, Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire, for quotes and for an assessment of ...