Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that we already have more than enough conditions to be happy. In this tour he shows how cooling the flames of craving, anger and fear reduce the stress, anxiety and tension of modern living.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s key teaching is that, through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly alive, present and at one with those around us and with what we are doing: while we wash the dishes, drive the car or take our morning shower. Dwelling in the present moment is, according to Nhat Hanh, the only way to truly develop peace, both in one’s self and in the world.
Affectionately known as Thây (pronounced ‘tie’), Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the world’s best known Buddhist teachers. Leaving Vietnam in 1966 to call for peace, he was not allowed to return. In 1967, Martin Luther King nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying, “this gentle Buddhist monk from Vietnam is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.”
Accompanied by monks and nuns from the Plum Village community in France which he founded in 1983, Thây presented the following events:
29 March: Public Talk Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London.
31 March: Peace Walk Mindful Walking Meditation, Central London.
31 March to 2 April: Educators’ Retreat TheAmericanSchool, London.
5-10 April: Retreat Nottingham University.
You can listen to the talks online at http://tnhaudio.org/. You can also see videos of many of the events at http://www.livestream.com/plumvillage (the video selector is in the middle of the page).
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