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Open Heart Sangha
Sitting and Walking Meditation
Practicing Mindfulness In The Tradition Of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
“Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Who Is Thich Nhat Hanh?

After visiting the U.S. and Europe in 1966 on a peace mission, Thich Nhat Hanh was banned from returning to Vietnam in 1966.
In his subsequent travels to the U.S., he made the case for peace to federal and Pentagon officials including Robert McNamara. He may have changed the course of U.S. history when he persuaded Martin Luther King, Jr. to oppose the Vietnam War publicly, and helped to galvanize the peace movement. The following year, King nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Thich Nhat Hanh led the Buddhist delegation to the Paris Peace Talks. In 1982 he founded Plum Village, a Buddhist community in exile in France, where he continues his work to alleviate the suffering of refugees, boat people, political prisoners, and hungry families in Vietnam and throughout the Third World. He has also received recognition for his work with Vietnam veterans, meditation retreats, and his prolific writings on meditation, mindfulness, and peace. He has published some 85 titles of accessible poems, prose, and prayers, with more than 40 in English, including the best selling Call Me by My True Names, Peace Is Every Step, Being Peace, Touching Peace, Living Buddha Living Christ, Teachings on Love, The Path of Emancipation, and Anger. In September 2001, just a few days after the suicide terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, he addressed the issues of non-violence and forgiveness in a memorable speech at Riverside Church in New York City. In September of 2003, he addressed members of the US Congress, leading them through a two-day retreat.
Thanks to Plum Villiage Practice Center for the above information
Video of Ram Dass Interviewing Thich Nhat Hanh On Anger
Open Heart Sangha South Meeting Site Information
Sitting & Walking Meditation
Monday: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
First Universalist Church
97 Main Street
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
Open Heart Sangha welcomes you. Please join us anytime.
CONTACT PERSON
Dave at (207) 749-3396
or
Open Heart Sangha North Meeting Site Information
Sitting & Walking Meditation
Sunday: 5 – 6:30 pm
44 Summer St.
Bath, Maine 04096
CONTACT PERSON
Sue West at 207-370-1588
or
bathsangha@gmail.com