Here are some links and readings from our gathering in honor of Thich Nhat Hanh after his passing on January 22, 2022.
Photo Essay on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Life Journey (scroll down for the post 1/29/2022 at about 7am Pacific Time): https://www.facebook.com/thichnhathanh
Thich Nhat Hanh Biography:
https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/thich-nhat-hanh-full-biography/ –
Thich Nhat Hanh Quote Collective: Beautiful images with quotes and poems https://thichnhathanhquotecollective.com/
Thich Nhat Hanh Selected Poems: https://plumvillage.org/poems/
“Smiling means that we are ourselves, that we have sovereignty over ourselves…” – Excerpt and poem from Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh, pp. 11 & 12. https://wtf.tw/ref/nhat_hanh_being_peace.pdf
“If I were to give any advice, it would be this” – Excerpt from “A Rose for Your Pocket”
https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/blog/2018/5/9/a-rose-for-your-pocket
“Let Us Meet at the True Source” – Poem in honor of Thich Nhat Hanh, by Shanti Natania Grace
https://intrinsicheart.com/let-us-meet-at-the-true-source/
Original poem by Fika, on the universal song so exemplified by Thay’s being
“Oneness” (“The Moment I Die”) – https://www.flowinglightwellness.com/
Quotes from “Impermanence” https://greatmystery.org/perspectives-impermanence/
“It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.”
“Impermanence is what makes transformation possible. We should learn to say, ‘Long live impermanence’. Thanks to impermanence, we can change sufferings into joy.”
“The Great Bell Chant: A Prayer for the End of Suffering” https://gratefulness.org/resource/great-bell-chant/
“Please Call Me by My True Names” – For a copy of the poem, a recording of Thay reading the poem, and the story of how he came to write it, go to: https://plumvillage.org/articles/please-call-me-by-my-true-names-song-poem/
“One day in New York City I met a Buddhist scholar…If I don’t grow lettuce, I can’t write poems” – Excerpt from Answers from the Heart https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/excerpts/view/18940/answers-from-the-heart
“We really have to understand the person we want to love” – Excerpt from Peace in Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/686485-we-really-have-to-understand-the-person-we-want-to
“This moment is full of wonders” – from This Moment Is Full of Wonders: The Zen Calligraphy of Thich Nhat Hanh
“We Meet Each Other in All Forms of Life” (“This Body Is Not Me”)
https://thichnhathanhquotecollective.com/2018/09/14/we-meet-each-other-in-all-forms-of-life/
