An interview by lay Buddhist practitioner Jo Confino
Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese monk, peace activist, poet, author, teacher and an inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Called Thay for short, Thich Nhat Hanh was exiled from Vietnam in 1966 after expressing opposition to the war. A year later Martin Luther King nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize. After a 39-year exile, Thay was permitted to visit Vietnam in 2005. He died on January 22, 2022.
Joanna Macy has lived in the SF Bay area for much of her life. While I was living in the area as I never missed a chance to hear her and talk to her. What intrigued me most were her anti nuclear campaigns – her many ways to inspire peace and her early recognition about the climate crisis and motivation to protect the living world – all animated by her practice of love and engaged Buddhism.
Thanks to the Plum Village channel for excerpts from a far reaching 90 minute conversation. It is posted on YouTube under the title: Active Hope: The Wisdom of Joanna Macy, and was recorded on February 16, 2022.
DATE: 2022/02/16
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