„Thay believed that Buddhism had much to contribute to real social change.
He said he would find ways to support me in a movement for social change according to the Buddhist spirit. He would help bring together many good hearts who wanted to work together. He agreed to write articles about this in national magazines and then start several pioneering development villages to show that social change could be based on love, commitment, and responsibility. Eventually we could start a training center for workers in education, agriculture, and health care, who would then go all over the country.“
- Sr. Chân Không, in: Learning True Love
The first members of the Order of Interbeing and the SYSS
Peace Sounds is a compilation of songs about Peace, being sold to raise funds for the Commumity Of Interbeing a charity whose aim is to make meditation available in the UK through courses, school work, retreats and talks. This year they are bringing the Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh to London.
The album is a 12 song collection recorded and collected over the last 5 months.
NBC News did this little news report on our very moving visit to a detention center in New York earlier this month, as part of our Wake Up Tour along the East Coast. You can read the full article here.