By Leah McClellan
Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. ~Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step
In 1991, fresh out of college, I discovered Thich Nhat Hanh on a bookshelf in the bookstore where I worked.
Thich Nhat Hanh—Thây, or teacher, as students and followers call him—is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, poet, scholar, and peace activist who lives in Plum Village, a Buddhist community he founded in France.
From the Plum Village website:
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. Dwelling in the present moment is, according to Nhat Hanh, the only way to truly develop... More...
