Although they only met a few years before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr. enjoyed a wonderful connection because they shared the same vision and desire for a loving community.
In his recently published book, author Marc Andrus explores the contact between two important personalities, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Pastor Martin Luther King Jr., according to the Tricycle website on January 17.
They're described as a group of like-minded peace activists and friends. When Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, they had just met in 1966 and had only known each other for a few years.
They are closely bonded, according to Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr., because they share a vision of a loving community where everyone lives in peace and connection (rough translation: Brothers in the Community of Love: Friendship between Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.).
The international media has praised Thich Nhat Hanh's impact and accomplishments.
On May 31, 1966, in Chicago, Mr. A. J. Muste, with the approval of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, organised a meeting between Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Mr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Before conducting a combined press conference at the Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, they had opportunity to address the issues in Vietnam on their own.
There are no detailed recordings of the private chat or the press conference, contrary to common perception. "We talked about peace, freedom, and community," Zen Master subsequently told Oprah Winfrey in an interview. We can't get very far without community, we all agree."
"The enemy of people struggling for liberty and democracy is not human," they said in a united statement released the same day. Despotism, greed, hate, and violence are the stigmas of the human heart. These are the genuine foes of man, not man himself."
The proclamation states that the fight for equality and freedom in many places aspires for self-determination, peaceful social reform, and a better life for everyone.
An unique start to their relationship, the beginning of a friendship that lay inside the Community of Love to which they both devoted their lives, was a joint declaration at their first encounter.
On September 27, 2015, the Beloved Community Garden was dedicated at Magnolia Grove Monastery (also known as Magnolia Grove Meditation Practice Center) in Batesville, Mississippi. With a massive statue of Dr. King and Thich Nhat Hanh, the garden commemorates the meeting and cooperation of these two bodhisattvas. retro bowl