Posted on 09/17/2013 1:07:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Renowned activist’s message of nonviolence, mindfulness suffuses Copley Square
When the 86-year-old Thich Nhat Hanh was introduced to his audience in Copley Square on Sunday afternoon, he began by saying nothing for 25 minutes.
Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk who is an internationally respected peace activist and author, was in Boston as part of a US tour. And as he sat in meditation in front of the crowd of about 2,000, he managed to do something seemingly impossible: He made the city center quiet along with him, to the point where any noise — a skateboard, a car horn, a passing duck boat tour — seemed out of place.
The event, which took place in front of Trinity Church, was billed as a “seated meditation,” and lasted for about one hour, the silence interrupted only when Hanh would encourage the audience to breathe in and out and meditate on a feeling.
“We breathe in and breathe out, and in that way we can stop the thinking, because the thinking can take us away from the here and now,” he said.
International peace activist, author, and Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh meditiated in Copley Square Sunday. Monk meditates in Copley Square
Hanh’s appearance in Boston was a major occasion for the local Buddhist community; it is the only New England stop on his US tour. On Saturday, he did a ticketed event inside the church, but asked to be able to do something free for the public as well.
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Please see post 3 here. For anyone interested in faith.
BUMP
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breathe in breathe out. Wax on wax off!
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