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I'd encourage people to read the letter that Thich Nhat Hanh sent Martin Luther King on the self immolation of Vietnamese monks: https://plumvillage.org/about/t
by wefarrell 5y ago
I'd encourage people to read the letter that Thich Nhat Hanh sent Martin Luther King on the self immolation of Vietnamese monks:
https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/in-search-of-the-enemy-of-man/ https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/in-sea...
That letter started a correspondence between the two that led to MLK speaking out against the war in Vietnam.
- marnett 5y agoVery relevant and very moving. Thank you for sharing.
- beebmam 5y agoI find it interesting how different of an explanation this letter gives for the immolation VS what actually happened: > Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Roman Catholic. Photographs of his self-immolation circulated around the world, drawing attention to the policies of the Diệm government. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%9...
- exolymph 5y agoCan you spell out how that conflicts with Thich Nhat Hanh's letter? I'm not connecting the dots.
- nsajko 5y agoThe letter presents the self-immolations as a response to the war.
- h0l0cube 5y agoThe quote you've provided aligns very much with the sentiment of the letter: > I believe with all my heart that the monks who burned themselves did not aim at the death of the oppressors but only at a change in their policy. Their enemies are not man. They are intolerance, fanaticism, dictatorship, cupidity, hatred and discrimination which lie within the heart of man.