Here, not here, and still here — Thich Nhat Hanh has died

© 2022 Peter Free

 

25 January 2022

 

 

Thích Nhất Hạnh has died

 

He was known as a founder of 'engaged Buddhism'.

 

 

In that regard and personally

 

Most of my life has been assigned to making tiny contributions to fending off this planet's plentiful supply of vicious Adam Henrys.

 

Those quarrels can be exhausting. It has been necessary to cultivate a peaceful core.

 

A variety of spiritual traditions influenced my ability in that. Thích Nhất Hạnh was gracefully representative of one such.

 

He and his many past and present peers illuminated and continue to englow a central pool of lightness.

 

 

The moral? — There are a handful of sane people

 

And there is everyone else.

 

Some, among the latter, are more spiritually deadly than others.

 

Pick your mentors, icons and heroes with care.

 

Haloes are easy to miss in the human crush.