With Thich Nhat Hanh’s passing, I resurrected a 2019 interview with one of the monk’s disciples to better understand the most important teachings from Buddhism about dying. It was also fascinating to learn how a former FBI agent solved a 75-year-old question — who betrayed Anne Frank and family — by treating it like a cold case. I’m counting on the advice in “How to Remember What You Read” to help my brain retain more. Maybe that’ll include some hopepunk, a scifi genre built on radical optimism.
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The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism has announced that Thich Naht Hanh passed away on January 22 in Huế, Vietnam. We are republishing this interview with one of his senior disciples. It first appeared on Vox in March 2019. Thich Nhat Hanh has done more than perhaps any Buddhist …
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