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Thich Nhat Hanh

Thích Nhất Hạnh, world-renowned peace activist, Buddhist monk and Zen Master, author and poet, was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo, the fifth of six children, in Huế in central Vietnam, on October 11, 1926. His father, Nguyễn

Interbeing

by Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022)

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Interbeing
The sun has entered me.
The sun has entered me together with the cloud and the river.
I myself have entered the river,
and I have entered the sun
with the cloud and the river.
There has not been a moment
when we do not interpenetrate.
But before the sun entered me,

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