Peace Is Every Step
52 minutes
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Vietnamese Zen master, teacher, scholar and poet Thich Nhat Hanh has had a profound impact on contemporary thinking and social action. His efforts to achieve an early, peaceful end to the American war in Vietnam earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a 40-year exile from his homeland.

Peace Is Every Step is an intimate and direct portrait of a monk who has lived through war and fought back with meditation. His graceful and loving response to adversity is a testimony to the faith that simple practices and insights drawn from the Buddhist meditative tradition can help change conditions for the better: Narrated by Ben Kingsley and directed by Gaetano Kazuo Maida, the film was shot on location in Plum Village, France, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. and at retreats around the United States.

Following the film, Hugh Byrne, co-founder of the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship, leads an hour-long panel discussion on the film and on engaged Buddhism.
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