Product Description

Leading Vietnamese Zen teacher and author of many books (including the bestsellers Being Peace, Living Buddha/Living Christ, The Miracle of Mindfulness and Peace Is Every Step), Thich Nhat Hanh has had a profound impact on contemporary thinking and, importantly, 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 forty-year exile from his homeland.
Peace Is Every Step is an intimate and direct portrait of of a monk who has lived through war and fought back with meditation, love and grace under fire, testimony to the faith that simple practices and insights drawn from (but not by any means limited to) the Buddhist meditative tradition can help change conditions for the better: on a personal level, in the family, in the community, in a nation and in the world.
Narrated by Ben Kingsley Produced and Directed by Gaetano Kazuo Maida
• Filmed on location in Plum Village, France; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.; and at retreats around the U.S. • Plus: rare archival footage from Vietnam in the 1960s
Bonus feature: Touching Peace—An Evening With Thich Nhat Hanh This 90-minute public talk before an audience of 3500 in Berkeley, California; introduced by author/activist Joanna Macy.

Review

"An homage to one of the great peace activists and Buddhists. It tells his story accessibly, lyrically, and simply." -- Tricycle

"An homage to one of the great peace activists and Buddhists... It tells his story accessibly, lyrically, and simply." -- Tricycle

"Centered around the quiet words and serene presence of Thich Nhat Hanh. His words resonate long after the film stops." -- Yoga Journal

"His words resonate long after the film stops." -- Yoga Journal, ISBN13: B000CQNJ0U ISBN10: B000CQNJ0U Material Type: dvd