Hoang Anh Suong In 2013 I accompanied Thich Nhat Hanh on a months-long trip to promote Buddhism across America. At the end of the visit, he participated in a banquet in his honor hosted by World Bank Director Jim Yong Kim in Washington, DC.Kim had been revering Thich Nhat Hanh for many years, reading books the monk wrote and practicing the monk’s interpretation of right mindfulness.At the banquet, he wished to ask the Zen master how to apply right mindfulness to live and work better, not just for himself but also for his staff. He asked Thich Nhat Hanh in the presence of many important international guests how to avoid stress.The monk said: “Contentment originates from your heart, while striving for triumph lies in the unforeseeable, distant future. Between the two, humans can either choose one or the other. Yesterday has passed, irretrievable; tomorrow has not come, unpredictable. Therefore, only today matters.”The two-hour banquet was broadcast live to all international offices of the World Bank, where the Vietnamese monk’s wisdom was admired by all the staff.I also remember one of his other conferences in the lobby of the Boston Park Plaza hosted by Harvard University with over 1,200 participants from… Read full this story
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