Buddhaliography: Claude AnShin Thomas
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Claude AnShin Thomas
The picture here and the one below is of the same fellow. Claude as a young warrior in Vietnam and AnShin as a Zen priest. Between these snaps of frozen time there's an amazing story. The torment of childhood and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Healing. Self-realization.
Presently he's engaged in the Bodhisattva activity of healing others. He offers the timeless teaching of how we can all find healing . . . with the practice of mindfulness and compassion we can all transform our lives.
Everyone has their Vietnam. Everyone has their own experience of violence, calamity or trauma. -AnShin
Presently he's engaged in the Bodhisattva activity of healing others. He offers the timeless teaching of how we can all find healing . . . with the practice of mindfulness and compassion we can all transform our lives.
Everyone has their Vietnam. Everyone has their own experience of violence, calamity or trauma. -AnShin
Claude AnShin Thomas
biography
In 1991 Claude came in contact with the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. In this process Claude became a member of the Vietnamese monastery and retreat center, Plum Village in southern France founded and guided by the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh becoming awake to the devastating and lasting effects of war and how to make peace with this unpeacefulness (healing).He was ordained a Zen Priest, AnShin AnGyo, in August of 1995 by Roshi Bernie Glassman, founder of the Greyston Foundation, NYC. Claude is active in creating and working for socially engaged projects serving the disenfranchised, speaks publicly on the subjects of peace, non-violence, and the waking up to and healing of suffering, both personal and collective, and leads Mindfulness Retreats throughout the world.
He is also founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote peace and nonviolence in and among individuals, families, societies, and countries supporting all efforts to attain this goal through whatever peaceful and nonviolent means available.
At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace
Claude AnShin Thomas
Winner of the 2005 Omni Media, Nautilus Book Award for best Autobiography/Memoir
The 2005 Spirituality and Health Magazine Award for Best Spiritual Book
"At Hell's Gate" is a powerful, wise, and genuinely profound spiritual odyssey from the insanity of violence (in the world, within ourselves, and in the assumptions of American culture) to the peace and compassion of Mindfulness practice. Claude AnShin Thomas beautifully models the Dharma in his daily life, and by doing so he enlightens and liberates us all."-- Charles Johnson, author of "Middle Passage" and "Turning the Wheel"
"Thomas's presentation of this difficult experience is searingly honest."-Shambhala Sun
"This gripping spiritual memoir bears witness to the transforming meditation and mindfulness in the life of a Vietnam Veteran."-Spirituality and Health
"Let me start by simply recommending that you buy, read, and think about Claude Anshin Thomas's book, At Hell's Gate. It was a long time coming but worth the wait, especially in this time of war and rampant violence."-Turning Wheel
"What gives Thomas's perspective so much weight is that it carries the rare and undeniable authority of one who has seen firsthand the extremes of both good and evil that lie in the human soul."-What Is Enlightenment?
The 2005 Spirituality and Health Magazine Award for Best Spiritual Book
"At Hell's Gate" is a powerful, wise, and genuinely profound spiritual odyssey from the insanity of violence (in the world, within ourselves, and in the assumptions of American culture) to the peace and compassion of Mindfulness practice. Claude AnShin Thomas beautifully models the Dharma in his daily life, and by doing so he enlightens and liberates us all."-- Charles Johnson, author of "Middle Passage" and "Turning the Wheel"
"Thomas's presentation of this difficult experience is searingly honest."-Shambhala Sun
"This gripping spiritual memoir bears witness to the transforming meditation and mindfulness in the life of a Vietnam Veteran."-Spirituality and Health
"Let me start by simply recommending that you buy, read, and think about Claude Anshin Thomas's book, At Hell's Gate. It was a long time coming but worth the wait, especially in this time of war and rampant violence."-Turning Wheel
"What gives Thomas's perspective so much weight is that it carries the rare and undeniable authority of one who has seen firsthand the extremes of both good and evil that lie in the human soul."-What Is Enlightenment?
Posting AnShin
- Parade or No Parade, Returning Veterans Face Uphill Battle
- Author and Zen Buddhist monk, Claude AnShin Thomas, shares his inspiring story from Vietnam combat to Buddhist practice as a road map for others trapped in cyclical patterns of response from any type of traumatic experience.
- Ein Mönch, der früher Menschen tötete
- (Bild: privat) Als 18-Jähriger zog Claude Thomas in den Vietnamkrieg. (Bild: privat) Heute reist Claude AnShin Thomas als Bettelmönch um die Welt. (Bild: cht) Leverkusen/Köln-Mülheim - Ist das derselbe Mensch? Auf dem Schwarz-Weiß-Foto ist Claude ...
- Achtsamkeit im Alltag
- Der amerikanische Zen-buddhistische Mönch, ehemaliger Vietnam-Soldat und Buchautor Claude AnShin Thomas, wird am Mittwoch, 1. Februar, in Frankfurt zu Gast sein. Sein Lebensfokus sind die Wurzeln des Krieges und die Verwirklichung von Gewaltlosigkeit.
- Aufwachen mit Mister AnShin
- Von Michael Eschenauer ?Wenn du willst, dass sich die Welt ändert, musst du dein Leben ändern?, sagt Claude AnShin Thomas. In Socken, auf Plastikstühlen und eilig herbeigeschafften Sitzkissen - man hat nicht mit einem derart großen Andrang gerechnet ...
YouTube : Teaching Us How to Heal - A Masterclass at The World Congress
Reading List from At Hell's Gate
AnShin suggests a number of books for you to explore to further your understanding of these topics
- Buddhism
- The Vietnam War
- Combat, War and Violence
- Spirituality and Transformation
Buddhism
Further Reading
Buddhism: How to Practice
Further Reading
Buddhism: American Style
Further Reading
Buddhism: Engaged
Further Reading
The Vietnam War
Further Reading
On Combat, War and Violence
Further Reading
Other Readings on Spirituality and Transformation
Further Reading
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Dust Jacket in protective Mylar cover. An apparently unread copy, in perfect condition. Inscription for previous owner by author on ffep.
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