Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher and peace activist (1926 to 2022), founder of the Plum Village tradition and the Order of Interbeing.
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Our reading
The true enemy is never a person but the anger, hatred and discrimination in human hearts
Their wordsWe agreed that the true enemy of man is not man. Our enemy is not outside of us. Our true enemy is the anger, hatred, and discrimination that is found in the hearts and minds of man. We have to identify the real enemy and seek nonviolent ways to remove it.