Viet Nam Human Rights
Thích Nhất Hạnh's film released in Vietnam
5/3/18
It
is a joyful news for Buddhist followers in Vietnam that a film named “Walk With
Me – On The Road With Thich Nhat Hanh” has been started to movied from 2nd
March, 2018 in Vietnam.
For
the first time in its history, Plum Village has granted access long-term access
to documentary filmmakers. Over three years, Max Pugh and Marc J. Francis have
observed the lives of the monastics both inside their monastery and on their
travels abroad.
Through
intimate interviews and observational filming, “Walk With Me – On The Road With
Thich Nhat Hanh”, offers a rare insight into monastic life and the deeply
personal reasons why Thich Nhat Hanh’s monks and nuns decided to leave their
families and follow in his footsteps.
Emerging
from this direct observation is an immersive film composed of a collection of
poetic impressions, fragmented moments and images that unfold as the four
seasons come and go. Like all random moments in life, these seemingly fragmented
impressions all have some intrinsic commonality in that they touch the simple
ordinary presence of being here, now.
Zen
Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist,
revered throughout the world for his powerful teachings and bestselling
writings on mindfulness and peace.
Born
as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on October 11, 1926 in Thừa Thiên Huế province,
Vietnam, Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace
activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh lives in the Plum Village meditation
center in southwest France, travelling internationally to give retreats
and talks. He created the term Engaged Buddhism in
his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. His key teaching is that,
through mindfulness, we can learn to live happily in the present moment—the
only way to truly develop peace, both in one’s self and in the world. Nhất Hạnh
has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English.
He is active in the peace movement, promoting nonviolent solutions
to conflict. He also refrains from animal
product consumption as a means of nonviolence towards
animals.
Unfortunately,
in 1956 Nhất Hạnh was named editor-in-chief of Vietnamese Buddhism, the
periodical of the illegal Unified Vietnam Buddhist Association (Vietnamese: Giáo Hội Phật Giáo Việt Nam Thống
Nhất), which has conducted many anti-Vietnam activities and caused a lot of
troubles to the country’s national security. This incident has made him a
non-welcomed individual to Vietnam.
But,
due to the Vietnamese government’s pardon, after a long-term exile, he was
given permission to make his first return trip to Vietnam in 2005. He was also
allowed to teach there, publish four of his books in Vietnamese, and travel the
country with monastic and lay members of his Order, including a return to his
root temple, Tu Hieu Temple in Huế.
Despite
the controversy, Thích Nhất Hạnh again returned to Vietnam in 2007. Of course,
extreme Buddhist dignitaries like Thich Vien Dinh, Thich Khong Tanh and several
reactionary element such as Vo Van Ai and other anti-Vietnam individuals called
his visit a betrayal. It’s so pityful for those who always claim to fight for
religious freedom while Vietnam’s Party and State have granted permission for
Thich Nhat Hanh to spread his teachings in Vietnam.
Now,
for the premiere of the documentary film, it is more evident that Vietnam
always respects religious freedom./.
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All comments [ 4 ]
It's so good for Buddhist followers and a sign of religious freedom in Vietnam.
Now is there anyone who would say Vietnam has no religious freedom, Vietnamese government has respected and crated favourable conditions for religions to practice their rituals.
In Vietnam, all religious documents are allowed to be published in accordance with the law.
It says many things!
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