Thich Nhat Hanh
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March 30th, 2023
- Thich Nhat Hanh wasn't referring to just monks when talking about collective awakening
- Thich Nhat Hanh is the first monastic to revise the ruleset
February 3rd, 2023
realizing I want to orient more to the existing field of … › eg › One Buddha is Not Enough: A Story of Collective Awakening
- the next buddha may be a sangha quote by Thich Nhat Hanh feels like a good rallying point for people oriented to similar questions
- related to "next buddha", it's intriguing to consider that gautama buddha named the next buddha as maitreya ("love"? more like "friendship" according to wikipedia)
- reading Thich Nhat Hanh's remarks in 1993 in which he spoke this quote (idk if it was the first time but it seems like it might be)
- > The Buddha, Shakyamuni, our teacher, predicted that the next Buddha would be Maitreya, the Buddha of love. We desperately need love. And in the Buddha’s teaching we learn that love is born from understanding. The willingness to love is not enough. If you do not understand, you cannot love. The capacity to understand the other person will bring about acceptance and loving kindness.
It is possible the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and lovingkindness, a community practicing mindful living. And the practice can be carried out as a group, as a city, as a nation.