How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh (“TNH”)? My dear wife Susan turned me on to him in the early 1990’s. What is your favorite TNH book? The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings How did you hear about SnowFlower…
Get to Know Your Sangha Member: Karuna Namenwirth
How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh (“TNH”)? My daughter received a copy of The Miracle of Mindfulness when she finished 8th grade. She didn’t care for it, but I did. What is your favorite TNH book? Cultivating the Heart…
Get to know your Sangha member: Curt Pawlisch
How did you learn about TNH? I was at a bookstore browsing meditation books and I bought Peace In Every Step. The book spoke to me. What was the first TNH book you read? What is your favorite TNH book?…
Get to Know Your Sangha Member: Susan Pearsall
How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay or TNH)? Through Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s suggestion that Thay be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What was the first TNH book you read? I haven’t a clue. I remember…
Get to Know Your Sangha Member: Finn Enke
How did you learn about TNH? I was intensively studying Buddhism in college in the early 1980s, One of my professors worked on Buddhist-Christian dialogue and had spent some time with Thich Nhat Hanh. My parents had something by Thich…
Get to Know Your Sangha Member: Rosebud Sparer
How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh? My wife learned about Thay’s Green Lake Retreat in 2003, and told me about the retreat and Thich Nhat Hanh. She went to the retreat with my daughter, who was then 15,…
Get to Know Your Sangha Member: Amy Krohn
How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh (“TNH”)? From poems and brief readings shared at the first introduction to mindfulness class I took. What is your favorite TNH book? The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings How did you hear…
Get To Know Your Sangha Member: Gloria Green
How did you learn about TNH and SnowFlower? My husband, Walt, joined SnowFlower Sangha and shared Peace is Every Step with me. What is your favorite TNH book? Peace is Every Step – so much wisdom written in an easy…
Get To Know Your Sangha Member: Geri Weinstein-Breunig
How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh (TNH)? I was sharing with my close friend and Snowflower member Heather Mann the discomfort I experience when I think about dying. She talked about another way of understanding death, and gave…
Get to Know Your Sangha Member – Jonathan Reed
How did you learn about Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay or TNH)? I was renovating my kitchen in the summer of 2003 when a Madison police captain by the name of Cheri Maples was interviewed on WORT about a TNH retreat…