“Walk With Me” film screening

Happy New Year! I’m writing today to let you know about a film being screened at the Ossining library this Thursday evening January 9th at 6:30pm. I will be on the panel discussion afterwards. Walk with me is about the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village Monastery. Ven. Hanh was nominated for a Nobel Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1967 for his efforts to bring peace to Vietnam. He coined the term “Engaged Buddhism.” This is quite a unique opportunity. 

 

There is no charge for the film. 

 

Would you mind sharing this information? 

 

Thank you!

Tenku Ruff

 

SYNOPSIS

“Slow down and breathe. This contemplative journey follows in the steps of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and is a rare insight into life within a monastic community. The sun rises. Everything is calm and still. Life is beautifully serene as Benedict Cumberbatch’s composed, meditative voice reads an extract from Thich Nhat Hanh’s early journals. So begins Max Pugh and Marc J Francis’ (Black Gold, LFF2006) fascinating and immersive exploration of what it means to devote one’s life to mindfulness. With unprecedented access to the famous secluded monastery of Plum Village in the South West of France, Walk With Me captures the daily routine and rituals of monks and nuns on a quest to develop a deep sense of presence. It is an insightful rumination on the pursuit of happiness, living in the present and our attachment to material things – a welcome remedy to the stresses of city life and a world in turmoil.”
—Laure Bonville, London Film Festival