“There was just an energy of fear, an energy of violence, an energy of violence around him.” Brother Phap Huu of Plum Village Monastery in France says on Afterwords, a Sunday Feature program on BBC Radio 3 exploring the life of Thay through audio clips of his teachings and interviews with monastics and religious and world leaders. In the midst of war, as a young child, Thay recalls seeing a drawing of the Buddha on the cover of a magazine that inspired him to become a person of peace. “The Buddha was sitting on the grass so calm, so serene, so happy,” Thay says in this clip. “And when I saw the picture of that Buddha, I had the desire to become someone like him: peaceful, happy.” Link in our bio. #thichnhathanh #engagedbuddhism #mindfulness #meditation #plumvillagecommunity