There is going to be a peace walk for the nuns and monks of Bat Nha in Berlin on Tuesday 13 October.

Facing Violence, Being Peace

In Paris : October 11 @ 14:00, Jardin de l’UNESCO, Paris 7ème

In London : October 11 @ 14:00, Queen Elizabeth Gate, Hyde Park Corner

In Berlin : October 13 @ 17:00, Gedächtniskirche (Tauentzienstraße)

Walk for freedom in Vietnam:
Calling for an end to repression of Buddhist monks and nuns
of Bat Nha Monastery

The suffering of our brothers and sisters in Vietnam must be shared far and wide. As people learn more about the situation in Vietnam and take peaceful action, there is hope for change.

These walks (in Paris and London on October 11, in Berlin on October 13 – with more walks to follow in the United States and Israel), organized by the monastic community of Plum Village, offer an opportunity to express our solidarity with our brothers and sisters. They also offer a clear invitation to the Vietnamese government to reflect on the senseless violence perpetrated on our brothers and sisters.

We ask:
• That all attempts to split our community and all violence against it cease.
• That the right of our community to practice as any other Vietnamese temple be officially recognized.
• That our community be allowed to stay safely in the temporary refuge of Phuoc Hue Temple until the situation is resolved.

The sole aspiration of our brothers and sisters is to end suffering and bring about understanding between all people.

So many of us share this aim. Many inside the Vietnamese government share this aim. We invite all people of conscience to join us.

The lotus is the flower of awareness that is born
from the mud of our humanity. For other traditions,
this is expressed by the rose. This is the benevolent
spirit we wish to manifest today, as an offering to all,
in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Vietnam

The monastic community of Plum Village