{"id":857,"date":"2009-10-10T10:33:11","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T10:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/10\/obama-nobel-peace-prize-for-what-rachel-maddow-thich-nhat-hanh.html"},"modified":"2009-10-10T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T10:33:11","slug":"obama-nobel-peace-prize-for-what-rachel-maddow-thich-nhat-hanh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/10\/obama-nobel-peace-prize-for-what-rachel-maddow-thich-nhat-hanh.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Nobel Peace Prize For What? Rachel Maddow Explains While Thich Nhat Hanh Embodies Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Ethan Nichtern<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/i>All day yesterday, many of us, myself included, were saying to ourselves, they gave Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, For What<\/a>? On the day that our President was awarded arguably the most hopeful award that exists on planet Earth, I got to watch another Nobel Peace Prize nominee speak, one who truly deserved to win. Vietnamese Zen Buddhist<\/a> Master Thich Nhat Hanh <\/a>spoke to a crowd of almost 3000 at the Beacon Theater in New York about suffering, mindfulness<\/a>, and how to work for inner peace. Thich Nhat Hanh – Thay, as he is known to students and friends – was nominated for the Nobel Prize<\/a> in 1967 by Dr. Martin Luther King<\/a> Jr. for his peace activism during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

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It was certainly an odd juxtaposition – watching a truly deserving (losing) nominee speak and teach Buddhism<\/a> on the day that a questionably deserving (yet still highly promising) winner took the prize. Then I got home and watched Rachel Maddow<\/a> (as she often does), break the whole thing down. This blogger and (hopeful) practitioner and attempted-teacher of peace is very happy our president won the prize. I hope he returns to the promise of his campaign on issues like Healthcare for everyone, economic fairness, and saving the planet from environmental destruction. <\/p>\n

Take it away, Rachel.<\/p>\n

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