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Martin Luther King, Jr. once nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for a Nobel Peace Prize. And now the Vietnamese Zen master and poet is on a North American tour. Our encounter with him a decade ago has left a lasting imprint on us. In this radio pilgrimage, you’ll hear a rare, intimate conversation with him and with others who make use of his practical, lyrical teachings on finding buoyancy and "being peace" in a world of conflict.

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Thich Nhat Hanh — Mindfulness, Suffering, and Engaged Buddhism

This unedited interview with John O'Donohue is included in our show, "Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

John O'Donohue [unedited interview]

An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "For the Pilgrim a Kiss: Body Language" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

"For the Pilgrim a Kiss: Body Language" by John O'Donohue

An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "Beannacht" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

"Beannacht" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]

An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

"A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]

The late Irish poet and philosopher, John O'Donohue, is beloved for his book Anam Ċara, Gaelic for "soul friend," and for his insistence on beauty as a human calling and a defining aspect of God. In one of his last interviews before his death in 2008, he articulated a Celtic imagination about how the material and the spiritual, the visible and the invisible worlds intertwine in human experience.

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John O'Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty (Jan 26, 2012)

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

"A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]

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