![]() ![]() ― Sister Chan Khong, Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War About Sister Chan Khongīorn in 1938 in Ben Tre in Southern Vietnam, Sister Chan Khong began social work in the city slums as a teenager. We inter-are, and therefore we are empty of an identity that is separate from our interconnectedness.” I know that I must always work to remember that I am empty of a separate self and full of the many wonders of this universe, including the generosity of my grandparents and parents, the many friends and teachers who have helped and supported me along the path, and you dear readers, without whom this book could not exist. It means nothing can exist by itself alone, that everything is inextricably interconnected with everything else. ![]() A celebration of interconnectedness, of interbeing. ![]() It means 'empty of a separate self.' It is not a negative or despairing term. “In Buddhism, the word 'emptiness' is a translation of the Sanskrit sunyata. Sister Chan Khong is the first fully-ordained monastic disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and the director of his humanitarian projects since the 1960’s. ![]()
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