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Claude AnShin Thomas is a Zen Buddhist monk and a combat veteran. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Army and served in the Vietnam War as a helicopter crew chief. Since that time, he has been working to heal the wounds of war--emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

Ordained in 1994 by Bernie Tetsugen Glassman at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, he walked on pilgrimage from Auschwitz to Vietnam, begging for alms along the way in the ancient Buddhist tradition of takuhatsu. He has walked several other pilgrimages since then in the United States and Europe.

Claude AnShin is the guiding teacher at the Magnolia Zen Center in Mary Esther, Florida, and the founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes me
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“The aim of Zen practice is not to escape or transcend life’s discomfort. Zen practice is about plunging into the mystery of daily life just as it is.”
Claude Anshin Thomas, Bringing Meditation to Life: 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice

“Everything—absolutely everything—that comes into existence will pass away.”
Claude Anshin Thomas, Bringing Meditation to Life: 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice

“The truth of our existence is that it is uncertain.”
Claude Anshin Thomas, Bringing Meditation to Life: 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice

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