Chapter 16: Beginning Anew

1975-1976

● Mrs Duong Quynh Hoa (Dương Quỳnh Hoa) 唐瓊華夫人(1930-2006)
After the communist takeover, Hoa eventually became a vocal critic of communist rule. stating "I have been a communist all my life, but now I've seen the realities of Communism, and it is a failure — mismanagement, corruption, privilege, repression. My ideals are gone."

young

old

● Thich Tu Man 釋慈憫法師 (1918-2007)

● Le Nguyen Thieu 李源兆??

● Muoi Anh 梅英??

● Phan Dang Phu 范等賦??

● Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 中央情報局 (since 1947)

● Vanden Berg 范登堡先生??

● Mrs. Rousseau 盧梭夫人??

● Le Thi Ngoc 李詩玉??

● Duong Thi Hau 唐詩好??

● Thich Tri Thu 釋智書, 統一佛教會會長

● Sulak Sivaraksa 蘇拉克.斯瓦洛沙 (1933- )
The initiator of a number of social, humanitarian, ecological and spiritual movements and organizations in Thailand
He is known in the West as one of the fathers of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), which was established in 1989 with leading Buddhists including the 14th Dalai Lama, the Vietnamese monk and peace-activist Thich Nhat Hanh and the Theravada Bhikkhu Maha Ghosananda, as its patrons.

● a peace community? (和平公社) in Auvergne, France 法國.奧弗涅1971

Auvergne

● Mint 薄荷

● Violet leaves 紫羅蘭

● Othe forest, France 鄂特樹林??

● Fontvannes, South East France 小鎮"方畹" ??

● septic tank 化糞池

one type of tank

● An altar for the Buddha 佛桌

~2007

● Les Patates Douces 蕃薯居1975??

● Varityper 排字機??

● The Sun my Heart

● History of Buddhism in Vietnam

● The Lone Pink Fish 孤單的緋紅魚??

● The Moon Bamboo月竹

● Peony Blossoms 牡丹花??

● Ta Hue Chau 阮文向??

● lettuce 生菜

● carrots 紅蘿蔔

● mustard greens 芥菜

● coriander 芫茜

● dandelions 蒲公英

● chamomile flowers 洋甘菊

● daisies 雛菊

● poppies 罌粟

● paths that crossed many field and hillsides 田野間的小徑

● the morning frost 清晨的結霜

● Bui Thi Huong 裴詩香??

● 英平Anh Bing、英應 Anh Anh??

● L'Arche (the community of Ark)天主教的方舟公社
The Community of the Ark is a small spiritual commune in southern France that was founded in 1948 by Lanza del Vasto.

● Upanishads 奧義書(印度教)
The Upanishads are philosophical texts considered to be an early source of Hindu religion. 

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Chapter 15: Children Suffer Equally

■ Unified Buddhist Church UBC 統一佛教會(video) (news)

■ Buddhist Peace Delegation office 巴黎和平代表團辦事處 ??

■ Dutch Reformed Church  荷蘭改革教會(1570- )

■ Kirsten Roep 基斯汀.魯樸??
■ Hans Lourens 漢斯.羅倫斯??
■ Jens彥士??
■ Juul??
■ Laura Pauwells羅拉.維欺??
■ Linda Lijftogt蓮達.賴夫拓特??

■ Lutheran Church 瑞典基督教路德會

■ South Vietnam as a puppet of the United States 南越看作為美國的傀儡

■ Reverend Karl Exel Elmquist 卡爾.伊姆奎斯牧師??

■ The Parliament of Sweden, 瑞典國會(Sweden)

■ Olaf Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. 瑞典總理:奧拉夫.柏梅爾(1927-1986)
(news of murdering Sweden PM)
Palme was the two-term Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976. He was assassinated in 1986 (funeral).

■ Bo Winmarck, the head of religious affairs of the ruling Socialist Party 保.威爾??

■ Tet offensive, Vietnam,   January, 1968 春季進攻(more)
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Regular and irregular forces of the People's Army of Vietnam fought against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and their allies.

■ School of Youth for Social Service 青年社會服務學院 (refer chapter 8)
it was founded at Chau Tu Nghiem 慈嚴寺(pagoda)

■ National Buddhist Committee for Reconstruction and Development 越南統一佛教會的重建及發展委員會??

■ Swedish International Development Aid 瑞典國際發展援助署 ( a department of Foreign Ministry)
Now, it is likely called Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) .

■ Churches in Uppsala, Sweden 烏普拉市的教堂

one Uppsala church

■ Quang Phuoc廣褔??, Quang Nam 廣南省, Quang Ngai 廣義省, Thua Thien 承天省, Quang Tri provinces 廣治省

■ Phan Quan Dan, the Minister of Social Welfare 范貫仁(社會褔利部長)(photo) (1918-?)

■ Thay Long Tri, the Chairman of the local Buddhist Committee for Social Welfare 隆智法師 (佛教褔利委員會主席)(1928-1998)

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Chapter 14: Pilgrimage for Peace

※ Tokyo 東京 1968

1968 new year

※ International Herald Tribune (IHT)《國際先驅論壇報》
Based in Paris since 1887,  The IHT is part of The New York Times Company

1969

※ Palermo, Sicily 巴勒摩 義大利

※ Danilo Dolci 丹尼路.多爾齊(1924-1997)(refer chapter 13)

Dolci (left) With Dorothy Day (right)

※ Cario Levi 卡爾路.利維(1902-1975)
An Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor.
In 1963, he was elected to the Senate as an independent on the Communist Party ticket; he was re-elected to the Senate in 1968 and served there until 1972.

※ Andre Romus 安德烈.羅慕 ??


※ Eliza Calzavara 伊利莎.伽薩瓦拉 ??


※ Christian Movement for Peace (CMP)基督教和平運動
The organisation he founded in 1923, known as Knights of the Lord of Peace...In 1947 the movement was reorganised and became Christian Movement for Peace (CMP)...The movement changed its name in 1994 to Youth Action for Peace (YAP) as many non-Christians were active including groups in predominantly Muslim countries... In 2007 we became Volunteer Action for Peace (VAP) because we invite all age groups as volunteers. 

※ Andre Gillet安德烈.基耶 ??


※ Margrit Witwer瑪格烈.維德維 ??


※ Each week, a Figure, a Life 每週一人一生??


※ Frascati, Italy 法拉斯卡提, 意大利

※ Comite de Lutte pour l'Amelioration de la Societe Belge pour des Monyens Nonviolents 比利時非暴力社會改良奮鬥會 ??


※ Le Soir  比利時《晚報》

※ La Cite  比利時《都市報》??


※ Hebe Kohlbrugge (1914- ) (video)
Thomas Merton and the Dutch Hebe Kohlbrugge, who rescued thousands of Jews during WWII and then committed herself to help Vietnamese..

※ Alkmaar, Holland 荷蘭歐克瑪 ??

※ bodhisattvas 菩薩
 An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others.


※ Social Academy in Driebergen 三山的社會科學院,荷蘭


※ The University of Groningen, Holland 哥羅寧根大學
Founded in 1614, the University of Groningen enjoys an international reputation as one of the oldest and leading research universities in Europe. 

※ The University of Utrecht, Holland 烏德勒克大學

※ The Council of the County of Zeist, Holland 戴斯特郡議會

Zeist city hall

※ The Theological Institute of Amersfoort 阿墨斯堡神學院


※ The University of Rotterdam 鹿特丹大學?? 


※ 《Trouv》, Holland 信報??


※ Open Deur Onderweg 《開門》周刋??


※ De Nieuwe Linie 《新生產線》周刋

※ Dutch Parliament 荷蘭國會

Dutch Parliament building

※ Switzerland瑞士 (Bern波昂, Zurich蘇黎世, Lucerne流森, Basel巴塞爾, Fribourg法里堡, Lausanne洛桑, Geneva日內瓦)

※ World Council of Churches 普世基督教協進會

Geneva Ecumenical Centre

※ The voice of the voiceless peasants in Vietnam (audio tape) 無聲的越南農民的聲音(磁帶)??


※ The Archbishop of Coventry 1970, 考文垂大主教


※ Peace News, England 《和平新聞》
Peace News is a pacifist magazine first published on 6 June 1936 to serve the peace movement in the United Kingdom. From later in 1936 to April 1961 it was the official paper of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU)

2010

※ War resisters International 『國際拒戰者』

War Resisters' International was founded in 1921 under the name "Paco". It was and is based on the WRI declaration: 

War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war.

WRI

※ Devi Prasad (1921-2011) news (1) (2) 德維.普拉薩德

Devi Prasad, WRI's General Secretary from 1962-1972 and chairperson 1973-1975, died on 1 June in Delhi. An artist and potter, Devi graduated from Rabindranath Tagore's Shantiniketan before moving to Sevagram where he worked with Gandhi from 1942 to 1947. Post-India's independence, he remained active in the Gandhian movement, especially in the field of education...

War is a crime against humanity: The Story of War Resisters’ International  by Devi Prasad

(Book by Devi: Training in nonviolence)


※ Reverend David Harding of the British F.O.R. 大衛哈定牧師


※ Third Way of Vietnam?? 「越南的第三道路」


※ Huddersfield Famine Committee 赫德斯菲救災委員會


※ Oxfam 樂施會
The name “Oxfam” comes from the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, founded in Britain in 1942. The group campaigned for food supplies to be sent through an allied naval blockade to starving women and children in enemy-occupied Greece during the Second World War.

Oxfam in Vietnam "Happy New Year 2010"

※ Christian Aid 基督教救助會
For more than 60 years, Christian Aid has fought poverty, strengthened the poor, and turned hope into action.

※ Save the Children 救助兒童會

※ Help the Aged 幫助長者會
Help the Aged was a United Kingdom based, international charity, founded in 1961 by Cecil Jackson-Cole, to free disadvantaged older people from poverty, isolation and neglect. It merged with Age Concern in 2009 to form Age UK.

※ Elizabeth Wilson (founder of Huddersfield Famine Committee) (1910-2000) 伊麗沙伯.威爾遜
(more)
** Huddersfield Famine Committee( should be called Huddersfield and District Famine Relief Committee)  


※ omelette 奄列(video)

in vietnamese style

※ Member of the House and Senate美國國會兩院

※ Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense (1916-2009) 國防部長羅拔.麥拿馬拉
Video: Robert McNamara admits Vietnam War a mistake

middle

※ Town Hall, New York City 紐約市.大會堂
A non-profit organization serving the community since 1921. Music, dance, film, lectures, drama and more can be experienced in an acoustically satisfying, ...

Robert Frost (1874-1963) 羅拔.傅洛斯特
it may be a mistake... the poet mentioned in the book should be poet Robert Lowell


※ Robert Lowell 羅拔.路維(1917-1977)
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet, considered the founder of the confessional poetry movement...

※ Arthur Miller 阿瑟.米勒(1915-2005)
an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre...

Arthur & his wife

Pulitzer Prize winners playwright Arthur Miller (left) and Poet Robert Lowell (right) chat with Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk

※ the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Canadian Senate 加拿大國會參議院外交事務委員會


※ UN Secretary General: U Thant (1909-1974) 聯合國秘書長:宇丹
U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-Generalof the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971.

※ George McGovern, Senator (1922-) 美國參議員喬治.麥戈文

※ Claiborne Pell, Senator  (1918-2009)美國參議員克萊本.佩爾

※ Birch Baye, Senator (1928 -)美國參議員比爾克.貝爾
a former United States Senator from Indiana, having served from 1963 to 1981

※ Martin Luther King, Junior(1929-1968) 馬丁.路德.金
an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968

※ Thomas Merton (1915-1968) 多瑪斯.墨頓
A 20th century Anglo-American Catholic writer. A Trappist monk,  poet, social activist and student of comparative religion

※ Daniel Berrigan, SJ (refer chapter 13) 但尼爾.貝理根

Thomas Merton (left) & Father Daniel Berrigan in blue shirt (middle)

※ Dorothy Day (1897-1980) 多麗姬.黛伊
an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert...
Video: Dorothy Day Documentary: Don't Call Me a Saint

a very young Dorothy Day

※ Joan Baez (1941 -) more 鍾.拜斯
an American folk singer, songwriter and activist.
Video: interview

Video Vietnam WAR - Joan Baez - Where have all the flowers gone?

※ Memorial Day March on Washington, 1971國觴日華盛頓大遊行
it originated among black and Northern white communities after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War.

※ Standford University 史丹褔大學

※ Thao Dien Village?? 滔田村


※ Dr. Richard Murray, A Quaker & Pacifist?? 李察.梅理博士


※ American Friends Service Committee 美國教友派服務委員會
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, ..In 1947, AFSC was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, for our work “

※ Costa Rica 哥斯達黎加 (南美)

※ green mango 青芒果

mango in Costa Rica

※ Foreign minister of Denmark at 1971: Knud Børge Andersen  (1914-1984) (more) 丹麥外交部長(1971)

※ Foreign minister of  Sweden at 1971: Hans Krister Wickman (1924-1993)瑞典外交部長(1971)


※ Foreign minister of  West Germany at 1971: Willy Brandt (1913-1992)西德外交部長(1971)

He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize at 1971

※ Foreign minister of  Belgium at 1971: Pierre Harmel (1911-2009) (more)比利時外交部長(1971)

※ International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam ICCV (refer chapter 13)


※ campaign " Stop the Killing now",「立即停止殺戮」運動

※ Parliament of the Republic of Vietnam 越南共和國國會

1960s for South Vietnam Government

※ Hotel Lutece, Paris 巴黎祿達欺酒店

※ 300 Catholic Priest in Rome 天主教神父在羅馬

Rome

※ Reverend Leopold Niilus?? 里阿普.尼祿斯牧師


※ Theologians for Liberation?? 解放神學派




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