'This process is not about getting good, it's about waking up. We need to do it just to do it without looking to get anything from it, because if we're looking to get something from it, then what actually is revealed to us through the process, we won't see it, we'll miss it.' In this raw and moving memoir, Claude Thomas describes his service in. 'It's not a form to be mastered, it's a process to be engaged with. Buy a cheap copy of At Hells Gate: A Soldiers Journey book by Claude Anshin Thomas. We simply need to become conscious of the essential point which is breath awareness.' KEYWORDS: anger in Buddhist thought, Claude AnShin Thomas, Vietnam War, righteous anger, Aristotle In At Hells Gate: A Soldiers Journey from War to Peace.

'There is nothing to be accomplished, nothing to be gained. 'I encourage people to sit just to sit,' Claude says. Sitting meditation has become a crucial discipline for Claude, and through the Zaltho Foundation he teaches zazen to civilians and combat veterans and spreads a message of active nonviolence, transformation and change. Claude AnShin Thomas, At Hells Gate: A Soldiers Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications, 2004). 'Through my willingness to sit down, become still, to focus on the foundation of life which is one breath followed by one breath, peace has the opportunity to reveal itself to me as it will in each successive moment.'

'Peace is a very organic process, and peace is not necessarily what we define as peace,' he says. This led to his full ordination as a Zen Buddhist Monk into the Japanese Soto Zen Tradition in 1995. Visit s Claude Anshin Thomas Page and shop for all Claude Anshin Thomas books. He is the author of the award-winning book AT HELL'S GATE: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace, which has been translated into several languages. He began to walk a Buddhist path in 1990, training under the Vietnamese monk Thich Naht Hahn, and the Zen peacemaker Bernie Glassman. Claude AnShin communicates Zen Buddhist Teachings in a non-religious manner that is direct and drawn from life, with a deep-rooted sense of compassion and purpose. Zen Buddhist Monk, Claude AnShin Thomas, is the author of Bringing Meditation to Life: 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice and At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace.

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