Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, peace activist, and author - responds to questions from students in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions & responses in spring 2022.

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Zen Book recommendations:- Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice (Oakwood Publishing 2021, also as audiobook)

- AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003, also as audiobook)

- On the Edges of Sleep: Poems of War and Memory (Oakwood Publishing 2024)

https://www.zaltho.org/zen-books-by-zen-monk-claude-anshin-thomas/

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If you are interested in a specific question, this is the list of questions that Claude AnShin responded to and the time stamps for those questions so that you can go directly to the topic that is of most interest to you.

Questions and Time Stamps: (1:47) How is the Zaltho Zen community responding to the ongoing war in Ukraine?

(12:30) As someone living in Hungary, there's a real possibility that the war could reach us. What should we do if that happens?

(18:18) What emotions arise for you when you see images from the war in Ukraine?

(25:16) What advice would you offer to President Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian government, and the Ukrainian people?

10. Useful Responses on the War in the Ukraine (repost from March 2022)