MLK Jr. + Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

(Letters & Politics) The Buddhist and The Christian: When Thay met MLK

Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.

Brothers (Parallax Press)

(Paperback) Author Bishop Marc Andrus has 4.7 out of 5 stars (with 105 reviews). This is the never-before-told story of the friendship between American Christian Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh—icons who changed each other and the world.

The day after Rev. King was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. In it he said: "I did not sleep last night.... They killed Martin Luther King. They killed us.

"I am afraid the root of violence is so deep in the heart and mind and manner of this society. They killed him. They killed my hope. I do not know what to say.... He made so great an impression in me. This morning I have the impression that I cannot bear the loss." More

AUTHOR: Marc Andrus is the American bishop of the Episcopal Church (Anglican Communion). He was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California until his retirement in the summer of 2024. Prior to his election as Bishop of California, Andrus served as a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. More

• BOOK: Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.
• Bishop Marc Andrus, January 10, 2023; Asangoham, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly