Brothers in the Beloved Community

The “beautiful and wise account ” of Martin Luther King Jr. and Zen Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, who “ gave greater life to all of us through their remarkable friendship and shared vision of nonviolence ” (Joan Halifax, author of Standing at the Edge ). The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. He said: "I did not sleep last night. . . . They killed Martin Luther King. They killed us. I am afraid t