The vulnerability that connects us
Thich Nath Hanh is dead, Though in his view nothing can die. No coming - no going. As we have no essence, no intrinsic I, we are all interacting beings. The German sociologist Hartmut Rosa is not a Buddhist but uses the word resonance to describe the interaction not just with other human beings but with nature and the society around us. In an interview he says; Resonance means becoming vulnerable and losing control. That's what happened to Thich Nhat Hanh the last years. He lost control and was for sure vulnerable as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. But he was well treated by his students, nuns and monks and the burial was attended by so many people in Vietnam where he lived his last years, His view is that he will live on in the people who met him and was influenced by him and his book or talks in Youtube. Rosa is an atheist and thinks capitalism and the forever increasing economic system is the biggest obstacle for us. That makes is see nature as something other tha