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App: THE SECRET OF THE 5 POWERS

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THE SECRET OF THE 5 POWERS comic tells the true stories of three remarkably courageous heroes whose nonviolent action inspired Martin Luther King Jr, and millions of others around the world.

The comic follows the lives of Alfred Hassler, an American Anti-War Hero, Vietnamese peace activists and Zen Masters, Thich “One Action” Nhat Hanh and Sister “True Emptiness” Chan Khong, who used the sacred 5 POWERS of Faith, Diligence, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight to combat violence and destruction, planting seeds of peace in the mud of War.

While many people around the world are familiar with some of the well known stories of the USA civil rights movement, the Montgomery bus boycott, Tennessee lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom rides, and some of the “key people” in the movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and James Lawson to name a few.

What is not so well known is how one of the greatest nonviolent activists you’ve probably never heard of, was a key player in the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war and even long after his death in 1991, the Arab Spring’s nonviolent uprising in Tahir square Eqypt.

The success of some of these well known historic events are directly linked and interconnected to Alfred Hassler, a creative visionary and lifelong activist who held various positions at the Fellowship of Reconciliation (F.O.R.) from the 1940’’s until his retirement in the 1970’s.

This is the first comic book about Thich Nhat Hanh, Alfred Hassler and Sister Chan Khong and the interconnected stories and histories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., James Lawson and other key social justice heroes. Stories and histories that would have been far different if it were not for Alfred Hassler, a true anti-war hero.

This comic book provides a rare glimpse into the lives of individuals who had and still continue to have a tremendous impact on the world. Though leaders of their respective communities, little is known about their early struggles and the paths that led them to take action.

Also largely unknown is the connection between our three heroes and many of the world’s foremost voices for peace and how their cooperation continues to effect change that transcends geographical borders, religion and time.

Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) was born October 11, 1926. As a young monk Thich Nhat Hanh sought to reform Buddhism, calling for monks, nuns and students to be more active and engaged in society.

In 1961, Nhat Hanh came to the United States to teach comparative religion at Columbia and Princeton Universities. In 1963 after returning to Vietnam to support student peace efforts, he helped lead one of the greatest nonviolent resistance movements of the century, based entirely on Gandhian principles.

In 1964, along with a group of university professors and students in Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong founded the School of Youth for Social Service, called by the American press the "little Peace Corps," in which teams of young people went into the countryside to establish schools and health clinics, and later to rebuild villages that had been bombed. By the time of the fall of Saigon, there were more than 10,000 monks, nuns, and young social workers involved in the work. The same year, he helped set up what was to become one of the most prestigious publishing houses in Vietnam, where he called for reconciliation between the warring parties in Vietnam, and because of that his writings were censored by both opposing governments.

In 1966 Thich Nhat Hanh met with Martin Luther King, Jr. and urged him to publicly denounce the Vietnam War. In 1967, Dr. King gave a famous speech at the Riverside Church in New York, his first to publicly question the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Martin Luther King, Jr. was so moved by Nhat Hanh and his proposals for peace that he nominated him for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize, saying, "I know of no one more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize than this gentle monk from Vietnam.”

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