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Dreams on the peak of the Mountain
1st edition
ISBN 978-0-6487506-2-8
In this book, I translate the Most Venerable Tuệ Sỹ's poems from Vietnamese into English and explain the meaning of these poems.
He was a Vietnamese Zen Master, who was sentenced to death on 1988, September 30 by the Vietnamese Communist government. Due to worldwide pressure, Hanoi was compelled to reduce the sentence to 20 years in prison.
After 14 years in prison, the police persuaded him to sign a petition for pardon. “As I do not recognize the legitimacy of the trial, you have no right to judge me”, responded the Venerable, “As you have no right to detain me, you have no right to pardon me”. Threatened with life imprisonment, he embarked on a hunger strike. He was released after a 10-day hunger strike, including the last 7 days of complete fasting, when he was near-death.
Though I have never met him, these words have touched my heart and my soul. This 476-page book, therefore, was created to honor his legacy.
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