Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, sits in his brown robe, his eyes closed, hand to heart. A monk also in brown is playing the violin behind him. "We are aware that there is a tremendous amount of suffering going on. There is shock there is fear, anger, hatred and sadness, in ourselves and in the world. In this moment we invoke all our spiritual teachers to be with us, helping to embrace our suffering, to embrace the world, and to embrace humanity as a family. There are those of us trying to save, heal and support, and we are grateful to them. There are those of us who are crying, who are suffering terribly in this very moment. Let us breathe for all of them and embrace them tenderly with our compassion, our understanding, and our peace. We know that responding to hatred and violence with compassion is the only path for all of us." ~Thich Nhat Hanh, 2001