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Finding Peace in Difficult Times: The Daily Path of Recovery

Mon 10 Aug 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM CEST Online, Zoom
Reserve Your Spot

Finding Peace in Difficult Times: The Daily Path of Recovery

Mon 10 Aug 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM CEST Online, Zoom
Reserve Your Spot

Finding Peace in Difficult Times: The Daily Path of Recovery

Mon 10 Aug 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM CEST Online, Zoom
Reserve Your Spot

An Open Community Gathering

Finding Peace in Difficult Times

The Daily Path of Recovery

With Claude AnShin Thomas

About this gathering

Zen Buddhist monk, Vietnam War veteran, peace activist, and author Claude AnShin Thomas will speak to the raw reality of addiction, trauma, and transformation. Drawing on his own lived experience of childhood abuse, combat, homelessness, and substance use, along with decades of spiritual practice, he'll share what it means to walk a daily path of recovery, and how to face fear, craving, and delusion without being ruled by them.

Everyone is welcome here. This is an open community gathering and there is no fee to attend.

If you are able to contribute, your support helps us keep these gatherings going. Contributions of any amount are gratefully received.

The recording of this session (without the Q&A) will be shared on our YouTube channel after the event.

A note on donations

All donations for this event go directly to the Zaltho Foundation, the nonprofit Claude AnShin founded to address the causes and consequences of violence through Zen practice and mindfulness. Since he's taken vows of mendicancy, donations aren't for him personally, they support the Foundation's work. 

Times by region

This gathering is at 7:30 p.m. Berlin time (CEST), that's:

UK & Ireland (BST)6:30 p.m.
Eastern US (EDT)1:30 p.m.
Central US (CDT)12:30 p.m.
Pacific US (PDT)10:30 a.m.
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About Claude AnShin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas is a fully ordained Zen Buddhist monk in the Soto Zen tradition (ordained 1995). He enlisted in the US Army at 17 and served in Vietnam, where he was severely injured. He came home carrying two addictions, one to violence, one to intoxicants, and entered a drug rehabilitation program in 1983, remaining sober ever since. Since then he has devoted his life to healing the wounds of war and addiction. He is the guiding teacher at the Magnolia Zen Center in Mary Esther, Florida, and founder of the Zaltho Foundation. His books have been published in multiple languages.
zaltho.org

Our workshops and community gatherings are educational and recovery-supportive. They complement, rather than replace, professional mental health care or your existing recovery program. Guest presenters contribute as independent experts and their participation does not constitute a therapeutic relationship.