Amnesty International
Richard Reoch was a member of the International Secretariat of the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization Amnesty International for 23 years. When he started, the campaign’s supporters numbered in the tens of thousands, mainly in Europe. Now it is a global movement of more than seven million people, campaigning worldwide for the universal protection of human rights.
As the organization’s global media chief, Reoch was often on the frontline in controversies where Amnesty International was outspoken. In , when Amnesty called for an independent inquiry into the shooting of three Irish Republican Army (IRA) members in Gibraltar, The Guardian cartoonist pictured him being personally shot dead by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Beginning as a volunteer in in the library at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London, Reoch joined the staff in as research assistant to the organizations first Report on Torture and attended the Conference for the Abolition of Torture in Paris.
In , at the request of the Indian Section of Amnesty International, he initiated the organization’s Asian development program. He was conference organizer for the
A brief history of Standing Like a Tree
From the Way of the Fist to the Open Hand of Healing
The art of “Standing Like a Tree” has a long history. It has evolved over 27 centuries. Once handed down as a secret treasure by masters to their students, it is now openly taught and practiced.
Originally found only in China, it is now part of world culture.
The origins of “Standing Like a Tree” lie in some of the earliest studies of the natural world around us and the life energy in our own bodies.
The ancient sage, Lao Tse, described this art in his famous collection of verses, the Tao Teh Ching – one of the most widely translated books in the world. Describing the practice of internal energy cultivation, he wrote:
Standing alone and unchanging, one can observe every mystery.
Present at every moment and ceaselessly continuing, this is the gateway to indescribable marvels.
Tao Teh Ching
The art was first taught publicly in Shanghai in the midth century.
Known as Zhan Zhuang (pronounced “jam-jong”), the powerful postures of “Standing Like a Tree” were part of the mind-body training used in the martial art system of “The Great Accomplishment.”
This heritage was pub
Cư sĩ Richard Reoch cả cuộc đời bảo vệ nhân quyền, hòa bình và môi trường
Việt dịch: Thích Vân Phong
Nguồn: Shambhala Times
Cư sĩ Richard Reoch là cựu Giám đốc Truyền thông của Tổ chức Ân xá Quốc tế và hoạt động trong Chiến dịch Toàn cầu chống Tra tấn. Ông đã hợp tác với nhạc sĩ, ca sĩ, diễn viên người Anh, Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE) và nhiều tổ chức nhân đạo, thành lập Quỹ Rainforest Foundation.
Quỹ từ thiện được thành lập vào năm , tập trung thu hút sự chú ý đến rừng mưa nhiệt đới và bảo vệ quyền của người dân bản địa sống ở đó, để bảo vệ rừng mưa Amazon, bảo vệ các bộ lạc thiểu số tại khu vực Amazon. Ông là một trong những người quan tâm đến việc bảo vệ môi trường, đặc biệt về sự biến mất quá nhanh của các khu rừng trên thế giới.
Cư sĩ Richard Reoch là một trong những ủy viên lâu năm trong phục vụ tổ chức quỹ Rainforest Foundation. Hiện ông đang đảm nhiệm Chủ tịch nhóm công tác quốc tế của Sri L
Richard Reoch has devoted his life to defending human rights, working for peace and protecting the environment.
Richard Reoch broadcasting in Santiago, Chile, at a community radio station in La Victoria, one of the shantytowns famous for their resistance to General Pinochet.
Born in Toronto, Canada, he was raised in a Buddhist family, eventually serving as the President of Shambhala, one of the largest Buddhist organizations in the world, from to He joined the International Secretariat of Amnesty International (), becoming its global media chief ( – ). He then served as a trustee of The Rainforest Foundation ( – ).
He continued his work for human rights and peace, engaging with organizations in Northern Ireland ( – ) and Sri Lanka ( – present). He is now a global advocate of cross-cultural communication and inter-faith understanding, speaking out on the rising tide of hatred and violence.
In parallel with his life in public advocacy, he studied the Chinese classical arts of Tai Chi Chuan and Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung for 30 years with Master Lam Kam Chuen, trained as a practitioner of the Shiatsu system of energetic healing, and is the author of Dying Well: A Holistic Guide
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