Nguyen Tuong Bach and Nguyen Vinh Nguyen dialogue about the crisis

Talking about the book title, author Nguyen Tuong Bach said that although not paying attention, everyone in this world falls into a "crisis" that covers everything, which in Buddhism is called greed - anger - ignorance.

It can be said that the overarching crisis is human suffering and in today's era, there are more and more other crises that go hand in hand, such as media, environment...

This can be considered a very special work because it is different from the previous works of these two writers who are familiar to readers.

For the two writers, the themes in this book are root issues that are giving rise to a profound crisis in life today.

The book was initiated in late 2023 during a meeting, from which the writings gradually took shape through emails exchanged between Germany and Vietnam, revolving around many current issues, from health, environment, religion, education, media to violence, compassion, the gap between rich and poor...

Nguyen Tuong Bach said the origin of these stories often comes very simply, from everyday observations... from which both of them project and delve into each issue, bringing interesting perspectives.

The book is published by Phanbook and the Writers Association Publishing House.

For the two writers, the above topics are the root problems, promoting the birth of a profound crisis in today's life. Because they are not experts in sociology, psychology, contemporary philosophers or interdisciplinary scientific researchers, the two authors discussed them as they saw them, from their own perspectives.

In which, if Nguyen Tuong Bach always brings a calm look with deep Buddhist thoughts, Nguyen Vinh Nguyen brings many extremely interesting associations like the genre he is used to writing, which is novels, as well as raises many philosophical issues.

Nguyen Vinh Nguyen shares that the most challenging thing about this book is that it is easy to fall into the "trap" of dogma. Both authors just want to open a dialogue for people to think, reflect and reflect on themselves.

And, despite differences in age, religion, and attitude toward issues—one positive, believing in tomorrow, the other skeptical of toxic positivity—the two authors find common ground, because the common point of all religions is that the higher up you go, the more things turn out to be similar in nature.

For example, the two authors point out that both Buddhism and Christianity share the same practice of meditation to find peace, focusing on dialogue with one's mind. Although the form is somewhat different, the core is the same.

Without aspiring to be definitive or judgmental, Balance in Crisis is nonetheless suggestive, making us look at the present day in a different light.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nguyen-tuong-bach-va-nguyen-vinh-nguyen-doi-thoai-ve-khung-hoang-1852412271451338.htm