Claude Anshin Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas is a Zen Buddhist monk and the founder of the Zaltho Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes peace among individuals, families, societies, and countries. A Vietnam War veteran, he speaks internationally in religious and secular communities about cultures of violence and how they can become transformed. He visits war-torn countries, hospitals, schools, and prisons, and facilitates mindfulness meditation retreats, long-distance pilgrimages, and practice days in former concentration camps and other places of suffering.