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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I remember his inspiring persona in the 70s (and also beyond) when I worked with him in the Black Academy. In him, I sensed the pain and struggles of an entire section of the US population and also its revolutionary spirit. To ICA's mainly white community in Chicago at the time, he stood as the Other, holding it accountable for rising above any natural parochialism. Jouney on, great soul.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dharma</div><div><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></div></div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, 20 August 2025 at 07:13:25 am MYT, Judi White via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493"><div><div>Dianne, Thank you for this tribute to Larry Ward. We all know him as the powerful spiritual pioneer as the O:E and tge Order of Interbeing. He has been planting seeds of continuing this spiritual adventure into the unknown unknown in many sanghas in North America together with his beloved wife, Peggy Rowe Ward. He continues in the sangha together with Thich NhatHanh. Larry is now is now a beloved ancestor, too. Mt prayers are with Peggy tonight as she returns home with a broken heart. May ger tears be healing prayers for peace as we grieve together. 🧡🧘💛Judi White🙏🏻</div><br clear="none"><div id="ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493yqt69064" class="ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493yqt1481247667"><div class="ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493gmail_quote ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 5:53 PM Dianne Greenwald via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydpcd1e9199yiv2728599493gmail_quote">Dear colleagues, <br clear="none">
Our friend and colleague, Larry Ward made his journey to the spirit world this morning. He was in his home with his wife, Peggy, and collapsed. He did not regain consciousness. <br clear="none">
Larry and Peggy have been renowned teachers in the tradition of Thich Naht Hanh for many years. His recent book on Americas Racial Karma led to opportunities for him to speak on many forms of media. Larry and Peggy are the directors of the Lotus Institute which reaches many practitioners around the globe. In recent years, Larry spent much of his daily time in nature and writing poetry. Be watching for his book to be published. He also had been preparing to do three talks on Kazantzakis this fall. <br clear="none">
The breadth of consciousness that Larry touched will ripple for centuries. Those of us close to him personally journey forward with a deep chasm of loss. We will share more as I am sure others will soon.<br clear="none">
What an incredible remarkable thing this living is.<br clear="none">
Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso<br clear="none">
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