Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone
I remember Larry as a powerful teacher. He seemed uniquely able to channel the spirit presence that he had emersed himself in. I continue to have vivid images of a retreat he led in Denver many years ago. Condolences to Peggy. Catherine Welch -----Original Message----- From: OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of Dianne Greenwald via OE Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 3:53 PM To: ORDER LISTSERVE <oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Dianne Greenwald <diannegreenwald@yahoo.com> Subject: [Oe List ...] Larry Ward Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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🙏🏻 On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 5:53 PM Dianne Greenwald via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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. Dharma On Wednesday, 20 August 2025 at 07:13:25 am MYT, Judi White via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: 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🙏🏻 On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 5:53 PM Dianne Greenwald via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Larry Ward, dressed in a dazzling white suit, gave the New World (right name?) talk at the first town meeting, called LCC (Local Community Convocation) in Atlanta, June 1974. We had 200 participants. Larry was amazing. Diann McCabe On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM Dharmalingam Vinasithamby via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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.
Dharma
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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🙏🏻
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Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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Dear colleagues, Jan Sanders and Blase Sands just called to tell Bonnie and me of Larry's passing today. I wept. I am so grateful for these fifty-five years of being colleagues, friends, students of Buddhist and Christian wisdom, and social and ecological activists. I was so looking forward to hearing him speak tomorrow about the Spiritual Exercises of Nikos Kazantzakis. Larry's words and deeds will continue to touch many lives forever. Blessings in grief and gratitude, Rob Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Dianne Greenwald via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 5:52 PM To: ORDER LISTSERVE <oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Dianne Greenwald <diannegreenwald@yahoo.com> Subject: [Oe List ...] Larry Ward Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.wedgeblade.net%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Foe-wedgeblade.net&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cf73ed6ae79364903398d08dddf6adcb4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638912372281642034%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=x8mm7WHozOz1T1CxYuiGO10cciAIjQDnPc%2BzGi6OJ04%3D&reserved=0<http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net>
Very fond memories are flooding in of both Larry and Joy. Does anyone have an address for Peggy? I’m thinking the one in the Directory might be out of date, but don’t know. Marsha
On Aug 19, 2025, at 2:53 PM, Dianne Greenwald via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Peggy@thelotusinstitute.org for a start. They recently moved to Rhode Island. On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 9:56 PM Marsha Hahn via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Very fond memories are flooding in of both Larry and Joy.
Does anyone have an address for Peggy? I’m thinking the one in the Directory might be out of date, but don’t know.
Marsha
On Aug 19, 2025, at 2:53 PM, Dianne Greenwald via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear colleagues, 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. > 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. > 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. > What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. > Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > OE mailing list > OE@lists.wedgeblade.net > http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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I was a lone Town Meeting recruiter in Maine when stationed out of Boston in 1977. Larry and Nelson Stover weee the Strike Force “Commanders” shuttling us back and forth on weekend sessions between Boston and Hartford. One weekend in the fall i arrived in Hartford to find we were all going to see Star Wars the first one. When we returned we were instructed to prepare for an enactment of the weird bar scene and ended up in a dance that lasted for some time, everyone taking their turn to pass through two lines of colleagues to the music from the film. That is the kind of weekend activity that refreshed us and prepared us to head out to conquer the New England wilderness that fall. Journey on Larry. Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 19, 2025, at 2:53 PM, Dianne Greenwald via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear colleagues, 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. 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. 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. What an incredible remarkable thing this living is. Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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catherine＠welchbox.com -
Dharmalingam Vinasithamby -
Diann McCabe -
Dianne Greenwald -
James Wiegel -
Judi White -
Linda and Milan Hamilton -
Marsha Hahn -
Robertson Work