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Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ ˈ t ɪ k ˈ n ɑː t ˈ h ɑː n / TIK NAHT HAHN; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ ɲə̌t hâjŋ̟ˀ] ⓘ, Huế dialect: [tʰɨt̚˦˧˥ ɲək̚˦˧˥ hɛɲ˨˩ʔ]; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who ...
- Early Years
- Social Activism During War in Vietnam
- Exile from Vietnam
- Founding Plum Village in France
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Born in central Vietnam in 1926, Thich Nhat Hanh entered Tu Hieu Temple, in Hue city, as a novice monk at the age of sixteen. As a young bhikshu (monk) in the early 1950s he was actively engaged in the movement to renew Vietnamese Buddhism. He was one of the first bhikshus to study a secular subject at university in Saigon, and one of the first six...
When war came to Vietnam, monks and nuns were confronted with the question of whether to adhere to the contemplative life and stay meditating in the monasteries, or to help those around them suffering under the bombings and turmoil of war. Thich Nhat Hanh was one of those who chose to do both, and in doing so founded the Engaged Buddhism movement, ...
A few months later he traveled once more to the U.S. and Europe to make the case for peace and to call for an end to hostilities in Vietnam. It was during this 1966 trip that he first met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prizein 1967. As a result of this mission both North and South Vietnam denied him the right to ...
He also continued to teach, lecture and write on the art of mindfulness and ‘living peace,’ and in the early 1970s was a lecturer and researcher in Buddhism at the University of Sorbonne, Paris. In 1975 he established the Sweet Potato community near Paris, and in 1982, moved to a much larger site in the south west of France, soon to be known as “Pl...
Learn about the life and teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist who founded the Engaged Buddhism movement and Plum Village. Discover how he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and how he spread the art of mindfulness and living peace around the world.
Jan 21, 2022 · Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was one of the world’s most influential Zen masters, spreading messages of mindfulness, compassion and nonviolence, died on Saturday at his home...
Thích Nhất Hạnh có tên khai sinh là Nguyễn Đình Lang, sau đổi thành Nguyễn Xuân Bảo, sinh ngày 11 tháng 10 năm 1926, tại Thừa Thiên (miền Trung Việt Nam). Ông là con cháu đời thứ 15 của dòng họ Nguyễn Đình, có tổ tiên là nhà thơ Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, tác giả Truyện Lục Vân Tiên.
Learn about the life and teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, who founded the Plum Village community and popularized mindfulness. Explore his early years, monastic training, political involvement, exile, and return to Vietnam.
Ordained as a monk aged 16 in Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh soon envisioned a kind of engaged Buddhism that could respond directly to the needs of society. He was a prominent teacher and social activist in his home country before finding himself exiled for calling for peace.
Thích Nhất Hạnh (October 11, 1926 - January 22, 2022) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, writer, teacher and peace activist. He spent many years living in the Plum Village meditation center, which he founded in 1982 in southwest France, while also travelling and teaching internationally.
