Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh | |
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Formal portrait, 2007 | |
| Title | Thiền Sư (Zen master) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Nguyễn Xuân Bảo 11 October 1926 Huế, Thừa Thiên, Annam, French Indochina |
| Died | 22 January 2022 (aged 95) Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Vietnam |
| Known for | Engaged Buddhism, father of the mindfulness movement |
| Other names | Nguyễn Đình Lang |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Thiền Buddhism |
| School | Linji school (Lâm Tế)[1] Order of Interbeing Plum Village Tradition |
| Lineage | 42nd generation (Lâm Tế)[1] 8th generation (Liễu Quán)[1] |
| Dharma names | Phùng Xuân, Điệu Sung |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Thích Chân Thật |
| Based in | Plum Village Monastery |
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Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ˈtɪk ˈnɑːt ˈhɑːn/ 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,[2] who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism.[3] Known as the "father of mindfulness",[4] Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism.[2]
In the mid-1960s, Nhất Hạnh co-founded the School of Youth for Social Services and created the Order of Interbeing.[3] He was exiled from South Vietnam in 1966 after expressing opposition to the war and refusing to take sides.[2][5][6] In 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize.[7][2] Nhất Hạnh established dozens of monasteries and practice centers[2] and spent many years living at the Plum Village Monastery, which he founded in 1982 in southwest France near Thénac,[8] traveling internationally to give retreats and talks. Nhất Hạnh promoted deep listening as a nonviolent solution to conflict and sought to raise awareness of the interconnectedness of environments that sustain and promote peace.[9] He coined the term "engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire.[10]
After a 39-year exile, Nhất Hạnh was permitted to visit Vietnam in 2005.[5] In 2018, he returned to Vietnam to his "root temple", Từ Hiếu Temple, near Huế,[11] where he lived until his death in 2022, at the age of 95.[12]
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- ^ Joan Duncan Oliver (21 January 2022). "Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Master, Dies at 95". Tricycle. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.