Thich Nhat Hanh
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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.
Nhất Hạnh has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English. He was active in the peace movement, promoting nonviolent solutions to conflict and he also refrained from animal product consumption as a means of nonviolence towards non-human animals. He coined the term "Engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire.
After a 39-year exile, Nhất Hạnh was permitted to visit Vietnam in 2005. In November 2018, he returned to Vietnam to his "root temple", Từ Hiếu Temple, near Huế,[1] where he lived until his death on January 22, 2022, at the age of 95.[2]
Approach
Thích Nhất Hạnh's approach has been to combine a variety of teachings of Early Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhist traditions of Yogācāra and Zen, and ideas from Western psychology to teach Mindfulness of Breathing and the Four Establishment of Mindfulness, offering a modern light on meditation practice. Hạnh's presentation of the Prajnaparamita in terms of "interbeing" has doctrinal antecedents in the Huayan school of thought,[3] which "is often said to provide a philosophical foundation" for Zen.[4]
Nhất Hạnh has also been a leader in the Engaged Buddhism movement (he coined the term), promoting the individual's active role in creating change. He cites the 13th-century Vietnamese king Trần Nhân Tông with the origination of the concept. Trần Nhân Tông abdicated his throne to become a monk and founded the Vietnamese Buddhist school of the Bamboo Forest tradition.
Writings
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References
- ↑ "Thich Nhat Hanh Returns Home". Plum Village. November 2, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ↑ Joan Duncan Oliver (January 21, 2022). "Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Master, Dies at 95". Tricycle. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ↑ McMahan, David L. The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford University Press: 2008 ISBN 978-0-19-518327-6 pg 158
- ↑ Williams, Paul. Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations 2nd ed.Taylor & Francis, 1989, page 144
External links
- Thích Nhất Hạnh (Wikipedia)
- Order of Interbeing
- Parallax Press – founded by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Plum Village – Thich Nhat Hanh's monastery
- Sangha Directory – List of communities practicing in Thich Nhat Hanh's tradition
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