Thích Nhất Hạnh

Who they were

Thích Nhất Hạnh was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Known as the "father of mindfulness", Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism.

Early life

Educated at: Princeton University.

Early life Nhất Hạnh was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on 11 October 1926, in the ancient capital of Huế in central Vietnam . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình; the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu , author of Lục Vân Tiên , was his ancestor. [ 4 ] His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế, was an official with the French administration. [ 4 ] His mother, Trần Thị Dĩ, was a homemaker [ 2 ] from Gio Linh district. [ 4 ]

Education Buddha hall of the Từ Hiếu Temple At age 16, Nhất Hạnh entered the monastery at Từ Hiếu Temple, where his primary teacher was Zen Master Thanh Quý Chân Thật, who was from the 41st generation of the Lâm Tế Zen school and the 7th generation of the Liễu Quán school. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He studied as a novice for three years and received training in Vietnamese traditions of Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism. [ 1 ] He also learned Chinese, English, and French. [ 4 ]

Path and career

Awards / honours: honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong.

Career Activism in Vietnam 1963–1966 In 1963, after the military overthrow of the minority Catholic regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem , Nhất Hạnh returned to South Vietnam on 16 December 1963, at the request of Thich Tri Quang , the monk most prominent in protesting the religious discrimination of Diem , to help restructure the administration of Vietnamese Buddhism. [ 1 ] As a result of a congress,

Why this date

Thích Nhất Hạnh appears on our January 22 calendar for 2022 as a death entry.