His books on mindful living and present-day awareness have been translated into nearly two dozen languages. Now the author and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away.
Hanoi – The famous Zen master and author Thich Nhat Hanh is dead.
The world-renowned author, whom Martin Luther King Jr. nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully at his home in Tu Hieu Temple in Hue on Saturday at the age of 95, the meditation center he founded, Plum Village, said on Twitter.
The Vietnamese’s numerous books, in which he advocated charity and a life of mindfulness and awareness of the present, have been translated into almost two dozen languages.
Thich Nhat Hanh was also active in Germany: in 2008 he founded the “European Institute for Applied Buddhism” (EIAB) in Waldbröl near Cologne. Around 30 of the monk’s works were published in German, including “The fearless Buddha: What carries us through fear”, “Understanding with the heart” and “Reconciliation with the inner child: On the healing power of mindfulness”.
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In 1966, Thich Nhat Hanh was exiled from his homeland as part of his efforts for peace during the Vietnam War. He then lived in exile in France for a long time. In 1982 he founded the famous “Plum Village”, a Buddhist meditation center, in the Dordogne department in the southwest of the country. Since then, thousands of people from all over the world have taken part in the retreats in the center every year.
After suffering a stroke in 2014, he returned to Vietnam in late 2018. Thich Nhat Hanh told his students that he wanted to spend the rest of his life at Tu Hieu Monastery in the central Vietnamese city of Hue, where he was ordained as a monk at the age of 16. One of the well-known quotes of the monk, who was called “Thay” (teacher) by his disciples, is: “The wave does not have to die to become water. She is already water.” dpa
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