Nhat Hanh Biography

Nhat Hanh, Activist

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Born as	Nguyễn Xuân Bảo
Occup.	Activist
From	Vietnam
Born	October 11, 1926 Thừa Thiên, Vietnam
Age	97 years

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen Master, poet, scholar, and tranquility lobbyist. He was born on October 11, 1926, in the main district of Thua Thien in Vietnam. He is known for his amazing payments of applying Zen Buddhism to civil rights advocacy and also social justice movements. He devoted his life in the solution of mankind, spreading the message of love, empathy, and also mindfulness.

Thich Nhat Hanh was ordained as a monk at the age of sixteen, as well as he joined the Tu Hieu Holy Place in Color, Vietnam, where he began his research studies of Zen Buddhism. He sought his research studies at the Buddhist Institute in Saigon and later at Princeton College in the USA. In 1954, he founded the Vietnamese College of Buddhism at the An Quang Pagoda in Saigon, Vietnam.

Throughout the Vietnam War, Thich Nhat Hanh proactively supported for tranquility and sponsored ceasefires in between the North and also South Vietnamese governments. He was nominated for the Nobel Tranquility Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. as well as acquired refugee status in France after being banished from Vietnam in 1966.

In 1982, he started Plum Town, a mindfulness method center in France, which has actually turned into one of one of the most popular spiritual communities in Europe today. The facility hosts retreats and also workshops for individuals from all over the world to learn about the mentors of mindfulness, compassion, and also peace.

Throughout his life, Thich Nhat Hanh has published over 100 books, consisting of standards such as "The Miracle of Mindfulness", "The Heart of the Buddha's Mentor", and also "Living Buddha, Living Christ". He is likewise well known for his poetic as well as inspiring writings on empathy and interbeing.

Thich Nhat Hanh remains to share his message of peace and concern, despite his current wellness issues. He has just recently gone back to his homeland of Vietnam after investing two years in France to delight in the rest of his life in the place where his spiritual trip started. He stays a significant force in advertising global awareness of mindfulness practices and the relevance of social justice and environmental campaigning for.

Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Nhat.

Related authors: Martin Luther King Jr. (Minister), Buddha (Leader), Dalai Lama (Leader)

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8 Famous quotes by Nhat Hanh

"In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us"

"In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change"

"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions"

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy"

"Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace"

"If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work"

"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love"

"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"