Thich Nhat Hanh, the influential Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who spread the concept of mindfulness to the West died in Hue, Vietnam on Saturday. He was 95. "The International Plum ...

"Life exists only in the present moment. To lose the present is to lose life." This is the simple, potent message of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, an immeasurably gifted mindfulness ...

In sermons, speeches and writings Martin Luther King Jr. often emphasized that, “The way of nonviolence leads to the Beloved Community.” (Ebony Magazine, 1959 “My Trip to the Land of Gandhi”) And in ...

The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties. By Stefano Montali In the fall of 2017, I moved into a pale green ...

“It’s funny working in books around mindfulness where really all you want to say is -stop reading this. Stop right now. Stop. Right now. You stop, I have nothing else that’s gonna stop. You stop right ...

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022), the Vietnamese monk who founded the Engaged Buddhism movement emphasizing social justice and spiritual cultivation, passed away on January 22. He was a poet, peace ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese monk who became a global peace activist, renowned teacher, prolific author, and an advocate for applying eternal Buddhist principles to contemporary social issues, died ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: In the U.S. and Europe, the other best-known Buddhist leader, besides the Dalai Lama, is the renowned Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. He, too, has been on a U.S. tour ...

Thich Nhat Hanh had a profound effect on Linda Jones, a Minneapolis follower of the globally influential Zen master. "It's the only time in my life that I felt like I was levitating," she said of ...

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