Thích Nhất Hạnh

Thích Nhất Hạnh was a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, poet, and peace activist who popularized mindfulness and founded the Plum Village tradition.

Plum Village: A Buddhist monastic community and practice center in France founded by Thích Nhất Hạnh. The community he founded became the home of his international tradition.
Mindfulness: The practice of deliberately attending to present experience with awareness. He taught mindfulness as an everyday capacity, not only a meditation technique.
Zen: A Mahayana Buddhist tradition emphasizing meditation, direct insight, and disciplined practice. His Vietnamese Zen training shaped the methods and language of his teaching.
The Miracle of Mindfulness: A 1975 book by Thích Nhất Hạnh introducing mindfulness through practical exercises and everyday activities. This influential book brought his accessible mindfulness instruction to a wide audience.
Mindfulness Movement: The modern spread of mindfulness practices through health care, education, workplaces, and popular culture. His books and teaching helped make mindfulness familiar beyond Buddhist communities.
Sister Chân Không: A Vietnamese Buddhist nun and peace activist who worked closely with Thích Nhất Hạnh. Her decades of organizing and teaching helped carry his work into practice.
Walking Meditation: A contemplative practice in which walking is performed with deliberate attention to each step and breath. His teaching made ordinary walking a setting for embodied mindfulness.
Mahayana: A major Buddhist tradition centered on the bodhisattva ideal and the liberation of all beings. Its ideals inform his emphasis on compassion and engaged practice.
Being Peace: A 1987 book by Thích Nhất Hạnh linking personal mindfulness with peace and social responsibility. It states how inner practice can support nonviolent action.
Vietnamese Buddhism: Buddhist traditions and institutions that developed in Vietnam through interaction with Mahayana and other influences. His life and reform efforts became a prominent part of its modern history.

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