Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, peace activist and 1967 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, living in exile at his home in Plum Village, Bergerac, France.
Thay, as Thich Nhat Hanh is affectionately called, had just finished leading a teaching at his Plum Village meditation center. An avid human rights activist, he was banned from his home country of Vietnam in the 1970’s and went into exile in France. Only recently has he been allowed to return and visit his...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, peace activist and 1967 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, living in exile at his home in Plum Village, Bergerac, France.
Thay, as Thich Nhat Hanh is affectionately called, had just finished leading a teaching at his Plum Village meditation center. An avid human rights activist, he was banned from his home country of Vietnam in the 1970’s and went into exile in France. Only recently has he been allowed to return and visit his monastery, Tu Hieu Temple, in Hue, Vietnam.
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