Thich Nhat Hanh
Template:Infobox religious biography Thích Nhất Hạnh (born on October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.
Thích Nhất Hạnh lives in the Plum Village meditation center in southwest France, traveling internationally to give retreats and talks. He coined the term "Engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. After a long term of exile, he was given permission to make his first return trip to Vietnam in 2005.
Nhất Hạnh has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English. He is active in the peace movement, promoting nonviolent solutions to conflict and he also refrains from animal product consumption as a means of nonviolence towards non-human animals.
Approach
Thích Nhất Hạnh's approach has been to combine a variety of teachings of Early Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhist traditions of Yogācāra and Zen, and ideas from Western psychology to teach Mindfulness of Breathing and the Four Establishment of Mindfulness, offering a modern light on meditation practice. Hạnh's presentation of the Prajnaparamita in terms of "interbeing" has doctrinal antecedents in the Huayan school of thought,[1] which "is often said to provide a philosophical foundation" for Zen.[2]
Nhất Hạnh has also been a leader in the Engaged Buddhism movement (he coined the term), promoting the individual's active role in creating change. He cites the 13th-century Vietnamese king Trần Nhân Tông with the origination of the concept. Trần Nhân Tông abdicated his throne to become a monk and founded the Vietnamese Buddhist school of the Bamboo Forest tradition.
Writings
- Vietnam: Lotus in a sea of fire. New York, Hill and Wang. 1967.
- Being Peace, Parallax Press, 1987, Template:ISBN
- The Sun My Heart', Parallax Press, 1988, Template:ISBN
- Our Appointment with Life: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone , Parallax Press, 1990, Template:ISBN
- The Miracle of Mindfulness, Rider Books, 1991, Template:ISBN
- Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, Parallax Press, 1991, Template:ISBN
- Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Bantam reissue, 1992, Template:ISBN
- The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion, Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra, Parallax Press, 1992, Template:ISBN
- 'Hermitage Among the Clouds', Parallax Press, 1993, Template:ISBN
- Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice, Three Leaves, 1994, Template:ISBN
- Cultivating The Mind Of Love, Full Circle, 1996, Template:ISBN
- The Heart Of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, Full Circle, 1997, Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN (2005 Edition)
- Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, Full Circle, 1997, Template:ISBN
- Living Buddha, Living Christ, Riverhead Trade, 1997, Template:ISBN
- True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart, Shambhala, 1997, Template:ISBN
- Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962–1966, Riverhead Trade, 1999, Template:ISBN
- Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers, Riverhead Books, 1999, Template:ISBN
- The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Broadway Books, 1999, Template:ISBN
- The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation, Beacon Press, 1999, Template:ISBN (Vietnamese: Phép lạ c̉ua sư t̉inh thưc).
- The Raft Is Not the Shore: Conversations Toward a Buddhist/Christian Awareness, Daniel Berrigan (Co-author), Orbis Books, 2000, Template:ISBN
- The Path of Emancipation: Talks from a 21-Day Mindfulness Retreat, Unified Buddhist Church, 2000, Template:ISBN
- A Pebble in Your Pocket, Full Circle, 2001, Template:ISBN
- Essential Writings, Robert Ellsberg (Editor), Orbis Books, 2001, Template:ISBN
- Anger, Riverhead Trade, 2002, Template:ISBN
- Be Free Where You Are, Parallax Press, 2002, Template:ISBN
- No Death, No Fear, Riverhead Trade reissue, 2003, Template:ISBN
- Touching the Earth: Intimate Conversations with the Buddha, Parallax Press, 2004, Template:ISBN
- Teachings on Love, Full Circle, 2005, Template:ISBN
- Understanding Our Mind, HarperCollins, 2006, Template:ISBN
- Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment, Parallax Press, 2007, Template:ISBN
- The Art of Power, HarperOne, 2007, Template:ISBN
- Under the Banyan Tree, Full Circle, 2008, Template:ISBN
- Mindful Movements, Parallax Press 2008, Template:ISBN
- Blooming of a Lotus, Beacon, 2009, Template:ISBN
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- Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child, Parallax Press, 2010, Template:ISBN
- You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment, Shambhala, 2010, Template:ISBN
- The Novice: A Story of True Love, Unified Buddhist Church, 2011, Template:ISBN
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- Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala Publications, 2011, Template:ISBN
- Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm, Rider, 2012, Template:ISBN
- The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala Pocket Classics, 2012, Template:ISBN
- The Art of Communicating, HarperOne, 2013, Template:ISBN
- No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering, Parallax Press, 2014, Template:ISBN
- Is nothing something? : kids' questions and zen answers about life, death, family, friendship, and everything in between, Parallax Press 2014, Template:ISBN
- Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise, HarperOne (1705), 2015, ASIN: B014TAC7GQ
- Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, Blackstone Audio, Inc.; 2016, Template:ISBN
- At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk's Life, with Jason Deantonis (Illustrator), Parallax Press, 2016, Template:ISBN
- The Other Shore: A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries, Palm Leaves Press, 2017, Template:ISBN
References
- ↑ McMahan, David L. The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford University Press: 2008 Template:ISBN pg 158
- ↑ Williams, Paul. Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations 2nd ed.Taylor & Francis, 1989, page 144
External links
- Parallax Press – publishing house founded by Thich Nhat Hanh
- La Boi Society – publishes books by Thich Nhat Hanh in Vietnamese
- Sangha Directory – List of communities (Mindfulness Practice Groups) practicing in Thich Nhat Hanh's tradition
- Plum Village – Thich Nhat Hanh's main monastery and practice center, located about 85 km east of Bordeaux, France
- Vietnamese website of Plum Village
- French website of Plum Village
- Deer Park Monastery – located in Escondido, California
- Magnolia Grove Monastery – newest practice center, located near Memphis, TN
- Order of Interbeing
- I Am Home – Community of Mindful Living; home of the "Mindfulness Bell" magazine with news, articles, and talks by Thich Nhat Hanh and other Order of Interbeing members
- Thích Nhất Hạnh's Five Mindfulness Trainings & the Fourteen Precepts