Thích Nhất Hạnh was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Known as the "father of mindfulness", Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism.
Nhất Hạnh in Paris in 2006
Buddha hall of the Từ Hiếu Temple
Thích Nhất Hạnh was the forty-second heir of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism in Vietnam
Chân Không (Sister True Emptiness)
Thiền Buddhism is the Vietnamese version of Zen Buddhism. Thiền is the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (chán), an abbreviation of 禪那 (chánnà), which is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word dhyāna ("meditation").
Trúc Lâm Temple, Thiền temple outside the resort town of Đà Lạt, Vietnam.
First page of a Buddhist essay by Trần Thái Tông, ca. 1260. Chữ Nho script.
Deer Park Monastery (California) meditation hall, which is part of Thích Nhất Hạnh's Plum Village Tradition
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Thiền master