Thich Nhat Hahn, was a Vietnamese Zen Master, poet, and peace activist, and was a monk for over forty years. In Vietnam, he founded the School of Youth for Social Service (“the little peace corps”), an instrument for rebuilding villages that were destroyed by bombs and for resettling tens of thousands of people fleeing the war zones. He also founded Van Hanh Buddhist University, La Boi Press, and the Tiep Hien Order of Interbeing. In 1966, he came to the U.S. and Europe at the invitation of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to “represent the wishes of the Vietnamese people of all faiths who had no means to speak for themselves” In 1966 he was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. Unable to return to Vietnam after his overseas tour, he received asylum in France, where he served as chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks. He spent most of his later life living in Plum Village, a small community in France. Since his passing the Plum Village Society and the Brothers & Sisters are a continuation of him and his teaching continues on through the Plum Village Worldwide and Cedar Society.
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