At the heart of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of "beloved community" is true democracy. To be agents of change who do ...

As I write this column on May 1, it has been 100 days since the passing of internationally known Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Many of you have heard of Thich Nhat Hanh (affectionately called ...

The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties. By Stefano Montali In the fall of 2017, I moved into a pale green ...

As a Zen Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh spent most of his life spreading love and compassion. He was born in Vietnam as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo before changing names several times. Thich Nhat Hanh's quotes ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, died in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam, on Jan. 21, 2022. He was 95. In 2014, Thich Nhat Hanh suffered a ...

The Harvard School of Public Health launched the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness on Wednesday with funding from a $25 million gift from an anonymous donor. HSPH announced the donation — one of ...

In June 2022, the Plum Village Monastery near the French city of Bordeaux held a 40th anniversary retreat that included an evening of musical celebration for an audience of hundreds. The Buddhist ...

Thich Nhat Hanh: mudra of compassion. This photo was taken while his monks and nuns were offering the compassion chant at his European Institute of Applied Buddhism in Germany. (c. 2009) (© Plum ...

After Thich Nhat Hanh died at the age of 95 a year ago last week (Jan. 22, 2022), many obituary writers turned to his 1965 book, Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire, for quotes and for an assessment of ...

Sunday, March 13, marks 49 days since the passing of the great Vietnamese Zen teacher and activist Thich Nhat Hanh. This is an important milestone in the Buddhist tradition for both the deceased and ...

Gary Slutkin was about to cry on the phone. An epidemiologist renowned for his work identifying violence as a contagious disease and efforts to curb it, Slutkin paused while talking about Thich Nhat ...