Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk who was a pioneer of mindfulness, helping bring the practice to the West.
Nhat Hanh entered a Buddhist monastery at age 16, devoting his life to the faith. He became a teacher, first leaving Vietnam in 1961 to serve as a guest lecturer at Princeton University and Columbia University.
Nhat Hanh returned to Vietnam in 1963 to work toward peace during the long and violent war that raged in his homeland, bringing aid to the people and urging North and South Vietnam to work together to end the war.
When Nhat Hanh left Vietnam again in 1966 to tour the world calling for peace, his home country banned him from returning.Exiled from Vietnam, Nhat Hanh became a powerful symbol of peace, nominated by Dr.
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