Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)

Subject: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Jan 22 - 01:09 AM

(CNN)Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and leading voice in opposition to the Vietnam War, has died at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam. He was 95.

The monastic organization that he founded, Plum Village, announced the news on their website.
Plum Village said Thich Nhat Hanh passed away "peacefully" on Saturday morning local time.
"Thay [Thich Nhat Hanh] has been the most extraordinary teacher, whose peace, tender compassion, and bright wisdom has touched the lives of millions," the Plum Village statement said.
"Whether we have encountered him on retreats, at public talks, or through his books and online teachings -- or simply through the story of his incredible life -- we can see that Thay [Thich Nhat Hanh] has been a true bodhisattva, an immense force for peace and healing in the world," it said.
Thich Nhat Hanh traveled to the US in 1961 to teach comparative religion at Princeton University. Later that decade, he lectured at Cornell and Columbia University, where he continued to spread a message of peace and lobbied Western leaders to end the Vietnam War, Plum Village said.
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling him "an Apostle of peace and nonviolence." However, no Nobel Peace Prize was awarded that year.
Thich Nhat Hanh's mission of opposing the war led to both North Vietnam and South Vietnam denying him to the right to return to either nation for decades.
He was exiled for 39 years and was only given the permission to return to his homeland in 2005.

Subject: RE: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Jan 22 - 03:09 PM

All his life, the photographs of this man,
with those ears sticking 'way out and those bright eyes,
conveyed a sort of eternal youthfulness to me.
It shocks me to see how old he was and how long he lived.

And I recall the interview in which the reporter observed
that there was a photograph of Thich Nhat Hanh as a very young man indeed upon becoming a monk, I think,
and the reporter insisted on pointing this out to his subject.
To which Thich Nhat Hanh replied:
"When I look at this photo,
I feel such compassion for that young man."

Subject: RE: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)
From: Lighter
Date: 22 Jan 22 - 03:55 PM

"Thich Nhat Hanh's mission of opposing the war led to both North Vietnam and South Vietnam denying him to the right to return to either nation for decades."

Says it all.

Subject: RE: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Jan 22 - 04:49 PM

This journalistic piece in America magazine compares
Thich Nhat Hanh with Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton.

the Buddhist monk who[m] Thomas Merton called a brother

Subject: RE: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Jan 22 - 08:02 PM

An excerpt of an interview, twenty-five years ago, on NPR with
Thich Nhat Hanh.

Subject: RE: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Jan 22 - 10:01 PM

They played part of an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, the link that keberoxu posted above. I am always both pleased and frankly astonished at the wide range of people Terry has interviewed over the years. Her oeuvre is astounding, and when they dig out these decades-old interviews they're so fresh, and such a treasure.

Subject: RE: Obit: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk (1926-2022)
From: robomatic
Date: 29 Jan 22 - 01:40 PM

Thanks for this thread. I heard of the death but had no clue as to spelling. Being ignorant, I will look him up.

I've said it before, Terry Gross is a national treasure and resource.