RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Thích Nhất Hạnh

1926 - 2022

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Thích Nhất Hạnh ( TIK NAHT HAHN; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ ɲə̌t hâjŋ̟ˀ] , Huế dialect: [tʰɨt̚˦˧˥ ɲək̚˦˧˥ hɛɲ˨˩ʔ]; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) 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. In the mid-1960s, Nhất Hạnh co-founded the School of Youth for Social Services and created the Order of Interbeing. He was exiled from South Vietnam in 1966 after expressing opposition to the war and refusing to take sides. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thích Nhất Hạnh is the 331st most popular religious figure (up from 537th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Religious Figure.

Thích nhất hạnh is most famous for being the monk who lit himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Thích Nhất Hạnh ranks 331 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Alexander IV, Pope Gregory IV, Saint Boniface, Saint Pantaleon, Maya, and Ephrem the Syrian. After him are Pope Benedict III, John Harvard, Pope Nicholas III, Hugues de Payens, Pope Gregory VI, and Pope Anastasius I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Thích Nhất Hạnh ranks 10. Before him are Michel Foucault, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ingvar Kamprad, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, and Leslie Nielsen. After him are Dario Fo, Ben Roy Mottelson, Vasily Arkhipov, Donald A. Glaser, Klaus Kinski, and René Goscinny. Among people deceased in 2022, Thích Nhất Hạnh ranks 9. Before him are Pelé, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ivana Trump, Jiang Zemin, Shinzō Abe, and Vangelis. After him are Jean-Luc Godard, Leonid Kravchuk, Ben Roy Mottelson, Francisco Gento, Luc Montagnier, and Irene Papas.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Thích Nhất Hạnh ranks 2 out of 136. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890). After him are Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Vietnam

Among religious figures born in Vietnam, Thích Nhất Hạnh ranks 1. After him are Ngô Đình Thục (1897), Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Nguyễn Văn Thuận (1928), Phạm Minh Mẫn (1934), Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (1938), and Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (1921).

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