![]() ![]() ![]() THICH NHAT HANH: We trained young monks and young people so that they become social and peace workers, come into the area where there are victims of war to care for the wounded, to resettle the refugees and to set up new places for these people to live, to build a school for our children, to build a health center. TERRY GROSS: What were some of the things that you did during wartime in Vietnam to help other people? Terry spoke to Thich Nhat Hanh in 1997 and asked him about the work they did with Engaged Buddhism. He established dozens of monasteries around the world, the largest in southwest France. While still living in Vietnam, he started a movement called Engaged Buddhism, which combined meditation and anti-war work. Thich became one of the world's most influential zen masters, campaigning for peace and urging the practice of mindfulness meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was exiled from his country for opposing the war in 1966, died Saturday at his home in Hue, Vietnam. ![]()
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