(b. 1926),Vietnamese Buddhist master. Known to followers as Thay (spiritual teacher), Thich Nhat Hanh is a peace activist, scholar, and writer. During the Vietnam War, he lobbied in the United States and Europe against the war and advocated a...

Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Nhất Hạnh; pronounced [tʰǐk ɲɜ̌t hɐ̂ʔɲ] listen (help·info) (born October 11 1926 in central Vietnam) is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. He joined a Zen monastery...

When Thich Nhat Hanh enters a room, he does so silently-appearing before you as if he has materialized from spirit to matter. Wearing the traditional robes of a Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh radiates a presence that draws your full attention. He speaks slowly...

Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings Edited by Sister Annabel Laity Orbis, $15, 163 pp. Nhat Hanh (Thich is a title for Vietnamese Buddhist monks) is, after the Dalai Lama, the best-known Buddhist monk in the West. In exile from his native Vietnam...

For a short time last year, things were looking up for the tiny band of Vietnamese dissidents who dared challenge the Communist Party's monopoly on power. They circulated petitions for democracy, organized online, even formed political parties.Now the window has slammed shut.In recent weeks, police...

For a short time last year, things were looking up for the tiny band of Vietnamese dissidents who dared challenge the Communist Party's monopoly on power. They circulated petitions for democracy, organized online, even formed political parties. Now the window has slammed shut.In recent weeks,...