Until he was age five, he lived with his large extended family at his grandmother's home. Nhất Hạnh was the fifth of their six children. His mother, Trần Thị Dĩ, was a homemaker from Gio Linh district. His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế, was an official with the French administration. He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, author of Lục Vân Tiên, was his ancestor. Nhất Hạnh was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on 11 October 1926, in the ancient capital of Huế in central Vietnam. In 2018, he returned to Vietnam to his "root temple", Từ Hiếu Temple, near Huế, where he lived until his death in 2022, at the age of 95.
Īfter a 39-year exile, Nhất Hạnh was permitted to visit Vietnam in 2005. He coined the term "engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. Nhất Hạnh promoted deep listening as a nonviolent solution to conflict and sought to raise awareness of the interconnectedness of all elements in nature. Nhất Hạnh established dozens of monasteries and practice centers and spent many years living at the Plum Village Monastery, which he founded in 1982 in southwest France near Thénac, traveling internationally to give retreats and talks. He was exiled from South Vietnam in 1966 after expressing opposition to the war and refusing to take sides. In the mid-1960s, Nhất Hạnh co-founded the School of Youth for Social Services and created the Order of Interbeing. Known as the "father of mindfulness", Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism. Thích Nhất Hạnh ( / ˈ t ɪ k ˈ n j ʌ t ˈ h ʌ n/ TIK NYUHT HUHN Vietnamese: ( listen) 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.
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