Born in Hue, Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar and human rights activist. In 1967, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon, the School of Youth and Social Service and the Plum Village Buddhist community and meditation centre in France, where he lived for many years. He is the author of many acclaimed books including Peace is Every Step, Old Path White Clouds and Fear, which have sold millions of copies around the world. He lives at the Tu Hieu Temple in Vietnam where he was first ordained when he was sixteen years old.
Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man...a scholar of immense intellectual capacity * Martin Luther King * The father of mindfulness * Irish Times * Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal inner peace and peace on earth * His Holiness the Dalai Lama *