March 2, 2006
Forcibly exiled from his native country, Zen master and poet Thich Nhat Hanh
recently visited Vietnam for the first time in nearly 40 years. In 2003,
Speaking of Faith took a radio pilgrimage with the Buddhist monk at a
Christian conference center in a lakeside setting of rural Wisconsin. Thich Nhat
Hanh offers stark, gentle wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence.
Here, he discusses the concepts of "engaged Buddhism," "being peace," and
"mindfulness."
 Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam in 1926, and left home as a teenager to become a Zen monk. In Vietnam, he founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University and was chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation during the Vietnam War. Thich Nhat Hanh was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. continued Since 1966, Mr. Hanh has lived in exile in France, where he continues writing, teaching, gardening, and helping refugees worldwide. Living Buddha, Living Christ
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Buddha
and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of
humankind, each left behind a legacy that have shaped the lives of
billions of people. Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long
dialogue between these two great contemplative traditions. In a lucid,
meditative prose, Living Buddha, Living Christ (