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Thich Nhat Hanh

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Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.He coined the term "Engaged Buddhism" in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire.Hạnh has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English. He is active in the peace movement, promoting nonviolent solutions to conflict and he also refrains from animal product consumption as a means of nonviolence towards non-human animals.His approach has been to combine a variety of teachings of Early Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhist traditions of Yogācāra and Zen, and ideas from Western psychology to teach Mindfulness of Breathing and the Four Establishment of Mindfulness, offering a modern light on meditation practice.