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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Thich Nhat Hanh, Linji, Sokei-an, Taizan Maezumi, Hakuin Ekaku, Soen Nakagawa, Hsing Yun, Eido Tai Shimano, Sessh T y, Nyogen Senzaki, John Daido Loori, Mus Soseki, Ikky, Bankei Y taku, Eshin Nishimura, Kokan Shiren, Shodo Harada, Soyen Shaku, S iku Shigematsu, Sherry Chayat, Mumon Yamada, Walter Nowick, Bassui Tokush, Myokyo-ni, Sesson Y bai, Keido Fukushima, Omori Sogen, Maurine Stuart, Eisai, George Bowman, Fumio Toyoda, Harada Daiun Sogaku, Gempo Yamamoto, Kyudo Nakagawa, Jan Chozen Bays, Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Soko Morinaga, Zenkei Shibayama, Watazumi Doso, Mary Farkas, Goto Zuigan, Kobori Nanrei Sohaku, Ogino Dokuon, Imakita Kosen, Oda Sesso, Jakushitsu Genk, Sochu, S gen Asahina, Sobin Yamada, Sasaki Gens, Sengai, Ankokuji Ekei, Katsube Keigaku. Excerpt: Thich Nh t H nh (pronounced ) (born October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist who now lives in France. Born Nguy n Xuan B o, Thich Nh t H nh joined a Zen (Vietnamese: Thi n) monastery at the age of 16, and studied Buddhism as a novitiate. Upon his ordination as a monk in 1949, he assumed the Dharma name Thich Nh t H nh. Thich is an honorary family name used by all Vietnamese monks and nuns, meaning that they are part of the Shakya (Shakyamuni Buddha) clan. In the early 1960s, he founded the School of Youth for Social Services (SYSS) in Saigon. This grassroots relief organization rebuilt bombed villages, set up schools, established medical centers, and resettled families left homeless during the Vietnam War. He traveled to the U.S. to study at Princeton University, and later to lecture at Cornell University and Columbia University. His focus at the time was to urge the U.S. government to withdraw from Vietnam. He urged Martin Luther King, Jr. to publicly oppose the Vietnam War; King nominated Hanh for the No...
