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Buddhist monk who brought mindfulness to West dies in Vietnam

Buddhist monk who brought mindfulness to West dies in Vietnam

This photo taken on Nov 15, 2018 shows then-92-year-old Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh in a wheelchair at the Tu Hieu pagoda in Hue. (AFP photo)

HANOI: One of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks, Thich Nhat Hanh, died in Vietnam Saturday at age 95, his Zen teaching organisation said in a statement posted to the peace activist’s Twitter account.

The meditation master “passed away peacefully” at the Tu Hieu Temple in the city of Hue, Vietnam’s Buddhist heartland, the Plum Village Community of…

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