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Thousands mourn Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh

Thousands mourn Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh

A man arranges flowers in front of a portrait of the late Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh at Tu Hieu pagoda in Hue province on Friday. (AFP photo)

HUE: Mourners queued outside a pagoda in Vietnam’s central Hue province on Friday to pay their final respects to Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world’s most prominent Buddhist teachers who died on Jan 22 aged 95.

Nhat Hanh was a Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who came to prominence in the 1960s as an opponent of the Vietnam War.

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