“It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more” Thîch Nhât Hanh
Biography Thich Nhat Hanh
CATEGORY: Happiness quotes
WHO: Thìch Nhât Hanh
BORN: October 11, 1926
WHERE: Quang Ngãi in Central Vietnam
NATIONALITY: Vietnamese
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
He was the first Buddhist monk to usethe term Engaged Buddhism, this happened in the Vietnam War
Thích Nhât Hanh founded Parallax Press and have published more than 100 books among the most well-known and probably finest are Being Peace, Peace Is Every Step, How to Love (mindfulness), The Art of Power, At Home in the World and The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
He is active in the peace movement, promoting non-violent solutions to conflict; he has a monastery and practice center in France, east of Bordeaux called Plum Village
The long list of awards include a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize 1967 (no prize was given that year), awarded the Courage of Conscience award in 1991 and Pacem in Terris in 2015
