Thich nhat hanh was born in central Vietnam on 1926. 1942, that is, at the age of sixteen, he became a Buddhist monk. After the Vietnam-US War broke out, he was the chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist peace delegation. He and many of his fellow monks gave up their monastic life and took an active part in helping the victims of the war. At the same time, they openly expressed their desire for peace. During this period, he founded the Youth Social Service School, Fanheng Buddhist University and Tiep Hien (Vietnamese, meaning mutual visit) group. 1966, he visited the United States at the invitation of the Reconciliation Association, and told the American people about the sufferings of the silent lower class people in Vietnam during the war and their desire for peace. During this period, he met with hundreds of organizations and individuals, including American Defense Secretary McNamara, Martin Luther King, Thomas Merton and other famous people. In Europe, he also met with Pope Paul VI. Later, he settled in France, where he established a small meditation activity group-Mei Village.

After the war, thich nhat hanh of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation in Paris and his colleagues tried their best to send relief money to starving Vietnamese children through legal channels, but failed. The following year, the delegation arrived in Malaysia and Singapore to try to save and protect the boat people in the turbulent Siam Bay, but their efforts were opposed by governments all over the world. Not knowing how to move forward, thich nhat hanh began a period of retreat. For more than five years, thich nhat hanh has been living in his French seclusion, Mei Village, engaged in meditation, writing, gardening and occasionally meeting visitors. 1982, he was invited to attend the conference on reverence for life held in new york. During the meeting, he found that Americans showed great interest in meditation. So he set out to establish a meditation activity center in the United States to guide American meditation students to practice meditation. Through years of unremitting efforts, thich nhat hanh has established many "Mindfulness Retreat Centers" in Europe and North America, which have provided great help to Buddhists, artists, psychologists, environmentalists and children, and achieved fruitful results, thus making Buddhism more and more influential in the western world. So thich nhat hanh has attracted people's attention.

1967, thich nhat hanh was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King said, "I don't know who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than this gentle Vietnamese monk. 」

Thomas Merton described thich nhat hanh as follows: "He is more like my brother than many people who are closer to me in race and nationality, because he and I see things in exactly the same way. Thich nhat hanh is not only an excellent religious practitioner and activist, but also a poet and writer.

So far, he has written over 80 books in Vietnamese, English and French. These include peace, sun my heart, walking meditation guide, miracle of mindfulness, heart of understanding, heart of Buddha's teaching, transformation and healing, present moment, wonderful moment and so on.

As a monk who has been a monk for more than 50 years, thich nhat hanh once educated two generations of monks in Vietnam, enabling him to master the skills of expressing the most profound Buddhism in concise and poetic language. Because he experienced war and dared to face the reality of our times, his teaching also involved the themes of pain, mediation and equality, which had a very strong flavor of life and practical guiding significance. He is a real living Buddha. Arnold Kotler, the English editor of thich nhat hanh's Works, commented on thich nhat hanh's works in this way: "His teachings are the crucial antidote to our busy life and people-centered understanding. Thich nhat hanh's books are very popular in Europe and America because he cares about the existence of human beings, the pain and healing of human hearts, the in-depth experience of Buddhism, and the simple poetic expression. For example, his works such as Living in Peace, Touching Peace, Miracle of Mindfulness, Transformation and Healing of Life, Peace is Every Step, etc. It has been translated into the languages of more than 30 countries, and has twice entered the top ten bestseller lists in Europe and America, among which his book is the only one.