Thích is a name that Vietnamese monks and nuns take as their

Buddhist surname In East Asian Buddhism, monks and nuns usually adopt a Buddhist surname and a Dharma name, which are combined in the surname-first East-Asian naming order. Since the 4th century the standard Buddhist surname has been Shi (Chinese: 釋, Korean: Se ...

to show affinity with the Buddha. Notable Vietnamese monks with the name include: * Thích Huyền Quang (1919–2008), dissident and activist * Thích Quảng Độ (1928–2020), critic of the Vietnamese government * Thích Quảng Đức (1897–1963), who burned himself to death as a protest *

Thích Nhất Hạnh Thích Nhất Hạnh ( ; , Huế dialect: ; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, ...

(1926–2022), Zen teacher, author and peace activist * Thích Nhật Từ (born 1969), public speaker and author * Thích Thanh Từ, author and teacher * Thích Trí Quang (1924–2019), Mahayana leader of South Vietnam's Buddhist majority in 1963

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