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 Thích Huyền Quang (19 September 1919 – 5 July 2008Vietnam ...

(1919–2008), dissident and activist *

Thích Quảng Độ Thích Quảng Độ ( vi-hantu, 釋廣度) (; 27 November 1928 – 22 February 2020) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and scholar who was the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from 2008 until his death. Since the execu ...

(1928–2020), critic of the Vietnamese government *

Thích Quảng Đức Thích Quảng Đức ( vi-hantu, , ; born Lâm Văn Túc; – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecut ...

(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 Ven. Thich Nhat Tu or Thích Nhật Từ (釋日慈) in Vietnamese (Saigon, 1969) is a Vietnamese Buddhist reformer, an author, a poet, a psychological consultant, and an active social activist in Vietnam. He is committed to propagate Buddha's tea ...

(born 1969), public speaker and author *

Thích Thanh Từ Thích Thanh Từ (right) with Pratibha Patil. Thích Thanh Từ (born 24 July 1924) is a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk. He has been influential with increasing traditional Vietnamese Buddhism practices within the country. Biography Thích ...

, author and teacher *

Thích Trí Quang Thích Trí Quang ( vi-hantu, 釋智光) (21 December 1923 – 8 November 2019) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk best known for his role in leading South Vietnam's Buddhist population during the Buddhist crisis in 1963, and in later Bu ...

(1924–2019), Mahayana leader of South Vietnam's Buddhist majority in 1963

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