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Thích Nhất Hạnh
Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022)
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Thích. In accordance with Vietnamese anpassad, this person should be referred to by the given name, Nhất Hạnh.
Thích Nhất Hạnh (TIK NAHT HAHN; Vietnamese:[tʰǐk̟ɲə̌thâjŋ̟ˀ]ⓘ, Huế dialect: [tʰɨt̚˦˧˥ɲək̚˦˧˥hɛɲ˨˩ʔ]; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher,[2] who founded the Plum by Tradition, historically recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism.[3] Known as the "father of mindfulness",[4] Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism.[2]
In the mid-1960s, Nhất Hạnh co-founded the School of Youth for Social Services and created the Order of Interbeing.[3] He was exiled from South Vietnam in 1966 after expressing opposition to the war and refusing to take side
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‘Saigon’ Is Under Fire Once More : Theater: Vietnamese-Americans charge the hit London musical stereotypes, demeans the Vietnamese.
WESTMINSTER — The beleaguered production of “Miss Saigon” has come beneath new attack, this time from Vietnamese-Americans who charge that the hit London musical stereotypes and demeans the Vietnamese.
“Again and igen, Hollywood and the theatrical world have exploited the Vietnam War, and here we go again,” said Chi-Muoi Lo, a Los Angeles actor and playwright who is organizing Vietnamese community protests against the play.
In Orange County, where about 100,000 Vietnamese refugees have settled since 1975, two Vietnamese-language newspapers have run editorials criticizing the play in the past two weeks.
Criticism of “Miss Saigon” has largely focused on whether Caucasian actors should be cast in Asian and Eurasian roles. But in the past two weeks, several Vietnamese-Americans, including two newspaper editors and several actors and business pe
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May 1: Reports contend South Vietnamese troops have crossed two-and-a-half miles into Cambodia, a violation of the ceasefire, to knock out North Vietnamese artillery. Saigon military command denies the story.
May 2: Sources maintain the battle between North and South Vietnamese troops continues inside Cambodia. U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Graham Martin acknowledges that, in violation of the ceasefire, the CIA-financed Air America transported, for humanitarian reasons, a wounded North Vietnamese. Others point out that the North Vietnamese soldier was in the South, which is also a violation. Sen. Harold Hughes (D-Iowa) accuses the Air Force of habitually destroying orders that created false reporting procedures used to cover up the 1970 bombing campaign in Cambodia.
May 3: The month-old Laotian coalition government does not convene the National Assembly due to present political circumstances.
May 4: An elementary school in Song Phu is hit by what are believed to