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Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He...See more

Personality Profile For Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh

The following is a personality profile of Thich Nhat Hanh based on his work.

Thich Nhat Hanh is social, unpretentious and can be perceived as shortsighted.

He is outgoing, he makes friends easily and feel comfortable around other people. He is intermittent as well: he has a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time. But, Thich Nhat Hanh is also empathetic: he feels what others feel and is compassionate towards them.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for well-being.

Considers helping others to guide a large part of what he does: he thinks it is important to take care of the people around him. He is also relatively unconcerned with achieving success: he makes decisions with little regard for how they show off his talents.


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