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Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) was a Vietnamese Zen master, poet, scholar, and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He wrote more than 100 books of poetry, fiction, and philosophy, with over a million copies in print. He survived three wars, persecution, and more than thirty years of exile. He was a Buddhist monk and the master of a temple in Vietnam, the lineage of which is traceable across two centuries to the Buddha himself.

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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