Thích Nhất Hạnh
publication date: Sunday, January 27, 2019 (part of Winter 2019)
category: 
Religion
clue: He taught Buddhists how to engage and everyone how to be mindful. He fought for peace in life and now finds it in death.
explanation: Nhất Hạnh is a Buddhist monk and peace activist known for promoting the ideas of mindfulness and what he called Engaged Buddhism. This goo was published as news reports said that Nhất Hạnh was near death and accepting it peacefully. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
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