Thich
Monks
Vietnamese monks and nuns take Thích as their Buddhist surname to show affinity with the Buddha.
All of the following are Vietnamese monks, with additional roles briefly summarized:
- Thích Huyền Quang (1919–2008), dissident and activist
- Thích Quảng Độ (1928–2020), critic of the Vietnamese government
- Thích Quảng Đức (1897–1963), who burned himself to death as a protest
- Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926–2022), Zen teacher, author and peace activist
- Thích Nhật Từ (born 1969), public speaker and author
- Thích Thanh Từ, author and teacher
- Thích Trí Quang (1924–2019), Mahayana leader of South Vietnam's Buddhist majority in 1963
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