• Thich Nhat Hanh at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam, in March 2019. Hanh, a monk with global influence and an ally of Martin Luther King, who championed what he called 'engaged Buddhism' in pressing for peace, died on Saturday at the Tu Hieu Temple. He was 95. | LINH PHAM/THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Thich Nhat Hanh at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam, in March 2019. Hanh, a monk with global influence and an ally of Martin Luther King, who championed what he called "engaged Buddhism” in pressing for peace, died on Saturday at the Tu Hieu Temple. He was 95. | LINH PHAM/THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was one of the world’s most influential Zen masters, spreading messages of mindfulness, compassion and nonviolence, died Saturday at his home in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam. He was 95.

The death was announced by Plum Village, his organization of monasteries. He suffered a severe brain hemorrhage in 2014 that left him unable to speak, though he could communicate through gestures.

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