Thích is a name that Vietnamese monks and nuns take as their Buddhist surname to show affinity with the Buddha[citation needed].
Notable Vietnamese monks with the name include:
- 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
See also
edit- Thích Ca Phật Đài, temple in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam
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