Dang Nghiem: 3 books

Before she became a Buddhist nun in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Dang Nghiem was a doctor. She’d traveled far in her 43 years. Born during the Tet Offensive and part of the amnesty for Amerasian children of the late 1970s, Dang Nghiem arrived in this country virtually penniless and with...

This extraordinary story takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam to the peaceful surrounding of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Plum Village where Sister Dang Nghiem took refuge. There she gained a deep understanding of the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness forged in the fire of her own...

Diese ergreifende Geschichte einer jungen Frau führt uns von den Reisfeldern Vietnams an die Küste Kaliforniens und von dort zur Zen-Gemeinschaft Thich Nhat Hanhs im Südwesten Frankreichs.Dang Nghiem wurde während des Krieges in Vietnam geboren, ihre Mutter ist Vietnamesin, ihr Vater ein US-amerikanischer...