World Thich Nhat Hanh, Preacher of Mindfulness, Has Come Home to Vietnam May 16, 2019May 16, 2019RICHARD C. PADDOCKComments Off on Thich Nhat Hanh, Preacher of Mindfulness, Has Come Home to Vietnam After half a century abroad, the influential Buddhist teacher, 92, is living in the Hue monastery where he became a novice monk at 16.