一行禪師常被學生稱為「偨」(thầy),為越南固有詞對男性上位者的敬稱,又有稱為「偨一行」(Thầy Nhất Hạnh)。越南佛教大乘傳承的僧眾都能用「thầy」此敬語。越南佛教男出家眾會被尊稱為 thầy tu 意指「僧侶」,而女出家眾會被尊稱為「師姑」(sư cô)或「師婆」(sư bà)。在梅村網站的越南語版本裏,禪師被稱為「禪師一行」 (Thiền Sư Nhất Hạnh) 。[10]
2005年,經過了漫長的協商過程,一行禪師獲得越南政府批准歸國訪視,得以在越南從事教學活動、出版他的四本著作、偕同僧團的出家和在家眾在境內移動,包括禪師祖庭順化市慈孝寺。[46]此行並非毫無爭議。代表「越南統一佛教會」[47]致函越南政府的釋圓定(Thich Vien Dinh)籲請一行禪師發表對抗越南政府妨礙宗教自由的聲明。釋圓定害怕此行恐被越南政府用於宣傳目的,等於是對外宣稱越南的宗教自由已有起色,但事實正相反。[48][49][50]
儘管爭議未解,一行禪師仍於2007年再度重返闊別多年的越南,與此同時,被越南政府取締的「越南統一佛教會」(UBCV)仍有兩名高層人士受到軟禁。統一佛教會稱禪師的參訪活動形同背叛,此舉象徵他願意和那些壓迫宗教人士的敵手合作。UBCV的發言人武文愛(Võ Văn Ái)表示:「我相信一行禪師的參訪受到河內政府操弄,越南方面試圖隱藏他們對統一佛教會的壓迫,製造宗教自由的假象。」[51]梅村網站則表明禪師於2007年的重返越南之行有三個目標:其一,支持僧團內的新成員;其二,籌辦「超渡法會」[52]、撫慰越戰遺留至今的傷痛;其三,帶領僧俗禪修。超渡法會又名「水陸法會」,越南官方對此表示反對,聲稱法會「一視同仁」地超渡南越和美國軍人,不成體統。經過妥協後,一行禪師同意將「超渡」易名為「安魂祈福」[53]。[51]
「相即」(interbeing),源於華嚴宗法藏法師《華嚴經金獅子章註》的十玄門,禪師引以解釋一切現象相融互攝,又用各種方式開示深義,[91]例如「沒有淤泥便無蓮花」(no mud no lotus),解釋煩惱與覺悟、苦樂不二。又以「請呼喚我的真名」(Please call me by my true names)、「太陽即是我心」(the sun my heart),帶出萬物空而無我,互相連繫,事事無礙。「掌心含無限」,意味一即多,多即一。「雲不會死」(a cloud never dies),解釋無相解脫門,和不生不滅之中觀思想。「有還是無,並非正確的問題」(to be or not to be, that is not the question),總括《迦旃延經》之正見。[92] 左右手的故事,講述無分別智。用相對論、戴維·玻姆的顯序與隱序,解釋二諦、理事無礙。河流的故事,帶出「無願」解脫門。梅村的第三法印,是諦相即、時相即 (諦時相即)。[93]
Khong, Chan; Recorded Books, Inc. Part Three: The Charter of the Order of Interbeing. Interbeing the 14 mindfulness trainings of engaged Buddhism Fourth edition. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press. 2020. ISBN 978-1-946764-19-5. OCLC 1154019577. The Order of Interbeing does not consider any sutra or group of sutras as its basic scripture(s). It draws inspiration from the essence of the Buddhadharma in all sutras. It does not accept the systematic arrangements of the Buddhist teachings proposed by any school. The Order of Interbeing seeks to realize the spirit of the Dharma in early Buddhism, as well as in the development of that spirit through the history of the Sangha, and its life and teachings in all Buddhist traditions. 引文格式1維護:冗餘文本 (link)
Chan Khong. Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War. Buddhist Peace Delegation. Parallax Press. ISBN 9781888375671. Thay taught a course on "The History of Buddhism in Vietnam" at the Sorbonne Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, to earn enough for us to live.
Thich Nhat Hanh. At Home In the World. . Enjoy Your Sleeping Bag. ISBN 9781941529423. I found a place to teach, and I received one thousand French francs as salary every month.
Thich Nhat Hanh. Appendix Three a brief history. Breathe, You Are Alive: The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing. ISBN 9781888375848. Tang Hôi's parents were traders from Sogdia in central Asia who had settled in Vietnam, and Tang Hôi was born in Vietnam, became a monk in Vietnam, and studied Sanskrit and Chinese there. Before traveling to the kingdom of Wu in southern China in the year 255 to spread the Dharma, he had already taught the Dharma in Vietnam and had composed and translated many works into Chinese. He died in the kingdom of Wu in the year 280
Love and Liberation: An interview with Thich Nhat Hanh. Lion's Roar. [2023-12-20]. (原始內容存檔於2024-04-05). What I’ve been doing is presenting the teachings of original Buddhism in a Mahayana spirit. Mahayana Buddhism has a very open view, not restricted, and it is wonderful to study original Buddhism with that kind of spirit. When you use Mahayana eyes in order to inquire into original Buddhism, you can discover so many things, much deeper things. You realize that all the great teachings of Mahayana can be found in the original teaching. The great ideas of Mahayana are already there. The seeds are already there in original Buddhism.
Thich Nhat Hanh. Chương Bốn: Giáo Chế Dòng Tu Tiếp Hiện. Giới Tiếp Hiện, Thế Đứng Lý Tưởng Của Người Thanh Niên(PDF). Lá Bối. : 96 [2022-08-03]. (原始內容存檔(PDF)於2022-08-03). Điều 2: Tôn chỉ của Dòng Tiếp Hiện là hiện đại hóa đạo Bụt bằng cách nghiên cứu, thực nghiệm và áp dụng đạo Bụt một cách linh động, hữu hiệu vào đời sống mới của bản thân và xã hội với chí nguyện bồ tát lợi sinh
Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu. Làng Mai. [2022-08-03]. (原始內容存檔於2022-07-27). Định đề 12 Giới cũng là niệm. Giới luật và uy nghi là biểu hiện cụ thể của chánh niệm. 戒即是念,戒律和威儀是正念的具體表現. Định đề 13 Cần hay tinh tấn cũng là giới, và vì vậy cũng là niệm. Right diligence is also a precept and therefore is also mindfulness. 勤或精進同是戒,故亦是念
Nhất Hạnh, Thích. Breathe, you are alive! : the sutra on the full awareness of breathing. Breathe, You Are Alive: The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing 20th anniversary ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-935209-26-3. OCLC 647906962. 引文格式1維護:冗餘文本 (link)
Forty Tenets of Plum Village. Order Of Interbeing. [2022-08-03]. (原始內容存檔於2018-12-17). The basic practice of Source Buddhism is the Four Domains of Mindfulness which has the function to recognize and transform the habit energies and fully realize the Seven Factors of Enlightenment and the Noble Eightfold Path.
On the Passing of Buddhadasa. 三輪車雜誌. [2022-08-03]. (原始內容存檔於2022-07-06). He asked his monk attendant to read to him the Thai edition of Thich Nhat Hanh's Present Moment Wonderful Moment.
Làng Mai nhìn núi Thứu. Làng Mai. [2022-08-03]. (原始內容存檔於2022-07-27). Tenet 40: The teachings on impermanence, non-self, interdependence, emptiness, signlessness, aimlessness, mindfulness, concentration, insight, etc. constitute the heart of the Buddhist wisdom.
Forty Tenets of Plum Village – Order of Interbeing | Tiep Hien. [2022-07-26]. (原始內容存檔於2018-12-17) (美國英語). 22. The Buddha has many bodies: the body of a living being, the Dharmabody, the body outside of the body, the Sanghabody, the continuation body, the Dharma-realm body, and the true nature of the Dharma-realm body. Since human beings can become Buddha, they also have all these bodies.