Born in Chau Th anh, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, Minh Niem entered the monastic order in 1992 at the Hue Nghiem Buddhist Institute in Saigon. Afterward, he began practicing Vipas...mehr sehenBorn in Chau Th anh, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, Minh Niem entered the monastic order in 1992 at the Hue Nghiem Buddhist Institute in Saigon. Afterward, he began practicing Vipassana Meditation in 1999 and then traveled to France in 2001 to study with Zen Master Th ich Nhat Hanh. In 2005 during his stay in the United States, Minh Niem also studied with Meditation Master Sayadaw Tejaniya.
In 2007, he founded “Understanding Meditation” – a meditation practice which combines both Mahayana Buddhism and Vipassana Meditation. From 2008 to the present, Minh Niem has been conducting meditation classes and providing counseling for the young in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.weniger sehen