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Monastic students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh visited Occupy Boston Friday afternoon to lead a walking meditation group to Copley Square, where the group met with the rest of the monastics for a meditation and sit-in. The students came to Boston as part of their Wake-Up Tour, teaching mindfulness and meditation at schools, community centers and prisons.

The group includes monks and nuns from all over the world, from upstate NY and as far Hong Kong. The students may rotate between these locations every four years.

The Unified Buddhist Church (Eglise Bouddhique Unifieé) was founded during the Vietnam War by Thich Nhat Hanh. His lifelong efforts to generate peace and reconciliation moved Martin Luther King Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He currently resides in Plum Village, France, a Buddhist monastery for monks and nuns and a mindfulness practice center for lay people.

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