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Thiền Buddhism (Vietnamese: Thiền tông, 禪宗, IPA: [tʰîən təwŋm]) is the name for the Vietnamese school of Zen Buddhism. Thiền is the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 ( chán ), an abbreviation of 禪那 ( chánnà ; thiền na), which is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word dhyāna (" meditation ").
Based on the novel of the same name by Wei Ren Yu, “Rattan” is a 2021 fantasy romance mystery drama directed by Li Mu Ge. Zhang Bin Bin’s life is turned upside down after accidentally awakening Jing Tian, a half demon who insists he help her recover her lost memories.
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Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ ˈ t ɪ k ˈ n ɑː t ˈ h ɑː n / TIK NAHT HAHN; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ ɲə̌t hâjŋ̟ˀ] ⓘ, Huế dialect: [tʰɨt̚˦˧˥ ɲək̚˦˧˥ hɛɲ˨˩ʔ]; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, [2] who ...
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Three regions of pre-modern Vietnam
In the early period of the Common Era, the area of modern-day Vietnam was divided among three different states: 1. The northern region of Nam Vietwas largely a vassal state the Chinese Empire from roughly 111 BCE until 1000 CE, and absorbed many aspects of Chinese culture, including the Chinese forms of Mahayana Buddhism. 2. The central region, was part of the Champa kingdom from the late 2nd century until the 15th century. 3. The southern Mekong Delta region was part of various Cambodian kin...
French colonial period
The French colonial period lasted from approximately 1858-1945. This period saw an increase in the influence of Catholic converts, who were often seen as collaborators with the French. A Buddhist revival movement (Chấn hưng Phật giáo) emerged in the 1920s in an effort to reform and strengthen institutional Buddhism, which had lost grounds to the spread of Christianity and the growth of other faiths under French rule. The movement continued into the 1950s.
Republican period of Vietnam
In September 1945, Hồ Chí Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This was followed by war with the French and the formal division of the country in 1954 into North and South Vietnam. In South Vietnam, President Ngô Đình Diệm, a member of the Vietnamese Catholic minority, was accused of pursuing anti-Buddhist policies, leading to civil strife. With the fall of Saigonin 1975, the whole nation came under Communist rule; many religious practices including Buddhism were discouraged. O...
According to Cuong Tu Nguyen & A. W. Barber, followers in Vietnam practice differing traditions without any problem or sense of contradiction. Nguyen, et al, also state that gaining merit is the most common and essential practice in Vietnamese Buddhism with a belief that liberation takes place with the help of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Buddhist mon...
Mahāyāna traditions
The overall doctrinal position of Vietnamese Buddhism is the inclusive system of Tiantai, with the higher metaphysics informed by the Huayan school (Vietnamese: Hoa Nghiêm); however, the orientation of Vietnamese Buddhism is syncretic without making such distinctions. Therefore, modern practice of Vietnamese Buddhism can be very eclectic, including elements from Thiền (Chan Buddhism), Thiên Thai (Tiantai), Tịnh độ Pure Land Buddhism, and popular practices from Vajrayana. According to Charles...
Theravada
The central and southern part of present-day Vietnam were originally inhabited by the Chams and the Khmer people, respectively, who followed both a syncretic Śaiva-Mahayana (see History of Buddhism in Cambodia) and Theravada Buddhism. Đại Việt annexed the land occupied by the Cham during conquests in the 15th century and by the 18th century had also annexed the southern portion of the Khmer Empire, resulting in the current borders of Vietnam. From that time onward, the dominant Đại Việt (Viet...
Hải Đức Buddha, the 30 ft tall statue built in 1964 at Long Sơn Pagoda in Nha TrangStatue of Avalokiteśvara, lacquered and gilded wood at the Bút Tháp Temple, dating from the Restored Lê era with inscription "autumn of the year Bính Thân" (1656).The main altar of a Vietnamese Buddhist temple near Seattle.Thế Miếu temple, Hue, VietnamNguyen, Cuong Tu & A. W. Barber. "Vietnamese Buddhism in North America: Tradition and Acculturation". in Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka (eds) The Faces of Buddhism in America. Berkeley: U...Nguyen, Cuong Tu. Zen in Medieval Vietnam: A Study of the Thiền Uyển Tập Anh. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.Linh Hoang (2012), Rebuilding Religious Experience: Vietnamese Refugees in America, AV AkademikerverlagNguyễn Tài Thư (2008), History of Buddhism in Vietnam, Cultural heritage and contemporary change: South East Asia, CRVP, ISBN 1565180984DeVido, Elise A. (2009). The Influence of Chinese Master Taixu on Buddhism in Vietnam, Journal of Global Buddhism 10, 413-458Buswell, Robert E., ed. (2004). "Vietnam", in Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 879-883. ISBN 0-02-865718-7.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)Thiền (Vietnamese: Thiền Tông) is the Vietnamese form of of Chan Buddhism (commonly referred to as Zen in the West).
Trúc Lâm Monastery of Da Lat (Vietnamese: Thiền Viện Trúc Lâm Đà Lạt) is a Trúc Lâm Thiền Buddhist temple outside the resort town of Đà Lạt, in Vietnam. [1]
Thiền Buddhism (Vietnamese: Thiền tông, 禪宗, IPA: [tʰîən təwŋm]) is the Vietnamese version of Zen Buddhism. Thiền is the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (chán), an abbreviation of 禪那 (chánnà), which is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word dhyāna ("meditation").
