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Thích Thiên-Ân (釋天恩) (September 22, 1925—November 23, 1980) was an American teacher and Buddhist monk of Vietnamese Thiền ( Zen) Buddhism and was active in the United States from 1966 to 1980. [1] He was ordained at Chua Chau Lam in Hue, Vietnam. Thích Thiên-Ân came to the United States from Vietnam in the summer of 1966 as an ...
Zen Buddhism. Huángbò Xīyùn ( simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运; traditional Chinese: 黄檗希運; Wade–Giles: Huang-po Hsi-yün; lit. 'Xiyun of Mt. Huangbo ', Japanese: Ōbaku Kiun) (died 850 [a]) was an influential master of Zen Buddhism during the Tang dynasty . Huángbò was a disciple of Baizhang Huaihai (720–814), and the teacher ...
Hakuin was born in 1686 in the small village of Hara, [web 2] at the foot of Mount Fuji. His mother was a devout Nichiren Buddhist, and it is likely that her piety was a major influence on his decision to become a Buddhist monk. As a child, Hakuin attended a lecture by a Nichiren monk on the topic of the Eight Hot Hells.
Zazen is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. [1] [2] The generalized Japanese term for meditation is 瞑想 ( meisō ); [3] however, zazen has been used informally to include all forms of seated Buddhist meditation. The term zuòchán can be found in early Chinese Buddhist sources, such ...
21°01′06″N 105°50′44″E / . 21.018429°N 105.845543°E. / 21.018429; 105.845543. Basin countries. Vietnam. Thiền Quang Lake ( Vietnamese: Hồ Thiền Quang) is a lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was previously known as the Lac Halais during the French colonial period (1888–1945) due to its location next to the rue Halais, now ...
Zen (Japanese; from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (Chánzong 禪宗, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (foxin zong), and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.
