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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 ").
Thiền (Vietnamese: Thiền Tông) is the Vietnamese form of of Chan Buddhism (commonly referred to as Zen in the West).
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").
Thiền is the Vietnamese form of Chinese Chan Buddhism (aka Zen Buddhism); in the West, Thiền is often referred to as "Vietnamese Zen." The traditional account is that in 580, an Indian monk named Vinitaruci ( Vietnamese : Tì-ni-đa-lưu-chi ) traveled to Vietnam after completing his studies with Sengcan, the third patriarch of Chan Buddhism.
Trúc Lâm Yên Tử (竹林安子), or simply Trúc Lâm ("Bamboo Grove"), is a Vietnamese Thiền (i.e. Zen) sect. This is the only native Buddhist school that still exists in Vietnam [citation needed]. The school was founded by Emperor Trần Nhân Tông (1258–1308) showing influence from Confucian and Taoist philosophy. Trúc Lâm's ...
Thiền Buddhism (禪宗 Thiền Tông) is the Vietnamese name for the school of Chan Buddhism, which in turn is most familiarly known to those in the West by its Japanese name, Zen Buddhism. Thien is ultimately derived from Chan Zong 禪宗 (simplified, 禅宗), itself a derivative of the Sanskrit “Dhyāna” or ध्यान.
