Truc Lam Buddhism in Vietnam : its history, development, and legacy / Laura Thuy-Loan Nguyen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nguyen, Laura Thuy-Loan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tran, Nhan Tong, King of Vietnam, 1258-1308.

Tran, Nhan Tong.

Zen Buddhism--Doctrines.

Zen Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, [2021]

Summary:

In the thirteenth century, King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông founded the Trúc Lâm Thiền (Chan/Zen) sect. During the Golden Age in Vietnamese Buddhist history, the sect flourished under three patriarchs with renowned Thiền masters. Unfortunately, the Trúc Lâm sect faded over the following centuries, and Thiền Buddhism in Vietnam, for the most part, disappeared.In the late twentieth century, a growing new religious movement led by Thích Thanh Từ, a Pure Land monk, called for a restoration of Trúc Lâm Thiền Buddhism. Who is Thích Thanh Từ? How and why did he choose to revive this particular sect and its emancipation practices? Trúc Lâm currently boasts hundreds of monasteries and thousands of monks and nuns in Vietnam and beyond, but how have the forces of modernity influenced its original traditions?Through existing literature and extensive onsite fieldwork, this book analyzes the history and revival of a forgotten Buddhist sect and examines the movement's reform.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5275-6446-0

OCLC:

1236268352