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Nguyen, Laura Thuy-Loan.

Trúc Lâm Buddhism in Vietnam : Its History, Development, and Legacy / by Laura Thuy-Loan Nguyen. - 1 online resource

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 e.

ISBN: 9781527564466 1527564460

Source: 9781527564466 Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1C1094 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020100545 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Trúc Lâm (Sect)--History.--Vietnam
Religion: general.
Buddhism.
Zen Buddhism.
Trúc Lâm (Sect)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Vietnam

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: BQ9800.T782 / N58 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 294.39