TY - BOOK AU - Nguyen,Laura Thuy-Loan TI - Trúc Lâm Buddhism in Vietnam: Its History, Development, and Legacy SN - 9781527564466 AV - BQ9800.T782 N58 2021 U1 - 294.39 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Trúc Lâm (Sect) KW - Vietnam KW - History KW - Religion: general KW - bicssc KW - Buddhism KW - Zen Buddhism KW - fast N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2739650 ER -