| Summary: | 碩士 === 華梵大學 === 東方人文思想研究所 === 104 === ABSTRACT
The second half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century was a recession period of Vietnam Buddhism. From the first half of the 20th century, the movement to revive Buddhism began to start and increased to develop strongly, especially at the late 20th century, the successful revival of Truc Lam Zen Sect in Tran dynasty is a miracle. Therefore, when mentioning Contemporary Vietnam Buddhism, we can not fail to mention the Truc Lam Zen Sect. The Truc Lam Zen Sect at late 20th century with its great contribution and influence on society and Buddhism in terms of culture, religion, education and Buddhist architecture.
The writing is composed of six chapters:Chapter 1 "Introduction": To outline the purpose, motive, materials, methods as well as the advantages and disadvantages in the thesis research. Chapter 2 "Four major Zen sects in Vietnam (from the 6th century to the 15th century): To brief on four Zen sects Vinītaruci, Wu Yantong, Cao Tang and Truc Lam,as a foundation to easily grasp the origin and developments of the Truc Lam Zen at late 20th century. Chapter 3 "The late 20th century renaissance of the Truc Lam Zen": This is the thesis’sprincipal chapter to present the context, Zen Master founder as well as ideology, tenet and guidelines of the Truc Lam Zen at late 20th century. Chapter 4 "The dedication of the late 20th century’s Truc Lam Zen to the contemporary Vietnamese Buddhism": To elaborate on the training of Buddhist talents, the revival of Buddhist monuments and the founding of new Zen monastery system. Chapter 5 "Recommendations (those comments for the Zen sect on academic perspective)": To present some recommendations after the research. Hopefully the academic ideas will help. the Zen sect in terms of education, Dharma propagation and systematic organization. Chapter 6 "Conclusion": To summarize the outcomes and achievements in research onthe Truc Lam Vietnamese Zen sect at late 20th century.
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