BODY :

He was born in the family Doan, named Doan Van Hoanh, born November 2, 1921 (Tan Dau) in Ninh Binh province, is the youngest son in the family has four brothers.

Due to the good from many generations ago, at the age of 11, he left home, worshiping the nun Thich Thanh Kinh Linh Linh Quang Quang Phuong (Ninh Binh province) as a teacher. Although he was still young, he always diligently studied and soon he was ordained for the ordained ordained in the place of Dong Dac Group (Kim Son, Ninh Binh province). At the age of 20, he was ordained as a monk in Bat Long pagoda (Ninh Binh province), accepting the Bodhisattva of the Patriarch Thich Duc Nhuan, the first Dharma Master of the Buddhist Church of Vietnam later.After receiving the precepts, with the advancement, he traveled to study at the famous place at the time such as Dong Dac Pagoda, Phuc Chinh Pagoda, Phu Lang Pagoda, Quan Su Pagoda.

II. PRACTICE :

After studying Buddhism, he returned to practice at Dong Dac Group and Phuong Ban with positions such as tri tri, tri na. In addition to the duties assigned to the place, he also gave lectures, ceremonies throughout the northern provinces of then such as Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Quang Ninh, etc.According to the instructions of the Master, he accepted the abbot of Phuc Dien Pagoda (Kim Son, Ninh Binh) and especially opened the Quang Nghiem Pagoda in Ha Tu Ward, Ha Long City.

As a young monk, he always engaged in all the Buddhist in and outside the province, was revered Buddhist, loving fellow, so in 1951, he was nominated to participate in the delegation of Buddhism in North Vietnam. The Congress established the General Buddhist Association of Vietnam at Tu Dam-Hue Temple. This is the first unified church of Buddhism in Vietnam after many years the same spirit and destiny of the country. When the Congregation was established, he assumed the post of Custodian of the Buddhist Council of Vietnam.

In addition to the duties entrusted to him by the Church, he was actively involved in the activities of the Buddhist revival movement at that time. In 1952, he was nominated to attend the congress of founding the Vietnamese Sangha Nam at Quan Su Pagoda - Hanoi. After seven working days, on September 14, 1952, the Vietnamese Sangha of the Sangha was established, taking charge of the custodial service. In this meeting, the Tue Group is honored to be the supreme head, the leader is Tri Hai.

The Buddhist Congregation was established, the Sangha Church was formed. It brought all the mighty pride of the young people up for devotion to the Dharma, to the homeland, the desire to revive Buddhism, the national emblem But, in the time of change, the Ben Hai people divided the land of Mother, a country where two institutions, in 1954 he pays homage to the Patriarch, left his fatherland, and more than 100 monks and nuns Male practice.

As soon as he arrived in the South, he built the Giac Minh Pagoda as a residence, the practice of the Northern Monks migrated to the south and he was the first Buddhist monk. At this Giac Minh pagoda, he and the northern monks and nuns set up the North Vietnamese Sangha Church in the South and he assumed the office of the first president of the Church. In the same year, he and Venerable Thich Tinh Luong went to Buon Me Thuot to build Pho Minh Pagoda for migrant Buddhists to have their place of worship and practice.

Later, due to the increasing demand for Buddhist studies, he built the Tu Quang Pagoda and established the Prayer Hall, which instructed the Buddhists to practice and practice compassion for the suffering of their compassion. Avalokitesvara.

In 1956, he was the Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

At the beginning of 1963, he was nominated by the Buddhist sects as the chairman of the anti-Sakya Buddhist Film Committee, a film distorted by Buddhism, was opposed by Southeast Asian countries.

In May 1963, when the Ngo Dinh Diem government suppressed Buddhism, sects and Buddhist congregations agreed to hold the post of Chairman of the Joint Commission for the Protection of Buddhism to lead the Buddhist Sangha. Death against the Buddhist persecution of the Ngo Dinh Diem government. He actively led the struggle for religious equality so he and some of the leaders of the Movement were imprisoned for a long time.

When the struggle for religious equality succeeded, Ngo Dinh Diem's ​​government collapsed, Buddhist denominations and associations co-elected him as the head of the congress to set up the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. Best.

In 1964, with the participation of 11 sects, associations, the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam was established, he was elected director of the Church's first Institute of Christianity. As the director, he requested 40,000 m2 of land on Tran Quoc Toan Street (now 3 February) to build the temple for the whole country, named Vietnam Quoc Tu.

In 1966, he was one of the founding members of the Sri Lanka Sangha Buddhist Sangha and was elected Vice President.

In 1967, due to many internal disagreements and conflicts, the Church split into two, and he resigned as head of the Institute of Christianity.

In 1969, he held the Second Congress of the World Sangha Buddhist Sangha in Saigon. On the same occasion, he founded the World Association of Buddhist Social Workers and held the chairmanship. In order to realize the compassionate mercy of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and also to follow the motto of the Society of Buddhist Social Welfare Society, from the Central to the South, he established hundreds of literary pagodas FROM THE top of Tu Phuoc Pagoda in Da Nang; Tu Hung in Buon Me Thuot; From An in Nha Trang; Tu Quang, Tu Thang in Vung Tau; Tu Khanh, Tu Tan, Tu Tho, Tu Long (now Thien Minh Pagoda) ... in Saigon, etc. He founded Quan Am Monastery in Phu Nhuan district, Saigon.

In 1970, he held the chairmanship of the World Federation of Buddhist Societies held in Korea.

In 1973, the Most Venerable Thich Tam Giac Thanh, he was nominated by the Church as the director of the Institute of Buddhism. The following year, 1974, he founded the Southern University Institute, located in Vietnam Quoc Tu.

In 1975, the time changed, he went abroad to practice. First, he stopped in France. Here, he created the Tu Quang Pagoda in Nice, the spiritual leader of the French-Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Hong Kong's Fréjus Monastery and founded the Society of Buddhist Social Workers.

In 1976, he was the spiritual leader and president of the French-Vietnamese Buddhist Association, actively constructs the Hong Hien pagoda. Also from this year onwards he traveled frequently to Canada and the United States, guided the Vietnamese Buddhists away from their homeland, encouraged Buddhists to build Buddhist temples and study Buddhism.

In 1977, he and some Buddhists built the Lotus Temple, the Temple of the Sun, as a Buddhist guide to the Buddhist Temple (S. Houston, Texas).

In 1978, he directed the spirit of Lotus Temple (Brossard) and Amitabha Temple (Toronto).

In 1979, he presided over the congress of establishing the Overseas Vietnamese Patriarchal Church at the Giac Hoang Pagoda (Washington DC), as the ecclesiastical leader of the Church, the spiritual leader of the Ecumenical Church of the Giac Hoang Pagoda (Washington DC) and Buddhist Temple (Houston). From this year onwards, he regularly lectured, passed on the rules, taught and encouraged Buddhists to build Buddhist temples, such as Giac Quang Pagoda (Oklahoma), etc.

In 1981, he served as President of the Synod of Bishops (Washington DC) and the Lotus Temple (Brossard). In the same year, he began to practice in Australia.

In 1982, he founded the Tu Quang Temple in Montreal, Canada.

In 1984, he established the Vietnamese Buddhist Church in the world, took over the throne, and established members of the Church in such countries as: Tu Quang Temple, Lotus Temple, Tu An Pagoda , Di Da Temple, Chan Quang Pagoda ... in Canada; Buddhist temple, Buddhist temple in Australia;Giac Hoang Pagoda, Phat Quang Pagoda, Phap Quang Pagoda, Nam Quang Pagoda, Quan Am Pagoda, Phap Hoa Pagoda ... in the United States; Hong Hien pagoda, Tu Quang pagoda, Quan Am Pagoda ... in France.

In 1989, he was the first member of the Council of the Elders of the World Sangha.

In 2008, despite being over 80 years old, but thinking of the immeasurable virtue of the Three Jewels, he actively open Painted Vien Quang monastery in South Carolina, USA.

III. WORK :

Over 80 years of cultivation and practice, He is always zealous in every Buddhist: Building Buddhist, old tombs, ecclesiastical leaders, teaching sermons, But there is one thing He always thinks is more important than all.It is an authorship and translator. Regardless of how much Buddhahood, when he arrived at the temple, he did not leave the sentence, hard-book writing, translated business. He began his career as a modern bhikkhu until his release. His writings and translations are as follows:

A) Translation:

- The Great Enlightenment (5/1956)

- Lower Maitreya (12/1956)

- Upper Maitreya (12/1956)

- The Sin of Counseling (2/1957)

- The Shuddharma (3/1957)

- The Monastery (5/1957)

- Amitabha (7/1957)

- Sutra of the Han Dynasty (4/1957)

- Business Effectiveness Chau Duc (4/1957)

- Sutra Sutra Sutra Sutra (4/1957)

- Kinh Tri Trai (6/1957)

- Kinh Hieu Tu, Kinh Vu Vu Bon, Kinh Thuong Lower, Kinh Tan

Tue, Thu Thuong (7/1957)

- The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (9/1957)

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- The Three Jewels, the Bodh Gaya, the Great Sutra

Thua Gia Da Da Dinh (12/1957)

- The Nirvana Sutra, the Buddha's First Discourse (May 1958)

- Geography (12/1959)

- Lam Bao Bao Huan (11/1972)

- Causes of solitary mind (1/1996)

- Bodhi Talking General Discussion (6/1996)

- Bodhisattva Study of Bodhi (10/1996)

- Three Life Cause (2/1997)

- The Great Teacher of the Discipline (1/1999)

- The Five Facts (8/2012)

B) Composition:

- Harmony Mirror, poetry (May 1952)

- Road to the Buddha (12/1952)

- Buddhism with Man (8/1953)

- Buddhist Studies (7/1955)

- First Step Learning Buddha (12/1958)

- Spiritualism, poetry (8/1967)

- Tinh Minh Thi Cao I, Han poetry (5/1969)

- Tinh Minh Thi Cao II, Han poetry (11/1969)

- Red Heart, poems (12/2011)

- Time Expectation Volume I (November 2002)

- Mong Duong Province, poetry (June 2004)

- Flavor of the Buddha (November 2007)

- Time Expectation Volume II (2014)

- Vang Vong Sources, poetry (2014)

IV. MEMBER:

July 2015, although the body was not healthy but he still held the course under the program was planned at Vien Quang monastery, United States. At the end of the training course, he found that his health was weak, and he returned to Tu Quang Temple, Canada. Upon reaching the place, knowing the conditions of the restoration, he called all the disciples back to the family and kindly instructed, instructed. After that, the disciples alternate to recite Buddha's meditating on his side. When the clock rang at 10:15 am on August 20, 2015, July 7th, at the mouth of the Mui Ong, he dissipated himself at the station of the Tu Quang family in the chanting of the four disciples, at the age of 95. , Increased by 74 years.

His life is a zealous, ardent example in every Buddha, always forgetting for everyone. He regularly organizes the troupes at Tu Quang Temple as well as at places to transmit the world, the Bodhisattva, the Five Precepts for many Sangha and the Buddhists. He always welcome the request, prove the great feasts, attend the groundbreaking ceremony or inaugurated monasteries, monasteries everywhere, whether far or near, whether large or small. In addition to printing books, he also sponsors many young monks and nuns to study abroad. He is the witness of history, moreover, the agent that makes up the history of modern Vietnamese Buddhism - the changing and ups and downs of history. The history of Buddhism in Vietnam in particular and the history of Buddhism in the world in general respectfully record his actions in the cause of serving the homeland and the Dharma.

Water in the outside, separated from the team, national defense, virtue still save ten thousand years

No North South, altruistic selflessness, maintaining the Dharma, work to leave thousands of revenue.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIETNAM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIETNAM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIETNAM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIETNAM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIETNAM THE CHURCH OF THE PRINCESS OF THE PEACE, FROM OPTICAL SURVIVAL SURVIVAL SURVEY, MA HA SA SURVEY HUMAN DISABILITY, LEGAL THERAPY, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, AUTHENTIC CIVIL STATEMENT.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY25/6/2017.