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Satipatthana (Pali: Satipaṭṭhāna; Sanskrit: smṛtyupasthāna) is a central practice in the Buddha's teachings, meaning "the establishment of mindfulness" or "presence of mindfulness", or alternatively "foundations of mindfulness", aiding the development of a wholesome state of mind.
The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta [1] [note 1] (Majjhima Nikaya 10: The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta [2] (Dīgha Nikāya 22: The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), are two of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism, acting as the foundation for contemporary ...
Machig Labdrön (Tibetan: མ་གཅིག་ལབ་སྒྲོན་, Wylie: ma gcig lab sgron, sometimes referred to as Ahdrön Chödron, Tibetan: ཨ་སྒྲོན་ཆོས་སྒྲོན་, Wylie: A sgron Chos sgron), [1] or "Singular Mother Torch from Lab" (1055–1149), [2] was a female Tibetan Buddhist monk believed to be a reincarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal, and the ...
Satipatthana, as four foundations of mindfulness, c.q. anapanasati, "mindfulness of breathing," is being employed to attain Vipassanā , insight into the true nature of reality as impermanent and anatta, c.q. sunyata, lacking any permanent essence.
Bái Đính Temple in Ninh Bình Province – the second largest complex of Buddhist temples in Vietnam Dâu Temple in Bắc Ninh Province is the oldest Buddhist temple in Vietnam A Tam quan in Hương Temple Giác Lâm Temple - An ancient temple in Ho Chi Minh city A Tam quan of Hội An Temple, Bình Dương
Further along the path to the temple at the top of the hill, there is a bodhi tree that was brought to Vietnam on November 2, 1960, by the Venerable Narada, an eminent Theravada Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka known for his efforts in spreading the Dhamma. There are an additional six circularly wrapped dragon statues along the path.
At the end of Vietnam War, Vietnam was unified into a socialist state. At first the Government of Vietnam promoted atheism and did not establish any Buddhist organizations. On November 7, 1981 a new official national organization was formed in Hanoi, called Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam). [6]
Thiền Buddhism (Vietnamese: Thiền tông, 禪宗, IPA: [tʰîən təwŋm]) is the name for the Vietnamese school of Zen Buddhism.Thiền is the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (chán), an abbreviation of 禪那 (chánnà; thiền na), which is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word dhyāna ("meditation").