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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 ").
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
Tứ Thiên Vương Four heavenly kings 四大天王 Tứ Đại Thiên Vương Four great heavenly kings Tibetan: རྒྱལ༌ཆེན༌བཞི༌ rgyal chen bzhi Four great kings Mongolian: ᠢᠵᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠳᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ Язгуурун дөрвөн их хаан
Mạc Thiên Tứ (chữ Hán: 鄚天賜, pinyin: Mò Tiāncì, Khmer: ម៉ាក់ ធានទឺ, December 12, 1699 or December 16, 1705 or January 1, 1718 – June 18, 1780), also known as Mạc Thiên Tích (鄚 天 錫) or Mạc Tông (鄚 琮, Khmer: ម៉ាក់ តុង [1]), was a Vietnamese leader who ruled Hà Tiên from 1735 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1777.
During the same time the temple had become famous for the venerable abbot and Zen master Chuyết Chuyết ("thiền sư Thích Chuyết Chuyết") 1590 - 1644. [3] The complex has 10 buildings spreading for 100 meters from the three-entrance gate to the bell-tower and back house. [4]
Sắc Tứ Tam Bảo Temple is an historic Buddhist temple in Rạch Giá, a town in Kiên Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is one of two famous temples of the same name in Kiên Giang, the other being in Hà Tiên .
The construction materials include locally quarried stone and timber from Ninh Bình and tiles from Bát Tràng (reinforced concrete was also employed owing to the scale of construction). The temple adheres to traditional Vietnamese design aesthetics with its curve finials and corner eaves soaring outward and upward, resembling a phoenix 's tail.
The Four Immortals (Vietnamese: Tứ bất tử, chữ Hán: 四不死) refers to the four chief figures in the pantheon of genii worshiped by the Vietnamese people of the Red River Delta region in legend and mythology. [1]