Pháp Loa

Pháp Loa (法螺, 1284-1330) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk of the Trúc Lâm Yên Tử sect, and second patriarch of that sect. He was a disciple of Buddhist king Trần Nhân Tông (1258–1308).^[1]

A recently discovered inscription at Thanh Mai temple gives biographical details similar to the Tam tổ thực lục.^[2]

References

^ Tài Thư Nguyễn The History of Buddhism in Vietnam - 2008 p140
^ Keith Weller Taylor, John K. Whitmore -Essays into Vietnamese pasts - 1995 Page 56 "Remarkably, most of these inscriptions belong to the years of Dai Tri (1358-1369) during the reign of King Tran Du Tong. The most important of these findings is the inscription of the stele of Vien Thong stupa at Thanh Mai temple, dated from .... The inscription contains a biography of monk Pháp Loa (1284-1330), the second patriarch of the Trúc Lâm sect of Buddhism under the Trần dynasty. The text here is similar to the one dealing with Phap Loa in the Tam tổ thực lục. "

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[1] Tài Thư Nguyễn The History of Buddhism in Vietnam - 2008 p140

[2] Keith Weller Taylor, John K. Whitmore -Essays into Vietnamese pasts - 1995 Page 56 "Remarkably, most of these inscriptions belong to the years of Dai Tri (1358-1369) during the reign of King Tran Du Tong. The most important of these findings is the inscription of the stele of Vien Thong stupa at Thanh Mai temple, dated from .... The inscription contains a biography of monk Pháp Loa (1284-1330), the second patriarch of the Trúc Lâm sect of Buddhism under the Trần dynasty. The text here is similar to the one dealing with Phap Loa in the Tam tổ thực lục. "

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