REL 101 Class notes, Week 9, Lecture 1
- 1926-present Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Master
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Thich Nhat Hanh, the Order of Interbeing, and Being Peace
- Zen Buddhism: Origins; Chinese Chan, Korean Sôn, Vietnamese Thìên,
Japanese Zen - D. T. Suzuki
- Vietnamese Zen Buddhism: In 580, the Indian monk Vinitaruci
(Vietnamese: Tì-ni-đa-lưu-chi) is said to have transmitted Thìên to
Vietnam
- Zen and Pure Land in Vietnamese Buddhism
- Engaged Buddhism: Social and environmental activism - new form of
Buddhist engagement with society and nature
- Social structure, democracy, protest, and engagement:
- Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Origins: Critical Religious Movement,
Missionary Religion; Comparisons w/Early Christianity
Selected passages
- Philosophy of Smiling, p. 9.
- Knowledge as obstacle and enlightenment, pp. 42-43.
- Poem: "Please Call Me by My True Names", pp. 63-64.
- Self-immolation and political stance, p. 69.
- Idolatry and Emptiness, p. 89.
- Engaged Buddhism, p. 112.