Vietnamese Buddhism

E454014
Buddhist tradition religious tradition in Vietnam

Vietnamese Buddhism is a tradition of Buddhism in Vietnam known for blending Mahayana and local practices and for inspiring socially active movements such as Engaged Buddhism.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism 4
Buddhism in Vietnam 1
Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhism 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition ⓘ
religious tradition in Vietnam ⓘ
associatedOrganization Plum Village Tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRitual Tết (Lunar New Year) temple ceremonies ⓘ
Vu Lan (Ullambana) festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancestor altar offerings ⓘ
centralConcept Bodhisattva ideal ⓘ
centralDeity Amitabha Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
chanting Amitabha Buddha ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
merit-making rituals ⓘ
recitation of sutras ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
follows Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommunity lay practitioners ⓘ
hasConcept interbeing (as articulated by Thích Nhất Hạnh) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonasticCommunity monks ⓘ
nuns ⓘ
hasMovement Engaged Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Lý dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nguyễn dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trần dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vajrayana influences ⓘ
influencedBy Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
Pure Land Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taoism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnamese folk religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Vietnamese ⓘ
majorSchool Khmer Theravada Buddhism in southern Vietnam ⓘ
Thiền (Vietnamese Zen) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trúc Lâm Zen school NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tịnh Độ (Pure Land school) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader King Trần Nhân Tông NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thích Nhất Hạnh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thích Quảng Đức NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thích Trí Quang NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInSociety major religion in contemporary Vietnam ⓘ
state religion during Lý dynasty ⓘ
state religion during Trần dynasty ⓘ
scriptureLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
Pali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
socialEngagement anti-war activism during Vietnam War ⓘ
education and social services ⓘ
humanitarian work ⓘ
veneratedFigure Avalokiteshvara as Quan Âm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kṣitigarbha as Địa Tạng Vương NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maitreya Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Śākyamuni Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Engaged Buddhism → associatedWith → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese Buddhism → transmittedTo → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Quan Am → tradition → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Tao Sach Pagoda → hasCulturalSignificance → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Suoi Tien → hasCulturalAssociation → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Indian Buddhism → influenced → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Huike → veneratedIn → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism
Hongren → veneratedIn → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism
Huineng → philosophicalInfluence → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnamese Thiền
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch → influenced → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism
Chinese Buddhist Canon → influenced → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Linji lineage → influenced → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism
Heart Sutra → practicedIn → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Diamond Sutra → importantIn → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Lotus Sūtra → influencedTradition → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → influencedTradition → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhism
Vietnamese traditional calendar → associatedWithReligion → Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhism in Vietnam