{"id":7878,"date":"2022-01-09T13:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T06:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=7878"},"modified":"2023-01-09T10:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T03:06:18","slug":"biography-and-meritorious-behavior-of-the-late-most-venerable-elder-master-thich-tinh-duc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/biography-and-meritorious-behavior-of-the-late-most-venerable-elder-master-thich-tinh-duc\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography and Meritorious Behavior of the Late Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c"},"content":{"rendered":"

HT. Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0Translated by<\/span><\/span> Ven. Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Biography and Meritorious Behavior of the Late Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Written based on living documents of the Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch Gi\u1edbi \u0110\u1ee9c – Huy\u1ec1n Kh\u00f4ng S\u01a1n Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng Hu\u1ebf Monastery in Vietnam<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c, alias T\u00f4n Th\u1ea5t To\u1ea3n, was born on August 1, 1944, at the age of the Monkey Year in H\u01b0\u01a1ng Tr\u00e0 Town, Th\u1eeba Thi\u00ean Hu\u1ebf Province. His royal family belongs to the Eighth line, the Second Chamber, the lineage of Lord Nguy\u1ec5n Ph\u00fac Th\u1ee5 (T\u00fac T\u00f4ng Hi\u1ebfu Dinh Emperor).<\/span><\/p>\n

His father is Mr. T\u00f4n Th\u1ea5t Nh\u01b0\u1ee3ng, born in 1897, died in 1982, aged 85. Her mother is Mrs. Nguy\u1ec5n Th\u1ecb B\u00e0ng, born in 1903, died in 1963, aged 61. His family has 5 sisters and brothers. He is the youngest. In the past, his family lived in H\u01b0\u01a1ng Tr\u00e0 Town, Th\u1eeba Thi\u00ean Hu\u1ebf Province. After that, he moved to Th\u1ea1c Gi\u00e1n Ward, \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng City.<\/span><\/p>\n

His family has had many generations of Buddhist faith, gentleness, and taken refuge in the Three Jewels. The young To\u1ea3n, who grew up to be talented and intelligent, studied at Phan Chu Trinh High School, \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng City. In 1963, he finished studying high school, taking the second baccalaureate, was 19 years old, and passed the entrance exam to Hu\u1ebf University of Medicine and Pharmacy. After studying for one year, seeing that it was not suitable for his life, the young To\u1ea3n dropped out of school and stopped studying. When young and inherently different from worldly life, he disregarded clothes and appearance, did not care about the external form, but he focused more on the spiritual core.<\/span><\/p>\n

So one beautiful day, the young To\u1ea3n went to Tam B\u1ea3o Temple, \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng City. The good opportunity for him met the Abbot of Ph\u00e1p Nh\u1eabn, who looked at the appearance and character of this young man, personally shaved his head with his own hands, and advised the young To\u1ea3n to let go of dirt and dust, and follow the path of liberation from the secular life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On July 15, 1965, the young man T\u00f4n Th\u1ea5t To\u1ea3n was officially ordained as a novice monk with the Most Venerable Elder Master Gi\u1edbi Nghi\u00eam as his precepts transmission Teacher at K\u1ef3 Vi\u00ean Temple, Saigon City. The Master gave him the Dharma name T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c-Visuddhiguna. Because of the deep cultivation career, the Suttas and moral disciplines the novice read through are memorized, so it is easy for him to follow the Dharma training and probationary duties of the novice.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1967, having just turned 23 years old, the novice T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c returned to Ph\u1eadt B\u1ea3o Temple at Ph\u00fa Th\u1ecd H\u00f2a Gia \u0110\u1ecbnh village, followed in the footsteps of his Master to return to the Root Temple, together with fellow practitioners, fellow travelers, practiced the Dharma, took the course daily, elaborated, and gradually familiarized with lifestyle of the Temple.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years later, in 1969, the Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch Gi\u1edbi Nghi\u00eam sent the novice T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c to study abroad in Thailand at the Paknam<\/em> Temple, Bangkok, where the Elders came there to search for the Dharma, and where the lamplight for the many Vietnamese Monastic generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

So at 16:30 on July 5, 1970, the novice T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c was officially ordained as a Bhikkhu<\/em>. His precepts transmission Teacher is the Most Venerable Punnavaro<\/em> Maha Thero, Dharma Teacher and Precept Teacher are Vijjo Maha Thero and Pannavirato<\/em> Maha Thero at Paknam Bhasicharoin<\/em>, Bangkok, Thailand. The Bhikkhu<\/em> T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c from here all hardships was not difficult, learning more widely and deeply about the Vinaya and Sutras. He studied more Pali, Abhidhamma<\/em>, and improved the Thai language during 5 years of hard work without delay.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, the group of brothers studying abroad in Thailand mentioned that Venerable Ch\u01a1n Tr\u00ed, who was ordained with his same Teacher as the Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch Gi\u1edbi Nghi\u00eam. Both of these Monks had the same wish to seek Theravada Pali Southern Sanskrit without the hardships of words, the meaning of scriptures burned their green hair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three years later, on May 16, 1975, Venerable T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c, first setting foot in France, established K\u1ef3 Vi\u00ean Temple. At first, it was just a simple little house for shelter, chanting, and worship. He was considered as the pioneer who brought the seeds of Vietnamese Theravada Buddhism to Paris in particular and Europe in general.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, Venerable Ch\u01a1n Tr\u00ed and Venerable \u0110\u1ee9c Minh went to Paris, France, to support Venerable T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c in the hope of spreading Vietnamese Theravada Buddhism to this magnificent land. Due to insufficient predestined conditions, people there did not have enough right confidence in the Three Jewels, different language, and different cultures, so after 2 years of trying, in November 1977, both of them settled down to Pomona, California, the United States of America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to the enthusiastic help of lay male devotee Tr\u1ea7n Minh L\u1ee3i, Master T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c bought back a small house to build Ph\u00e1p V\u00e2n Communal House in 1978. So he was not only a founder of Ph\u00e1p V\u00e2n Communal House, California, USA, but also the founder of Vietnamese Theravada Buddhism in North America.<\/span><\/p>\n

After 10 years of construction and development, the Dharma brothers who suffered and enjoyed each other have turned the Ph\u00e1p V\u00e2n Communal House into a flourishing Dharma Center. Good men and women, Buddhist families are crowded and happy, so they are in shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At this point, Venerable T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c was thinking about leaving. He handed over Ph\u00e1p V\u00e2n Temple to his Dharma younger brother Ch\u01a1n Tr\u00ed to continue to look after and develop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Venerable T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c, who moved to Houston, Texas, entered the forest to build a hut named it Ph\u00f9 V\u00e2n Am. He stayed there for 10 years as a recluse, meditating alone like a deep-forest hermit.<\/span><\/p>\n

During this time, due to his intensive cultivation having touched his mind to the Most Venerable Master Ph\u00e1p Nh\u1eabn, who heard about this, invited Venerable T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c to stay at Li\u00ean Hoa Monastery, so Venerable T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c stayed there temporally.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1997, \u0110\u1ea1o Quang Temple was built in Garland, Texas on a 10-acre piece of land with landscaped forests, a very large lake, and a very large scale. After a period of development and construction with the East floor, West floor, Main Hall, and Zen Hall, he also bought a plot of land next to 5 acres. So from that time on, \u0110\u1ea1o Quang Temple is located on a land of 15 acres. Every year the festival is crowded and joyful, Buddhists from different places, regardless of Southern and Northern Buddhism, gather there to cultivate good Dharma together.<\/span><\/p>\n

On November 16, 2021, due to his illness, the Most Venerable Master Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c had to be hospitalized for surgery, the operation was successful, but since then, after being discharged from the hospital, he returned to the Temple to recuperate, he refused to eat but he only drinks water. His physical body gradually weakened from there. Monks, nuns, and Buddhists everywhere came to pay their respects to visit him, to ask about his health, he donated them money for cars and airfares, it is really touching. Without eating for more than a month, the Most Venerable Master Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c still peacefully taught his disciples, read poems to encourage monks and nuns, and Buddhists near and far as his final instructions. Before saying goodbye to illusory dreams, he let go of his physical body and returned to the Buddha\u2019s Land.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So at exactly 8:27 pm on January 7, 2022, on the 5th day of the 12th month of the year of the Ox, he peacefully passed away at the Temple of \u0110\u1ea1o Quang. He has the secular life age of 78 and the Dharma life age of 52.<\/span><\/p>\n

Praying wholeheartedly for the Late Most Venerable Elder Master Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c to post the realm of peacefulness and happiness.\u00a0 His perfection of vows saving living beings will be soon fulfilled. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/span><\/p>\n

By Ven. Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ti\u1ec3u s\u1eed v\u00e0 C\u00f4ng H\u1ea1nh C\u1ed1 Tr\u01b0\u1edfng L\u00e3o H\u00f2a Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng Th\u00edch T\u1ecbnh \u0110\u1ee9c<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n