Story

Grandmaster Dam

Viennese Institute of Nuns

In San Jose, California, USA

(1933 - 1999)

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I) Body:

The name of the Grand Master is also the current name. At 2 years old, the two children brought to the pagoda to pray for Master Dam Soan, Cu Cu Pagoda and was named Master Dam Luu. His father is Mr. Dang Van Can and his mother is Mrs. Nguyen Thi The. Teacher was born on June 13 in Quy Dau, 4,811 National Calendar; August 4, 1933; In Tam Xa village, Thanh Oai commune, Thanh Oai district, Ha Dong province, North Vietnam.

II) Masters, ordination and Study:

In 1948, Master, Composer, noticed that she was a young person, but her wish was great, her heart was immensely transmitted to the novice monks at Cu Da Pagoda, Ha Dong , Belonged to the Middle Group and Troupe. That year he was 16 years old. Lama Ni is 16 years old, but actually was officially released as Master as a "white paper".

Age is adolescent, but fond of desire, fond of learning; Especially the volunteers to the ceiling, the adults are rare enough to catch up; Therefore, Master Teacher did not hesitate to attend most of the temples in Son Tra in the North such as Cu Da, Thanh Nhan, Nhan Hoa, Tu Hang, Dong Do, Trung Hau, Van Do, Duc Vien ...

In 1951, the World Order held at Quan Su Temple, Hanoi; Gather most of the higher ups in the Masters. Recognizing that this is a special world special, in addition, her strength and nourishment her Master has also been solid, Master Teacher has guided Master to pay homage to you pray for You Add age to the world; Because she was just over 19 years old. As a result, she received the bodhisattva bodhisattva in the world. Among the Monks there were groups such as the Dharma Master, the Tue Tibetan Master, the Dharma Master, the Supreme Master Ching Hai, the Supreme Master Ching Hai, the Nuns as the Master Ch'an Master , Zheng Xun, Arhat Ling ... After the world is the Master of the Prophet for his attendance as a attendant.

At the beginning of 1952, the Master of the Masters was promoted to the South by the nuns of the Order, who received the throne residence of the monk in Go Vap. Upon receiving the pagoda, the monk asked the local monks and nuns to open the school, to train nuns. So the Medicine Pagoda was transformed into a medicine school. She became one of the first Noble Laureates of this school. Here, the two programs are focused in parallel:

In 1960, she passed the Bac Tieu.

In 1961, after nine years of studying at the fully respected Medicine School, she stayed at Phuoc Hoa Pagoda, Saigon.

In 1964, introduced by Professor Dam Shui to study in West Germany, Sociology. When studying here, she taught and guided the spirit of Vietnamese students studying.

In 1969, graduated in Sociology, she returned to the country to receive the Buddhist school, her tuition.

III) Cultivation and Action:

In 1970, she was entrusted by the monks and nuns to the Buddha as the Director of the Orphanage of the Lumbini Institute in Saigon.

In 1977, she found a way to cross the border in Vung Tau; To Kuchin-Malaya Island, Buddhist activity here for nearly 2 years.

In 1979, she was headed by the Most Venerable Thanh Cat at Giac Minh Pagoda, Palo Alto to the United States. In 1980, the Venerable Master nominated her to San Jose for the practice of founding the Duc Vien Temple.

Beginning for Duc Vien Temple, she rents a small house, located at 2003, Evelyn Ave., San Jose CA 95122. The temple is small, but the spirit of the spiritual guide is immense; Thus, the following modest, but extremely important Buddhas are beginning:

- Quan Bo Quan Quan, chanting, lecturing, meeting the needs of religion for the masses Buddhist lay people;

- Opened the first Vietnamese language class in San Jose;

- Youth activities, the establishment of the Buddhist Family named Duc Vien, gathered over 200 children;

- In business, to lecture tape to donate pagodas, donate the Library, press for Buddhists, donate to the camps Southeast Asia.

Because of the need to learn, the masses of Buddhists and compatriots gathered too crowded, the temple's roots have not enough space to accommodate the Buddhist needs should:

In 1984, she initiated the establishment of the temple. In the beginning of this quite large Buddha work, he thought of a way that the rich and the poor could contribute to the cultivation of the Three Jewels: Aluminum cans, teddy bears, newspapers, sand boxes ... sell to raise funds to build pagodas. Contributors, material helpers; result:

In 1985, he bought a relatively large plot of land and an old pagoda to invite the Buddha to settle down where he continued his practice of propagating the Dharma.

In 1986, on the occasion of the Dharma, the support and encouragement of the monks, nuns and nuns came to good fortune, so they purchased the next lot of land with the intention not only to propagate the Dharma, Also brought Ethnic culture-packed through the image of the temple-into strange land. The total area for both plots is 94,000 square feet; Wide enough to build a pagoda that represents a traditional culture of ethnic minorities for nearly 5,000 years.

In 1991, the Grand Duke of Vienna officially placed the stone in order to start a construction work of the right size to meet the needs of the nuns and the masses of Buddhists.

In 1995, the Grand Palace was officially licensed. Possible response to some of the important Buddhist needs. However, this is only half the heart of the construction of the Master has been "supplements the Buddha place" !!!

From the day when the Duc Vien Imperial Palace was officially organized, the following Buddhist scriptures were expanded:

1) About the lecture:

True to the vow, immeasurable Dharma, vow of learning; Master also invited the Masters of many Buddhist traditions: Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Korea, Japan, Laos, USA ... on lecture. In particular, the Vietnamese Buddhist tradition has the following monks and nuns to preach: Venerable Tam Chau (Canada); Most Venerable Thanh Cat, Most Venerable Giac Vuong, Venerable Giac Hoan, Venerable Giac Nhien, Venerable Thanh Dam (USA); Zen Master Nhat Hanh (France); Venerable Master Hanh (Taiwan); Zen Master Thanh Tu (Vietnam); Venerable Ascension (West Germany); Master Minh Tam, Venerable Thien Hue, Venerable Nhat Chan (France); Venerable Thich Nhu Hue (Australia); Venerable Tri Minh (Norway); Master Huyen Dieu (India). In addition, Buddhist Divine Law School welcomes all the monks,

2) Praising the Buddha, the Sacred Heart and the Ancient Directory:

To promote the faith, the Triple Gem, efforts to practice and positive Buddha. She has organized many pilgrimages to worship Buddha in India; The pilgrimage of sacred pilgrimage and visit ancient places in Southeast Asian Buddhist countries such as China, Thailand, Burma ...

3) Spread the doctrine:

In the Hien Chanh Hanh, the devil, she not only continued to print books and magazines to popularize in the masses, but also support Vietnamese radio stations broadcast radio. Skin.

4) Ni training and post-graduate help:

In the next postherdial happiness, the An Duc reporters, nuns who have nurtured the nuns. Send them to the study centers in countries; For Ni they study general knowledge at American universities; In addition, she also financially supports the monks and nuns to study in universities in India, Taiwan and the United States as well as sponsoring Buddhist schools in their hometowns such as Ba Da, Quan Su ( Ha Noi), Van Hanh, Vinh Nghiem (Saigon), and the central provinces, South such as Hue, Quang Nam, Thu Duc, Tra Vinh ...

5) Preserving the relics and promoting the base:

Conservation of relics, promote the basis of Buddhism is one of the Buddha that Constant interest; So; She has actively supported the restoration programs of the ancient and famous in Vietnam; Responding to programs to build monasteries in Vietnam, China, India ...

6) Preserving Culture and Showing Kindness:

To preserve the culture, expressed by the saying: "My voice still, my country also," she opened the German language school to help her children cultivate Vietnamese. Expressing compassion by encouraging Buddhists and fellow countrymen to help their fellow refugee camps, and more recently, actively supporting disaster victims in Vietnam as well as in South America; Visit the prisoners, help the leprosy camps and centers of disabled children ...

IV) The last days:

To be sick, the birth of beings is the Buddhist scripture in the Buddhist scriptures. She has suffered at least three incurable diseases that have been predicted by physicians for more than three years: diabetes, cancer and coagulopathy. But, the intention to propagate the Dharma and the will to serve beings is to offer to the Buddhas that you have forgotten that you are a patient who needs treatment; So, until the disease is born to critical, the doctor did not bother !!!

The thing to note here is that, although the Buddhadharma, especially in recent months when the illness was reported by the Doctor as not being able to cure, but she remained calm in practicing Dhamma without wavering. village. The Dharma practice of the Grand Master is the Mantra Mindfulness and the recitation of the Buddha's Paradise in the West of Ultimate Bliss.

Grandma officially renounced the body, attained enlightenment, conjugate birth at 21h 27 minutes, February 9th Year of the Rabbit; March 26, 1999. Life 67 years; 48 years of age.

The entrance ceremony of the body at 15 o'clock, February 11, the Year of the Rabbit; Aiming for Sunday, March 28, 1999.

Ceremony of Diocese Spleen at 9:30 on February 17, the Year of the Rabbit; Aiming for Saturday, April 03, 1999.

Nam Mo Pho Nien Su Tu Duong Thuong,

The United States of Birth, Ma Ha Billion Bearers Bodhisattva Gender

Permanent Forensic Enlightenment Intelligence Dai Minh.

Dear Grandchildren,

We know that recording some of the coarse lines of Master's life of study and practice is contrary to Master's wishes; Because you often teach us:  cultivators are practicing swallowing in the middle of nowhere without leaving any trace; Or like the crane leaving wild pond, not attached. But from now on, our Dharma is no longer directly poured into our ears; Our Lady's body image is no longer visible to our eyes; Then, these simple biography lines will help remind us to follow the career of our Grand Master on our study path. Love each other like a gut; See, understand and forgive each other mistakes, if any; To know each other, stick together to book books to practice; Know to share difficulties; And vowed that no matter what adversity,

Please tell us the amnesty for us defects.

Nam Mo to Receive Master Amitabha Buddha

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