Pho Minh Pagoda Tower | Photo: Chua Viet A Brief History of Vietnamese Buddhism Buddhism had long been introduced to ancient Vietnam directly from India via the sea route, the well-worn commercial thoroughfare between eastern and western Asia as early as 2CE,[1] even before Chinese Buddhism. The introduction of Buddhism into Vietnam can be traced…

Figure 1 . One Pillar Pagoda, a lotus on a pond of lotus and a national symbol. As refugees, the Vietnamese Buddhists have come to America since 1975 after the fall of Saigon. As a result of the Vietnam War, the images of the Vietnamese refugees perceived by the American public have been tainted by…

The Most Venerable H.T. Thích Thiên Ân ABSTRACT This dissertation seeks to shed light on the broad range of practices that Vietnamese Buddhism has contributed to the American religious landscape since its arrival due to the impact of the Vietnam War. Despite the presence of almost one million Buddhist Vietnamese and their Buddhist temples and…

Vietnamese Refugees at a Buddhist service at Camp Pendleton National Archives and Records Administration Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations | The Graduate School | 2007 THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES VIETNAMESE BUDDHISM IN AMERICA by QUANG MINH THICH A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Religion in partial fulfillment of the requirements…