TTLV: Research on the text of the Great Compassion Heart Dharani Mantra - 大悲心陀羅尼 靈咒 (AC. 469)

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Tran Van Hai 2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: November 1, 1991
4. Place of birth: Giao Long, Giao Thuy, Nam Dinh.
5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2705/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 24, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis topic: Research on the text Great Compassion Heart Dharani Ling Zhu 大悲心陀羅尼 靈咒 (AC.469)
8. Major: Han Nom; Code: 8220104.01
9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Khoi
10. Summary of thesis results:
- Document bearing the identifier “大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒Great Compassion Heart Dharani Mantra”, [printed in the 18th year of Tu Duc (1866) and the woodblock is kept at Dia Linh Pagoda, Tay Ho Ward (now at No. 9, Dang Thai Mai, Quang An, Tay Ho, Hanoi City) is a valuable document containing a lot of information contributing to the study of circulation history.Great Compassion DharaniIn Vietnam, there was a Confucian scholar who participated in editing and annotating the Chinese characters in the Great Compassion Mantra - Mr. Pham (Pham Dinh Ho), the Imperial Academy's Te Tuu Tue Tue Tuu.
- The thesis has introduced to modern readers the most basic information about the magical collection of the group of texts contained in "大悲心陀羅尼靈咒Great Compassion Heart Dharani Mantra”in the book with the symbol AC. 469 in the Han Nom Book Collection of the Han Nom Research Institute on the textual aspect, organization and structure of the text, and the phonetic method for 大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼Great Compassion Heart Dharani.
- The thesis has studied the way to annotate the Chinese Great Compassion Mantra 大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒Great Compassion Heart Dharani MantraIn Vietnam, Pham Dinh Ho (1768 - 1839) applied [establishing the unit of notes, phonetic notes (phonetic base, phonetic notes that need to be noted), the place to place phonetic notes - foot notes, notes according to homophones, notes according to transcriptions]
- The thesis contributes to clarifying the circulation of the Great Compassion Mantra in Vietnam, thereby providing more basis for research on the Great Compassion Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and Buddhism in the ideological and spiritual life of Vietnamese people.
- Additional information about Pham Dinh Ho (1768 - 1839) in terms of his literary activities (annotating Chinese characters in the Great Compassion Mantra) as well as his interest in Buddhism; the popularity of the annotated version he annotated.
- Refers to the collection of the book 般若心經註釋Bát Nhã Tâm Kinh annotated in a common symbol AC. 469 in the Sino-Nom Book Collection of the Institute of Sino-Nom Studies.
11. Practical application: Serves the purpose of learning about the life of the Great Compassion Mantra and the method of reciting the Great Compassion Mantra.
12. Further research directions: Continue to delve into research on the Great Compassion Mantra in Vietnam and the Great Compassion Mantra in Buddhism and Buddhist studies in general.
13. Published works related to the thesis:
Tran Van Hai (Dharma name Thich Vien Hai), 2021, Introducing the text of the Great Compassion Mantra with "note-notes" - note-notes of the Imperial Academy's Rector Pham Dinh Ho //Han Nom Research in 2021, pp. 765 - 779, World Publishing House, November 2021.

MASTER THESIS INFORMATION

1. Fullname: Tran Van Hai 2. Sex: Male
3. Date of issue: November 1st, 1991
4. Place of birth: Giao Long, Giao Thuy, Nam Dinh
5. Admission decision number: 2705/2020/QD-XHNV, dated December 24th, 2020 by the principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University
6. Changes in academic process:
7. Official thesis title: The Study of Great Compassion Da La Ni Linh Mantra 大悲心陀羅尼 靈咒 (AC.469)
8. Major: Han Nom; Code: 8220104.01
9. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Khoai
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
The document of “大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒Great Compassion Heart Dharani Mantra”(printing chronology of 18th Tu Duc - 1866), its carved board is kept in Dia Linh pagoda, Tay Ho ward (now it is at 9, Dang Thai Mai, Quang An, Tay Ho, Ha Noi city) is a valuable document containing a lot of information that contributes the understanding of“Great Compassion Dharani”in Vietnam, especially, with the participation of a Confucian in the editing and reading the Chinese characters (zhuyin) in “Great Compassion Mantra”- Quan Te Tuu Quoc Tu Giam, his name was Pham (Pham Dinh Ho).
This research introduced to readers the most basic information about the collection of mantras of the text group in “大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒 -Great Compassion Heart Dharani Mantra”(AC.469) in Han Nom bookstores of Han Nom Research Institute in term of literature, structure of the paper, zhuyin method for 大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼Great Compassion Heart Dharani.
Furthermore, this research extends the knowledge from Pham Dinh Ho's research by studying zhuyin method for Mandarin version ofGreat Compassion Mantra-大悲心陀羅尼靈咒 -Great Compassion Heart Dharani Mantrain Vietnam. This research contributed to clarifying the circulation of Great Compassion in Vietnam in order to have more foundations for studies, which related to Great Compassion Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, as well as Buddhism in the ideological and spiritual life of Vietnamese.
Moreover, this research provides additional information about Pham Dinh Ho (1768-1839) in term of philological activities (zhuyin for Great Compassion Mantra in Mandarin), as well as his interest in Buddhism, and the popularity of the zhuyin, which was completed by himself.
Last, this research referred to the collective nature of the “般若心經註釋Heart Sutra, annotated in common symbol AC.469 in the Han Nom bookstores of Han Nom Research Institute.
11. Practical applicability: Contributing and serving for studying Great Compassion Mantras and zhuyin method for it
12. Recommendations for future research: continue to further research about Great Compassion Mantra in Vietnam and Buddhism as well as Buddhist study.
13. Thesis-related publications:
Tran Van Hai (Buddhist name Thich Vien Hai) 2021, introduction to Great Compassion Mantra with Zhuyin of Quan Te Tuu Quoc Tu Giam Pham Dinh Ho,Han Nom Research 2021, pp 765-779, World Publisher, Nov 2021.