1. Student's name: Do Phu Duong
2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: October 10, 1980
4. Place of birth: Quang Nam
5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2279/2022/QD/XHNV dated August 22, 2022 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities
6. Changes in training process: No
7. Thesis topic: The worldly spirit of Vietnamese Buddhism in Thai Nguyen: History and present
8. Major: Religious Studies; Code: 8229009.01
9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Do Thi Hoa Hoi
Dr. Nguyen Huu Thu
10. Summary of thesis results:
Chapter 1 of the thesis has provided a general overview of the worldly spirit of Buddhism, in which the worldly spirit is understood as the attitude and action of serving humanity, bringing Buddhist teachings into social life to benefit society, that worldly spirit is carried out by monks and Buddhist followers of Buddhism. When entering Vietnam, Buddhism blended with Vietnamese culture, forming a Vietnamese Buddhism with strong Vietnamese cultural characteristics. The worldly spirit became a prominent feature of Vietnamese Buddhism, expressed throughout history, especially during the Ly - Tran period. In the present era, with the new context, the worldly spirit of Vietnamese Buddhism is still expressed throughout, maintaining and promoting the tradition of "protecting the country and bringing peace to the people" of Vietnamese Buddhism.
Thai Nguyen is a province in the midland and mountainous region of the North. Nature has favored Thai Nguyen with many conditions for economic development. Thai Nguyen people have a rich and diverse cultural and spiritual life. With many ethnic groups living together in the same area, creating cultural uniqueness for Thai Nguyen land. Regarding religious life, Thai Nguyen people have a foundation in the indigenous belief system with religious activities bearing the characteristics of ethnic groups that are still passed down and preserved today. Besides, Thai Nguyen people have three main religions: Buddhism, Catholicism and Protestantism. Buddhism came to Thai Nguyen very early, right from the beginning when Buddhism was introduced to Vietnam, during the Ly - Tran dynasties, many large pagodas were built to become cultural centers of the people here. The history of Buddhism in Thai Nguyen goes hand in hand with the history of building and defending the homeland and country of the heroic Thai Nguyen people.
Chapter 2 of the thesis analyzes the worldly spirit of Buddhism in Thai Nguyen in history and at present. In previous periods, the worldly spirit of Buddhism in Thai Nguyen was clearly shown in the contributions of Buddhism to people's lives, the pagodas became places of spiritual and cultural activities of the village community, in the Buddhist ethical values that contributed to the formation of Thai Nguyen people's ethics for thousands of years. That worldly spirit is especially clearly shown in the contributions of Buddhism in the struggle to protect the homeland and country of the Thai Nguyen people in particular, and the people of the whole country in general. In the new era today, Buddhism in Thai Nguyen continues to write its historical tradition. The worldly spirit of Vietnamese Buddhism in the current context is shown: In Thai Nguyen, Buddhism plays the role of the religion with the most followers, meeting and serving the needs of the people. The monks and nuns are always examples of good lives and beautiful lives for the people to follow; Monks, nuns and Buddhists strictly abide by the policies and laws of the Party, State and local authorities, actively respond to patriotic emulation movements, and actively contribute to the cause of building Thai Nguyen province to become increasingly rich, beautiful and civilized; monks, nuns and Buddhists actively participate in social charity activities, contributing to social security in the locality; Vietnamese Buddhism in Thai Nguyen province pays special attention to ethnic minorities, contributing to strengthening the great national unity bloc.
That worldly spirit of Buddhism needs to be promoted, affirming the role and contribution of religious resources in the work of building Thai Nguyen province to become increasingly rich, beautiful and civilized.
11. Practical application:
The thesis can be used as a reference and study document, applied in practice.
12. Further research directions: Buddhism, Religion and modern society.
13. Published works related to the thesis:
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
- Full name: Do Phu Duong
- Sex: Male
- Date of birth: 10/10/1980
- Place of birth: Quang Nam
- Admission decision number: 2279/2022/QD-XHNV dated August 22, 2022 of Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi
- Changes in academic progress: None
- Official thesis title: The spirit of incarnation of Vietnamese Buddhism in Thai Nguyen: History and present
- Major: Religious studies; Code: 8229009.01
- Supervisor: Associate Professor. Assoc. Prof. By Thi Hoa Hoi
Dr. Nguyen Huu Thu
- Summary of the findings of the thesis:
Chapter 1 of the thesis gives a general overview of the spirit of incarnation in Buddhism, in which the spirit of incarnation is understood as the mindset and actions of serving humanity, bringing Buddhist teachings into social life to benefit others. The spirit of incarnation is carried out by monks and Buddhist followers of Buddhism. When entering Vietnam, Buddhism blended with Vietnamese culture, forming a Vietnamese Buddhism with bold Vietnamese cultural characteristics. The spirit of Buddhism incarnation became an outstanding feature of Vietnamese, expressed throughout history, especially during the Ly - Tran period. In the current era, in the new context, the spirit of incarnation of Vietnamese Buddhism is still evident throughout, maintaining and promoting the tradition of "protecting the country and supporting the people" of Vietnamese Buddhism. Thai Nguyen is a province in the northern midland and mountainous region. Nature favors Thai Nguyen with many conditions for economic development. Thai Nguyen people have a rich and diverse cultural and spiritual life. With many ethnic groups living together, creating cultural uniqueness for Thai Nguyen. Regarding belief and religious life, Thai Nguyen people have the foundation of an indigenous belief system with religious activities that are typical of ethnic groups and still handed down and preserved today. Besides, Thai Nguyen people have three main religions: Buddhism, Catholicism and Protestantism. Buddhism entered to Thai Nguyen very early, right from the beginning when Buddhism was introduced to Vietnam, by the Ly - Tran dynasties many large pagodas were built to become the center of cultural activities of people here. The history of Thai Nguyen Buddhism accompanies the history of building and protecting homeland and country of Thai Nguyen people.
Chapter 2 of the thesis analyzes spirit of incarnation of Buddhism in Thai Nguyen in history and at present. In previous periods, the incarnation spirit of Buddhism in Thai Nguyen was clearly shown in contributions of Buddhism to people's lives, temples became places of spiritual and cultural activities of the village community, Buddhist moral values have contributed to shaping the morality of Thai Nguyen people for thousands of years. That spirit of incarnation is especially clearly shown in the contributions of Buddhism in the struggle to protect the homeland and country of Thai Nguyen people in particular and people of the country in general. In the current new era, Buddhism in Thai Nguyen continues to write its historical tradition. The spirit of incarnation of Vietnamese Buddhism in the current context is shown: In Thai Nguyen, Buddhism plays the role of the religion with the most followers, meeting and serving the needs of people. Monks and nuns are always examples of good and beautiful lives for people to follow; Monks, nuns, and Buddhists strictly comply with policies and laws of Party, State and local authorities, actively respond to patriotic emulation movements, and actively contribute to the cause of construction Thai Nguyen province to be increasingly rich, beautiful, and civilized; Monks, nuns, and Buddhists actively participate in social charity activities, contributing to local social security; Vietnamese Buddhism in Thai Nguyen province pays special attention to ethnic relief, contributing to strengthening the great solidarity of entire people.
That incarnation spirit of Buddhism needs to be promoted, affirming the role and contribution of religious resources in building Thai Nguyen province to be increasingly rich, beautiful and civilized.
11. Practical applicability:
The thesis can be used as reference and study material, applied in practice.
- Further research directions:
Buddhism incarnation, Religion and modern society
13. Thesis-related publications:
