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

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

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 student admission No. 2705/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 24, 2020, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis title: Research on the text of the Great Compassion Dharani Mantra 大悲心陀羅尼 靈咒 (AC.469)
8. Major: Sino-Vietnamese Studies; Code: 8220104.01
9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Khoai
10. Summary of the thesis results:
- Document bearing the identifier “大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒"The Great Compassion 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 Street, Quang An Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi City) is a valuable document containing a lot of information that contributes to understanding the history of its circulation]Great Compassion Dharani MantraIn Vietnam, especially with the participation of a Confucian scholar in the editing and phonetic transcription of the Chinese characters in the Great Compassion Mantra – the Chancellor of the National Academy, Mr. Pham (Pham Dinh Ho).
- This thesis has introduced modern readers to the most basic information about the spiritually significant collection of texts found in "大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒"Great Compassion Dharani MantraIn the book labeled AC. 469 in the Han Nom Library of the Institute of Han Nom Studies, regarding textual analysis, organization and structure of the text, and the method of phonetic transcription for 大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼Great Compassion Dharani.
- This thesis has studied the method of annotating the Chinese version of the Great Compassion Mantra (大 悲 心 陀 羅 尼 靈 咒).Great Compassion Dharani MantraIn Vietnam, Pham Dinh Ho (1768 – 1839) applied [establishing units of annotation, phonetic annotation (phonetic transcription, phonetic annotation required), placement of phonetic annotations – footnotes, annotations based on homophones, annotations based on phonetic transcription].
- This thesis contributes to clarifying the circulation of the Great Compassion Mantra in Vietnam, thereby providing further basis for research on the Great Compassion Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Buddhism in the intellectual and spiritual life of Vietnamese people.
- Provide 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; and the dissemination of the annotated version he created.
- Refers to the compilation of the book 般若心經註釋 (Commentary on the Heart Sutra) under a common catalog number AC. 469 in the Han Nom Book Collection of the Institute of Han Nom Studies.
11. Practical applications: Serving to understand the life of the Great Compassion Mantra and the method of chanting the Great Compassion Mantra.
12. Future research directions: Continue to delve deeper into the study of 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, Introduction to the text of the Great Compassion Mantra with "phonetic transcription - phonetic transcription by the Chancellor of the National Academy Pham Dinh Ho //Sino-Vietnamese Studies 2021, pages 765-779, The World Publishing House, November 2021.

INFORMATION OF MASTER THESIS

1. Fullname: Tran Van Hai 2. Sex: Male
3. Date of Birth: November 1, 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"The Great Compassion 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 the"The 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 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 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 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.