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Thiệt Diệu Liễu Quán 寔妙了觀 (1667-1742)

Zen Master Liễu Quán
(?-1743)
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A Vietnamese Zen Master from Song Cầu, Phú Yên. He was born in Song Cầu town, Phú Yên province. His family moved to Thuận Hóa province in the late seventeenth century. When he lost his mother at the age of six, his father brought him to Hội Tôn Temple to become a disciple of Most Venerable Tế Viên. Seven years later, Tế Viên passed away. He went to Bảo Quốc Temple to study with Most Venerable Giác Phong Lão Tổ. In 1691 he returned home to take care of his old father. In 1695, he went to Thuận Hóa to receive Samanera's precepts with Most Venerable Thạch Liêm. In 1697, he receive complete precepts with Most Venerable Từ Lâm at Từ Lâm Temple. In 1699, he studied meditation with Most Venerable Tử Dung. He was the Dharma heir of the thirty-fifth generation of the Linn-Chih Zen Sect. Lord Nguyễn Vương greatly appreciated his virtues and often invited him to preach Dharma in the Royal Palace. He spent most of his life to revive and expand Buddhism in Central Vietnam. He was the founder of Bảo Tịnh Temple in Phú Yên in the late seventeenth century. During the time when he came to Huế for the second time to seek the truth, he built Viên Thông temple in 1697. In 1741, he held a Vinaya-affirming ceremony at Viên Thông temple. He passed away in 1743. Before his death, he left a versified text to his Dharma offsprings to give the first word of the religious name.

Stupa of Lieu Quan, 1998

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