Pháp Hiền [SEP] date of death
Pháp Hiền
Pháp Hiền (died 626) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk notable in the early history of Buddhism in Vietnam, Vietnamese Thiền or Chinese Chán Zen Buddhism in Vietnam.
Pháp Hiền studied under Quán Duyên, a Zen master at chùa Quán Vân, or Phap-van Temple, then under the Indian monk Vinītaruci. After the latter's death, Pháp Hiền built the Chúng Thiện pagoda at a mountain named Thiên Phúc or Tiên Du, northwest of Luy Lâu.
of Bửu Long mountain. There is now a hexagonal stupa at Long Ẩn Temple for Thích Pháp Thông's remains.
According to the records of Nguyễn Hiền Đức in the book "Thiền sư Việt Nam" ("Vietnamese Zen masters") compiled by Thích Thanh Từ, Thích Pháp Thông had no disciples to continue his lineage, so the Zen Master Thích Viên Quang from Minh Hương, from the 36th generation of the Lâm Tế lineage became the abbot of the temple. In 1760, he held a renovation of the