The Indian monk Vinītaruci, a disciple of the third Chan patriarch Sengcan, came south and settled at the Pháp Vân pagoda, where he translated sutras and founded the first Thiền lineage in Vietnam, which lasted nineteen generations.
Religion
Vinītaruci founds a Thiền school at the Pháp Vân pagoda
- 580 CE
- Southeast Asia
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