Pháp Loa

Pháp Loa (法螺; 1284–1330) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk of the Trúc Lâm Yên Tử sect, and second patriarch of that sect. He was a disciple of Buddhist emperor Trần Nhân Tông (1258–1308).^[1]

The portrait of patriarch Pháp Loa in the book Thiền uyển tập anh

A recently discovered inscription at Thanh Mai Temple gives biographical details similar to the Tam tổ thực lục.^[2]

Pháp Loa compiled the Chu Phẩm Kinh (Various Essential Segments of the Scripture); this was revised and published by his successor Huyền Quang.^[3][4]

Gallery

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  Pháp Loa statue in Trúc Lâm Temple

See also

• Buddhism in Vietnam
• Thiền
• Trúc Lâm Monastery of Da Lat