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A Zen master named La Qui (851 - 936 CE) lived and taught at a monastery named Song Lam. It was located in Phu Ninh Village Thien Duc Prefecture.
See Cuong Tu Nguyen, Zen in Medieval Vietnam: A Study and Translation of the Thien Uyen Tap Anh (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1997) 169.
Src: Vietnam
Input by: Stewart Gordon, Jan 19, 2010
"Elder La Quy [羅貴(852-936) - tmc], of the Song lâm temple雙林寺, Phù ninh扶寧 village, Thiên đức天德 prefecture [Bac Ninh Province - tmc], had been, in his youth, setting foot to the outworld, paying visit lots of Thiền Masters all over the country."
Tue Sy (2009).
Phu Ninh, Vietnam Page
Other names: Phù Ninh
World:Vietnam
Lat 21.0833 Long 105.9500
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/VM/15/Phu_Ninh.html
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 10, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Song Lam monastery, VN.
Lat 21.0770 Long 105.9460
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Song Lam monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Vietnam: Bac-Ninh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 21.0770 Long 105.9460 - based on visual indentification of structures resembling the monastery, using satellite maps in maps.google.com - tmciolek, 10 Feb 2010.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
Phu Ninh - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/VM/15/Phu_Ninh.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Lat 21.0833 Long 105.9500 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/VM/15/Phu_Ninh.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Ch'an/Zen
11. Date-early
- 850 CE
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- This monk cast a statue for the Luc To monastery, in the same region.
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- Biography
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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