Posted On: February 5th 2026, 11:15 pm
Today, Tricycle published my article detailing the incredible life and deeds of the most venerable Buddha-Emperor (Phật hoàng) Trần Nhân Tông, who founded the Trúc Lâm school of Thiền, and was the first to establish a systematized philosophical approach interfusing secular ethics and sociopolitical activism with the bodhisattva path. He called it the "Buddhism that enters the world," and it served as the foundation of what we today call Engaged Buddhism. You can read the article here: https://tinyurl.com/nhdf68fd