OPEN LETTER
Dear Venerables, Brothers and Sisters in Dharma,
Thank you for your time in reading this letter.
To begin, I am Thich Nguyen Tang, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk at the Quang Duc
Monastery in Melbourne. I completed a course study at the Buddhist University in
Saigon in 1997, graduating with Bachelor of Buddhism. Before and during my studies, I was
put in charge of the International Buddhism page of the Giac Ngo (Enlightenment)
Magazine published in Saigon, a position I hold for eight years. Although, I am now
living and working in Australia, I still submit articles to this magazine. Currently, I am
employed in the Buddhist ministry to the Vietnamese community here.
I am researching material for a book on Buddhism Throughout The World and
the application of the Buddha’s teachings with respect to modern lifestyles. The aim
of the book is to show the history of Buddhism and how Buddhism has spread throughout the
world.
I would be most grateful if you could send me any information regarding Buddhism in
your country. Your kind assistance will, of course, be noted in the book.
Again, thank you very much for your time in reading this letter and I eagerly await
your reply,
Yours in Dharma,
Ven. THICH NGUYEN TANG
Email:quangduc@quangduc.com
Address: Quang Duc Monastery
105 Lynch Road, Fawkner, Vic. 3060. Australia
BUDDHISM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
By Thich
Nguyen Tang
² 2,500 years after I have passed away into Nirvana, the Highest Doctrine will become
spread in the country of the red-faced people.
ž BUDDHA
² The Religion of the future will be a cosmic. If should transcend a personal God and
avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based
on a religion sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a
meaningsful unity. Buddhism answers this description
ž ALBERT EINSTEIN
² If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific need, it would be
Buddhism.
ž ALBERT EINSTEIN
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BUDDHISM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
Author ‘s Note
Introduction
Preface
CHAPTER I
BUDDHISM
ú
Sakya Muni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism
ú His Teachings
ú The Orthodox Buddhism
ú The Theravada Buddhism
ú The Mahayana Buddhism
ú The meaning of Orthodox in Buddhism: A Protest
ú The Concept of Freedom in the Paøli Cannon
ú The Fundamental Principles of Mahayanism
ú Buddhism in India through past eras
ú Buddhism in India at the present
ú Buddhism Trends and Perspectives in Asia
CHAPTER I
BUDDHISM IN ASIA
ú
Buddhism in Sri Lanka
ú Buddhism in Myanmar
ú Buddhism in Combodia
ú Buddhism in Laos
ú Buddhism in Thailand
ú Buddhism in China
ú Buddhism in Tibet
ú Buddhism in Vietnam
ú Buddhism in Mongolia
ú Buddhism in Korea
ú Buddhism in Japan
ú Buddhism in Nepal
ú Buddhism in Indonesia
ú Buddhism in Malaysia
ú Buddhism in Bangladesh
ú Buddhism in Afghanistan
ú Buddhism in Singapore
ú Buddhism in Brunei
ú Buddhism in Bhutan
ú Buddhism in Iran
ú Buddhism in Iraq
ú Buddhism in Palestine
ú Buddhism in Israel
ú Buddhism in Egypt
ú Buddhism in the Philippines
ú Buddhism in Pakistan
ú Buddhism in Taiwan
ú Buddhism in Hongkong
CHAPTER III
BUDDHISM IN AUSTRALIA
ú
Buddhism in Australia
ú Buddhism in New Zealand
ú Buddhism in Tonga
ú Buddhism in Tuvalu
ú Buddhism in Vanuatu
ú Buddhism in Fiji
ú Buddhism in Nauru
ú Buddhism in Kiribati
CHAPTER IV
BUDDHISM IN AMERICA
· BUDDHISM IN North America
ú Buddhism in the United States of America
ú Buddhism in Canada
ú Buddhism in Mexico
· BUDDHISM IN CENTRAL AMERICA & SOUTH AMERICA
ú Buddhism in Argentina
ú Buddhism in Brazil
ú Buddhism in Colombia
ú Buddhism in Cuba
ú Buddhism in Costa Rica
ú Buddhism in Dominique
ú Buddhism in Haiti
ú Buddhism in Honduras
ú Buddhism in Nicaragua
ú Buddhism in Martinique
ú Buddhism in Panama
ú Buddhism in Paraguay
ú Buddhism in Peru
ú Buddhism in Puerto Rico
ú Buddhism in El Salvador
ú Buddhism in Uruguay
ú Buddhism in Surinam
CHAPTER V
BUDDHISM IN EUROPE
ú
Buddhism in England
ú Buddhism in Austria
ú Buddhism in Belgium
ú Buddhism in Bulgaria
ú Buddhism in Portugal
ú Buddhism in Denmark
ú Buddhism in Germany
ú Buddhism in Spain
ú Buddhism in Turkey
ú Buddhism in Poland
ú Buddhism in Netherlands (Holland)
ú Buddhism in Finland
ú Buddhism in France
ú Buddhism in Hungary
ú Buddhism in Greece
ú Buddhism in North Iceland
ú Buddhism in Scotland
ú Buddhism in Italy
ú Buddhism in Luxembourg
ú Buddhism in Monaco
ú Buddhism in Norway
ú Buddhism in Romania
ú Buddhism in Sweden
ú Buddhism in Switzerland
ú Buddhism in Yugoslavia
ú Buddhism in Czechoslovakia
ú Buddhism in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (old)
CHAPTER VI
BUDDHISM IN AFRICA
ú
Buddhism in South Africa
ú Buddhism in Angola
ú Buddhism in Benin
ú Buddhism in Botswana
ú Buddhism in Burkina
ú Buddhism in Burundi
ú Buddhism in Cameroon
ú Buddhism in Central Africa
ú Buddhism in Congo
ú Buddhism in Kenya
ú Buddhism in Liberia
ú Buddhism in Nigeria
ú Buddhism in Mozambique
ú Buddhism in Rwanda
ú Buddhism in Somalia
CHAPTER VII
INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST ASSOCIATIONS
ú
The World Buddhist Sangha Council
ú Maha Bodhi Society of India
ú The World Fellowship of Buddhists
ú The World Fellowship of Buddhists Youth
ú The Pali Text Society
ú The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana
ú The Lay Buddhist Association Risho Kosei-Kai
ú The Asia Buddhist Conference for Peace
ú The International Network of Engaged Buddhists
CHAPTER VIII
SOME FAMOUS BUDDHIST
PROPAGATORS IN THE WORLD
ú
Sariputta
ú Punna
ú Kumarajiva
ú King Asoka
ú Bodhidharma
ú Uttara & Sona
ú Vinitaruchi
ú Nichiren
ú King Tran Nhan Tong
ú D.T. Suzuki
ú Henry Steel Olcott
ú Paul Carus
ú Ven. Thich Thien An
ú Ven. Tuyen Hoa
ú His Holiness Dalai Lama
ú Ven. Master Hisng Yun
ú Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
ú Ven. Thich Minh Chau
CHAPTER IX
SUMING UP & CONCLUDING
ú The road and the way of propagation of the Dharma of
Buddhism.
ú The concept of Buddhism to other world religions.
ú Buddhism and other cultures and politics in the world
ú Some opinions on the re-establish ment of the World Buddhist
Sangha
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Update : 01-12-2001
