Venerable Thich Nguyen Tang was born in 1967 in
Vinh Thai, Nha Trang City, Vietnam and has been an ordained Buddhist monk
for 20 years. He gained a Bachelor of Buddhism as well as a Bachelor of
Foreign Languages (English) in Vietnam before he came to live in Australia
in 1998, where he is currently the Deputy-Abbot of the Quang Duc
Vietnamese Buddhist Monastery in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner Victoria.
He is also the webmaster of the Quang
Duc Homepage (www.quangduc.com) since
May 1999.
At the moment he is studying his Bachelor of Social Work at
Latrobe University as well as
working as a Buddhist chaplain volunteer at
Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Western Hospital in Footscray, the
Sunshine Hospital
and he also provides his chaplains
services to the
Melbourne Assessment Prison.
Venerable Tang has written extensively
on Buddhism, beginning his published work as a
collaborator for a local Buddhist newspapers, Giac Ngo weekly and Giac Ngo
magazine, while in Saigon in 1990. His articles about "Buddhism around
the world" have been published in magazines such as Phap Bao in
Australia, Phap Am in Norway, and Phat Hoc, Hoa Sen and Giao Diem in the
USA. His published books include: A Modern Religion (1995), His
Holiness Dalai Lama, A Messenger for Peace (2000); and
Death and
Rebirth (2000, reprinted 2001). He has translated the Ven. S.
Dhamika’s Good Question Good Answer
(read
online) from English into Vietnamese
(1997 and reprinted 2000), Buddhism
throughout the world (2001) and he is currently writing his latest
works : "A Simple Buddhism"; and "The History of Buddhism in
Australia".
Venerable Tang also translates books from English to Vietnamese, and is
currently involved in the following translations :
Dutt,
Nalinakasha. (1998).
Buddhist Sects in India.
(online)
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 1st
1977.
Bapat, V. P.
(1997).
2500 Years of Buddhism . (Online)
Delhi: Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1st Ed. 1959.
William
Peiris (1973).
The
Western Contribution to
Buddhism
. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publications.
Các Bộ Phái Phật Giáo ở Ấn Độ.
Dr.Nalinaksha Dutt.T Nguyên Tạng dịch
Pháp
ngữ của Hòa Thượng Tịnh Không
T. Nguyên Tạng dịch
Triết
học Phật Giáo Ấn Độ. (xem
online)
Hayes
Richard. Nguyên Tạng dịch
Triết
học PG Trung Hoa.
(xem online)
Dan Lusthaus.T. Nguyên Tạng dịch
