Venerable Thích Phước Tịnh
Venerable Thích Phước Tịnh was born in 1947 in Đồng Tháp, Vietnam. He entered the temple to become a monastic in 1962, ordained as a novice in 1967, and received full ordination in 1972. The Venerable became abbot of Quán Thế Âm temple in Đà Lạt in 1993. In 2001, he was invited by Thay to teach and support the practice at Deer Park Monastery in California, where he continues to reside. The Venerable continues to teach at many temples throughout the USA and Australia.
Ordination Date
1967
Name Translation
Blessed Serenity
Birthplace
Đồng Tháp, Vietnam
Lamp Transmission
He received the lamp transmission from the Plum Village tradition in 2004 during the great ordination ceremony of Lâm Tế with the following transmission verse:
Blessed roots in the earth bloom like flowers
Walking in the Pure Land, sitting on the lotus seat of true nature
A field of stars grows without limits
The spring peak is eternal, and now the moon rises.
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