ZEN MASTER CHÂN ¿¿O CHÁNH TH¿NG

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As far as the matter is concerned, it should be noticed that all the writings related to contemporary political issues were thrown away by the Master just as they had been composed, which was revealed by himself in the Preface to the three-part version of the Th¿y Nguy¿t Tòng Sao, "Those works of mine, in verse and prose alike, that have been composed either unable to convey my true inspirations or related to contemporary political issues were thrown away." Nevertheless, in addition to poems of ancient history that are definitely related to political issues some of his are discovered to have more or less dealt with that aspect. For instance, in a 'couplet in parallelism' dedicated to the District Chief Tr¿ch Chi Ngô Ðình Nhün, the Master writes, If governance is made benevolent, ... even the wildest beings may be tamed, If officials are promoted in terms of their own righteousness, ... the source of their ambitions may be dried up. Reading it, we may recognize the political view of Zen Master Chân пo. And this is nothing other than a traditional view that formerly became the guiding principle in the political system of Vietnam in the times of Lý Thüng Ki¿t and Tr¿n Hung пo. It was realized in the personality of the former that "internally his mind is mild and brilliant, externally his appearance is plain and humane, " or formulated in a statement of the latter that "for the nation to be constantly stabilized, let the people's strength not be exhausted". Generally speaking, from the Master's view the education of Buddhism should not be limited to the Buddha's teachings alone but it should be developed into an all-round education as has ever been implemented in the educational tradition of Vietnam, of which he himself was a typical student. It was from his training in such an education and his aspiration for "serving the world with all his heart" that Zen Master Chân пo, apart from his activities within the Buddhist order, tried to have a very close relationship with lay Buddhists of various social classes, and even with those who were not Buddhist followers.