- Name: Bo De Pagoda, Ni Temple, Thien Son Tu, Thien Son Fairy Tu
- Located:
Phu Vien street, Bo De ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi (formerly in Gia Lam district, Hanoi), about 500m from the north bank of Chuong Duong bridge to the south. - Year of construction : 1874
- Builder: Master Thich Nguyen Bieu
The name of Bo De pagoda is called Thien Son Tu, or Thien Son fairy self. The pagoda is located on the north bank of the Red River, about 300m from the foot of Chuong Duong bridge. Bo De pagoda is located in Phu Yen village, Bo De commune, Gia Lam district, outside Hanoi (now Long Bien district, Hanoi). Bo De is a historical land, formerly the headquarters of Le Loi (also known as Bo De palace) in the fight against the Ming invaders. It is clear where the Bodhi Palace is, but it can be confirmed that the Bodhi Temple is near the Bo De Temple.
Bo De Pagoda is included in Thang Long’s bowl of eight beautiful scenes, which are included in Vinh Canh poetry as follows:
- Imperial Palace (Courthouse watching the waves)
- Khanh Son Tinh Mat (Afternoon sun on Khan Son mountain)
- Thanh Tri visit Tan (visit Thanh Tri wharf)
- Bodhi is far away (Bodhi is far away)
- General newspaper Thien Huu (Bell of Bao Thien pagoda)
- Bach Ma market (Bach Ma market meeting)
- Nhi Ha Hai Pham (Sailboat in the Nhi River)
- Lang Bac fisherman (the singing of a fisherman on Lang Bac lake)
The reason why Bodhi is named here is because in the past on this earth there were two very large Bodhi trees. I don’t know when or when that Bodhi tree was lost, only known in the poem “Cross the nostalgic Bodhi wharf” by Bodhi. Ngo Thi Si (1726-1780) had a sentence:
“Bodhi tree of the second tree of gold at
Ancient due to the existence of ancient trees…”
Mean :
Where are the two Bodhi trees now?
The old wharf has the name of the old tree left
Since when did Bo De Pagoda exist, there are currently no documents to determine the age of the temple, even in historical records and Buddhist books. The current temple, according to experts, the architecture of the pagoda is completely Nguyen Dynasty style, said Venerable Thich Tam Tich, who used to practice at Bo De Pagoda, said the pagoda was built. Completely rebuilt in the year of Giap Tuat (Tu Duc) on the old pagoda. Thus, the current Bo De pagoda was built in 1874. In the stele “Truong caias Thien Son self bi Ky” still kept at the temple, recording the repair of Thien Son pagoda (Bo De) clearly states: The stele was erected in 15th Hoang Dinh (1614). Thus, the pagoda must be built long before the five steles were erected.
Perhaps the first Bo De temple was built during the Ly or Tran dynasties, which was a period when Buddhism was very prosperous and then the Le dynasty emphasized Confucianism. When Le Loi ascended the throne, he forced the monks to take an exam. Those who were accepted could continue to practice, those who failed the exam had to return to the state and in the second year of Quang Thuan, there was a decree banning the construction of new temples.
It is also possible that the Bodhi temple was built with the nuns and planted two Bodhi trees, because the Bodhi tree is attached to Buddhism, Bodhi has its Sanskrit root a) meaning: Dao, Enlightenment (enlightenment). , dogma,
transparent). And the Bodhi tree is a teacher, following the root of the letter n is Pippala, which is a tall and big tree. Duc Thich, sat under that tree to meditate until he attained Bodhi fruition at Buddha La La forest in Tuong Tou mountain. .
| The name Bo De is very popular in this area, here is Bo De wharf, this river section is called Bo De river, Bo De pagoda, Bo De commune. All originate from two ancient Bodhi trees, whose traces are only recorded in history books. The Dai Viet historical records of the entire book mentioned two Bodhi trees growing here, so the king’s palace was called the Bodhi palace.
| Bo De Pagoda today has an upper house, in the middle is to worship Buddha, the right compartment is the Ancestral church, the left compartment is the Mother church. Through time and periods of ups and downs according to the history of each period, in the mid-nineteenth century, Bo De pagoda began to deteriorate and few people cared for it, monk Thich Nguyen Bieu, self-titled Nhat Thiet great, came to the temple. (1835 – 1906).
| The historical stele of Bo De pagoda records that: “The official patriarch of Nga Son district, Thanh Hoa, Pham family lineage, Confucianists were born academically, patriotic and did not serve as a mandarin of the Nguyen Dynasty. The Patriarch soon realized: “The dream world is vanity, the body is fake”, so he decided to say goodbye to his parents and leave home to seek enlightenment. At the age of 17, he obtained the fourth Dharma enlightenment at Vinh Nghiem pagoda..
In 1874, the Patriarch opened his heart of compassion, followed his heart, requested and cherished the two words Bodhi, so he returned to the temple here, founded a monastic school, propagated, gave birth, built a pagoda, painted statues, and built a Dharma house. The Flower Adornment Sutra, the Lotus Sutra. Print a summary of the sign of the ni, the suspect, and compose it into K Tung Bo De, including two upper and lower volumes, ha”. During the year at Bo De pagoda, Most Venerable Thich Nguyen Bieu wholeheartedly converted the four groups, the merit of the First Patriarch of Bo De Temple. The Venerable Master was so profound and he was considered the first patriarch of the Bodhi Temple.
| The patriarch passed away on October 2, Year of the Pig (1906), with a life span of 71 years and a summer age of 50 years.
The posting system is as follows:
1. The First Emperor: Patriarch Thich Nguyen Bieu
2. Second: A- Most Venerable Thich Thanh Tran
b- Most Venerable Thich Quang Ich
c- Most Venerable Thich Quang Gia
3. The Third Great: Most Venerable Thich Thuong Bang
4. The Fourth Great: Bhikkhu Thich Tam Tich
Since 1951, he moved to Quan Su pagoda, Su saw Dam Thanh in his place and now B0 temple is taken care of by monk Thich Dam Lan.
In the 20th century, especially when the Southern Buddhist Association was established, Bo De Pagoda became a place to train nuns, along with Quan Su pagoda to train monks. These are the two largest centers of – Ky. The training school for nuns at Bo De temple, which has existed for decades, is very crowded, and it has trained quite a few Buddhist nuns under the care of Venerable Tri Hai – By 1946, the year of the national resistance, the school had to move. other places.
Source: Collected internet.