Trúc Lâm Zen school

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Trúc Lâm Zen school is a distinctive Vietnamese Zen Buddhist tradition founded in the 13th century that integrates meditation practice with engaged social and political life.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Trúc Lâm Zen school canonical	2
Truc Lam Zen Buddhism	1
Trúc Lâm Yên Tử Zen sect	1
Trúc Lâm Yên Tử school	1
Trúc Lâm Zen sect	1
Trúc Lâm Zen tradition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18577175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Trúc Lâm Zen school
Context triple: [Vietnamese Buddhism, majorSchool, Trúc Lâm Zen school]

A. Fuke Zen sect
The Fuke Zen sect was a Japanese Buddhist school whose wandering monk-practitioners used the shakuhachi flute as a form of meditation and spiritual practice.
B. Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen
The Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen is a major Japanese Zen Buddhist lineage centered on Kamakura’s historic Kenchō-ji temple, emphasizing rigorous meditation practice and monastic discipline.
C. Hossō school
The Hossō school is one of the oldest Buddhist traditions in Japan, representing the East Asian Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) philosophy and historically influential in Nara Buddhism.
D. Shokoku-ji school of Rinzai Zen
The Shokoku-ji school of Rinzai Zen is a major branch of Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism centered on Kyoto’s Shokoku-ji temple, historically influential in Zen practice, culture, and temple networks such as Ginkaku-ji.
E. Sōtō Zen
Sōtō Zen is a major school of Japanese Zen Buddhism known for its emphasis on seated meditation (zazen) and the practice of "just sitting" (shikantaza) as the direct expression of enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Trúc Lâm Zen school
Target entity description: Trúc Lâm Zen school is a distinctive Vietnamese Zen Buddhist tradition founded in the 13th century that integrates meditation practice with engaged social and political life.

A. Fuke Zen sect
The Fuke Zen sect was a Japanese Buddhist school whose wandering monk-practitioners used the shakuhachi flute as a form of meditation and spiritual practice.
B. Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen
The Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen is a major Japanese Zen Buddhist lineage centered on Kamakura’s historic Kenchō-ji temple, emphasizing rigorous meditation practice and monastic discipline.
C. Hossō school
The Hossō school is one of the oldest Buddhist traditions in Japan, representing the East Asian Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) philosophy and historically influential in Nara Buddhism.
D. Shokoku-ji school of Rinzai Zen
The Shokoku-ji school of Rinzai Zen is a major branch of Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism centered on Kyoto’s Shokoku-ji temple, historically influential in Zen practice, culture, and temple networks such as Ginkaku-ji.
E. Sōtō Zen
Sōtō Zen is a major school of Japanese Zen Buddhism known for its emphasis on seated meditation (zazen) and the practice of "just sitting" (shikantaza) as the direct expression of enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietnamese Buddhism → majorSchool → Trúc Lâm Zen school ⓘ

Tran Nhan Tong → founded → Trúc Lâm Zen school ⓘ

Tran Nhan Tong → founded → Trúc Lâm Yên Tử Zen sect ⓘ