Temple Truc Lam, Founder's House

One of the objectives of the Truc Lam temple is to recreate the spirit of Zen Buddhism during the Tran Dynasty that ruled Vietnam form 1225 to 1400. The tradition practiced here was started by Emperor Tran Nhan Tong, who abdicated the throne in favour of his son Tran Anh Tong to become a Buddhist monk and founded a new tradition in Zen. He had incorporated the three sects of Zen that had come to Vietnam from China, the Tỳ-ni-đa-lưu-chi, Vô Ngôn Thông and Thảo Đường into a new Vietnamese Zen tradition, known as Truc Lam. This came after he had led royal troops in defeating Nguyên Mông before retreating to Yên Tử mountain to begin his religious life before travelling around the country to expound the dharma.