Pagoda Phat Hue (Buddha’s Wisdom Pagoda) is a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Temple located in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded in 2002 by Zen Master and Abbot Thich Thien Son, Pagoda Phat Hue holds nightly meditation courses, weekend Zen Seminars, Dharma Talks, personal enrichment classes, community festivals and other events.
The Phat Hue community includes an ordained Sangha of monks and nuns from different backgrounds, hundreds of Zen students from Europe, Asia, and the United States, and thousands of local Vietnamese community members.
The primary goal as a Buddhist Pagoda is to create opportunities for people to connect with and practice the Buddha’s teachings. It is also the aim to make the true essence of Buddhism accessible to all, regardless of religious or cultural background. Through understanding, mindfulness, and the practice of overcoming personal limitations, individuals on this path have the chance to experience the full potential of their being.
Encouraging unity through our common sense of compassion, the Phat Hue community constantly bridges the gap between spiritual practitioners and the modern society. Weekly meditations, Sangha lessons, personal meetings, and social events sponsored by the Pagoda help to spread and clarify the message of the Buddha. It is the wish to help create a more engaged and harmonious society.
Ven. Thich Thien Son invites all religious and scientific traditions to engage in spiritual dialogues to bring light to our human condition.
Ven. Thich Thien Son is the founder of Pagoda Phat Hue. He is head of its religious community and manages its affiliated lay community.
Thich Thien Son was born in 1967 in Saigon and was ordained in the Lin-Chi lineage of Zen Buddhism at the age of 8. In 1979, he fled political persecution in Vietnam and emigrated to Germany. During many years of training as a monk, he was educated in Taiwan and China in traditional Chinese medicine. He has participated in numerous charity and Dharma projects around the world.
His diverse activities aim to spread Buddhist theory and practice and to help people understand themselves and manage difficult life situations. As a Zen Master, he specializes in teaching the Zen method and is committed to the Lin-Chi tradition.
Ven. Thich Thien Son leads a series of Zen Seminars that build one upon another. During these seminars lay practitioners are able to gain important insights into themselves through their own effort. The first step is learning to recognize their personality structures and behavior habits using a variety of methods, including those of Western psychotherapy.
The abbot’s deep understanding of both Eastern and Western cultures is incorporated into these seminars, into projects involving the German and Vietnamese lay communities, and into a host of multi-cultural events at Pagoda Phat Hue.
EMail: info@tphathue.de
Website: http://www.phathue.de
