1. Full name:  Le Thuy Duong    

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: June 28th 1985

4. Place of birth: Ha Noi

5. Decision No. 194/2013/QĐ-TCT-ĐT dated 06/08/2013 of Director of Training Center for Teachers of Political Theory - Vietnam National University, Hanoi; Decision No. 148/QĐ-SĐH dated 10/02/2014 of President of University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi on approving the thesis title and supervisor of doctoral thesis.

6. Changes in academic process:

Decision No. 1013/QĐ-SĐH dated 29/03/2016 of President of University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi on modifying the doctoral dissertation title.

7. Official thesis title: “World-entering ideology of Buddhist Meditation through Buddhist Revival Movement in Vietnam in the early 20th century”

8. Major: Dialectical and Historical Materialism            

9 Code: 62 22 03 02

10. Supervisor: Associate Professor Tran Nguyen Viet

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis analyzes the relationship between the thought of incarnation of Zen Buddhism in general and Vietnam Zen Buddhism in particular with the revival movement of Buddhism, from then, clarifies some features of the thought of incarnation of Vietnam Zen Buddhism.

- The thesis analyzes reasons, development of the revival movement of Vietnam Zen Buddhism in early twentieth century and clarifies the contents, characteristics of the thought of incarnation of Vietnam Zen Buddhism via this movement.

- The thesis clarifies the values and limitations of Vietnam Zen Buddhism from the revival movement of Buddhism of the North in the early twentieth century to current at that time, and from that getting historical lessons for current Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

- The findings achieved in the thesis are considered as new when they are analyzed, clarified flexibility of Zen in practical life of Buddhism leading to the inevitability of incarnation.

12. Practical applicability:

The topic can be used as a reference for researching and teaching topics on the thought of incarnation of Buddhism in general and the thought of incarnation of Zen Buddhism in particular.

13. Further research directions:

Continue research on the thought of incarnation of Zen Buddhism through the revival movement of Vietnam Buddhism in the early 20th century, not only in North but also in South and Central, from that reasearching on the effect of the thought of incarnation of Zen Buddhism on spiritual life of Vietnamese today.

14. Thesis-related publications:

Le Thuy Duong (2013) “The thought of incarnation of Three ancestors of Truc Lam Yen Tu”, Journal of Researching on Religions (3), pp. 33-40.

 Le Thuy Duong (2013) “Impact of the thought of incarnation on socio-political, cultural and artistic life of the Tran dynasty”, Journal of Researching on Buddhology (3), pp. 23-27.

 Le Thuy Duong (2016) “ Duoc Tue magazine with the revival movement of Buddhism in Northern Vietnam in the early 20th century”, Journal of Political Theories and Communication (5), pp. 57-60.

 Le Thuy Duong (2016) “Thought of Zen incarnation through Ngo Thi Nham’s poetry”, Journal of Arts and Cultures (8), pp.76-77.

Le Thuy Duong (2016) “Generalizing the thought of incarnation of the Zen flows and some typical Zen masters”, Journal of Researching on Buddhology (7), pp. 33-40.