1979 COMMENCEMENT HONORING THE DALAI LAMA WITH AN HONORARY DOCTORATE<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
With Buddha Dharma University, you have a truly gifted set of knowledgeable professors. Although ours is a Zen seminary stemming from both Korean and Vietnamese lineages, many of our instructors have also trained in other traditions. The Dharma (truth) is as it is, regardless of the name or style. It is worth noting that our professors donate their time and talents, both to keep your expenses low and to be of service to the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
OUR ORIGINAL FOUNDER: \u200b
\nHOA THUONG VEN. DR. TH\u00cdCH THI\u00caN \u00c2N<\/h1>\n
A few years later, his enthusiastic students encouraged Th\u00edch Thi\u00ean-\u00c2n to apply for permanent residency and to open a meditation center that included a place for practitioners to live and study Zen Buddhism. In 1970, he founded the International Buddhist Meditation Center in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n Once established, Th\u00edch Thi\u00ean-\u00c2n taught the traditions of Zen Buddhism at the IBMC. In addition, he taught Eastern Philosophy and Asian Studies at Los Angeles City College. He retired from teaching at the college when he was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1979. He continued teaching at his center until he died in 1980 at the age of 54, succumbing to the effects of the liver cancer. (From\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/buddhadharmauniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ven-dr-thich-thien-an-2_1_orig.jpg\")