Venerable Master Taixu (1890-1947), Chinese Buddhist reformer, founder of the Wuchang Buddhist Institute and the Buddhist journal Haichaoyin, and active participant in various Buddhist movements., He advocated the reform and renewal of Buddhism in China.

The Tripitaka [Sanskrit] [Pali: Tipitaka] is the Canon of the Buddhists, both Theravada and Mahayana. Thus it is possible to speak of several Canons such as the Sthaviravada, Sarvastivada and Mahayana as well as in term of languages like Pali, Chinese and Tibetan. The word is used basically to refer to the literature, the authorship of which is directly or indirectly ascribed to the Buddha himself.

During the Summer of 1996, I visited Vietnam to conduct research for my doctoral dissertation. AT that time, I met a number of monks including Thich Nguyen Tang who is in the process of writing a book about Buddhism throughout the world and also contributes articles on "Buddhism around the World" to the Buddhist journal, Giac Ngo.

There are 5,2 million citizens (25,000 from Asia). Denmark has a royal family, and Queen Margrethe is the head of our monarchy. She is married to prince Henrik from France, and they have two sons. The youngests, prices Joachin, recently married a woman from Hong Kong, while the oldest, price Frederik still is unmarried.