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volumes of Sutras to be translated by famous teachers. At that
time, Secret Buddhism also spread to South East Asia. The
people in South East Asia took the Secret Buddhism learning
very seriously.
History recorded that Amoghavajra met Vajrabodhi and
became his disciple in Malaysia in 720 AD. This tells us that
teachers from India had spread Secret Buddhism to South East
Asia, China and Tibet, in the same era. The quantity of Sutras in
South East Asia was as many as in China and Tibet.Most Buddhist monks practiced Secret Buddhism in Siam,
Burma, Laos and Cambodia. The majority of them became
famous and was respected for their spiritual powers. Some
attained a superior spiritual power that was well known and had
become legendary.
In Vietnam, following the Dinh, Le, Ly and Tran dynasties,
the Vietnamese monasteries did not have a master of Esoteric
Doctrine therefore the line of transmission has been broken.
In the year 1928 AD, the elder monk Khanh Hoa had
brought three 'baskets' of scriptures to Vietnam from China and
Japan. However, until 1970, there were only scattered
translations of the esoteric teachings. In every temple, Buddhist
monks routinely recited the Great Compassion and the Ten Good
Deeds Dharani Sutra at 4:00 am, noon and evening time. These
are the major Sutras of Secret Esoteric Buddhism. Buddhist
monks in Vietnam as well as in Japan always began their reciting
session with the Great Compassion Sutra, which was the most
important Dharani in Secret Buddhism. This Sutra was from the
“Thousand Arms and Eyes Great Compassion Dharani”.
Vietnamese Buddhists also recite it. However, when asked about
Secret Esoteric Buddhism, no one seems to know anything about
it. Surprisingly even among the Buddhist masters, who recite