HIGHER BUDDHIST EDUCATION IN VIETNAM : CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to review all quality aspects of Buddhist Higher Education in Vietnam. Required by applied research, the author had to care about what has been available and considered what need to be improved upon. In this way, this paper looked at some of the shortcomings that occurred in the past, some of which extended to the present then came up with the proposed solutions. If properly done, Higher Buddhist Education in Vietnam can meet the International Standards, fulfi l its roles and more importantly can transcend the purely academic fi eld by fi rstly bringing students to really understand Buddhism then leading them to the personal liberation by practicing the Buddha’s teaching throughout their whole life.