Giác Hải Explained

Giác Hải (Vietnamese: 覺海, fl. 1100) was a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen monk and the most famous disciple of fisherman turned Zen master Không Lộ (1016-1094). He is mentioned in a poem by emperor Lý Nhân Tông (1066–1127).^[1] Chapter 11 of 15th Century writer Nam Ông's Nam Ông mộng lục entitled "Tăng đạo thần thông" (Vietnamese: 僧道神通) tells the story of how he joined forces with the Daoist master Thông Huyền to slay two demons.^[2]

Notes and References

1. David G. Marr, Anthony Crothers MilnerSoutheast Asia in the 9th to 14th Centuries - Page 147 1986 "[40] His most famous disciple, Giac Hai, was cited in a poem by King Ly Can Bifc,[41] and the court subsidized Giac Hai's ... royal compound at Thang-long (modern Hanoi) and is identified in his biography as "director of monks at the Ly court"; ...
2. Journal of Asian martial arts 2004 - Volume 13 - Page 68 There is a famous story in which a Daoist, Thong Huyen, and a Buddhist monk, Giac Hai, combined their Daoist magic and Buddhist sorcery to slay two toad-like demons that attacked the palace "