Tue Sy was born in 1945 in Paksé, Laos.
- 1954, he joined the La^m Tê´ (Rinzai) School as a novice at Trang Nghiêm
Pagoda in Tân An Village, Paksé, Laos.
- 1960, came back to Vietnam alone, was self-sufficient and sojourned throughout
South Vietnam at many provincial temples in Hue, Nha Trang, Sài Gòn,
Tien Giang.
- 1961, he was ordained as a novice monk and later was accepted into the Quang
Huong Già Lam Zen Monastery in Sài Gòn.
- 1964, graduated from the Sài Gòn College of Buddhist Studies.
- 1965, studied at the Faculty of Buddhist Studies of Van Hanh University, Sài Gòn.
- From 1966, his essays and poems were first published in literary magazines,
for some of which he subsequently assumed editorship.
- 1970, he was appointed as a Professor of Buddhist Philosophy and Editor-in-
chief of the University's magazine 'Tu Tuong' (Thought) at Van Hanh University.
- 1973, moved to Nha Trang, appointed as the Director of the Hai Ðuc College of
Buddhist Studies.
- After the event of the April 30,1975, he retreated to a monastery plot on the
fringes of Van Giã forest, approximately 60 km from Nha Trang.
- 1977, relocated to Sài Gòn.
- 1978 - 1980, he was imprisoned for 3 years without trial (offense of inhabiting
without notice to the authorities).
- 1981 - 1984, was a Dharma Instructor for the Special Training Course at
Quang Huong Già Lam Zen Monastery.
- April 1984, he was detained again along with Professor Trí Siêu Lê Manh Thát.
- September 1988, both were sentenced to death. One month later, his death
sentence was commuted to 20 years of hard labor, and imprisoning first at
Ðong Nai - South Vietnam, then at Phú Yên - Midland and finally at Ba Sao -
North Vietnam.
- August 03, 1998, he was presented the Hellman/Hammett Award from the
Human Rights Watch.
- September 02, 1998, he was released and deported back to the South by train.
- From 1998, he devoted most of his time to writing and translating scriptures in
a remote hermitage in the plateau of Bao Loc.
- December 03, 2021, he established and was designated President of the
Provisional Tripitaka Translation Council.
- August 21, 2022, he was chosen to assume the responsibilities of the Chief
Secretary cum Standing Chief Executor of the Supreme Central Council of
Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam.
- November 24, 2023, he serenely passed away at Phat Ân Temple, Ðong Nai at
the age of 79.
