Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
The Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam[a] was founded in 1964 as a Buddhist organization in Vietnam. It was banned by the government of Vietnam in 1981.
History
The Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam was founded in 1964 to unify 11 of the 14 different sects of
The UBSV's patriarchs Thích Huyền Quang, and Thích Quảng Độ were under house arrest due to their opposition to strict government control of religion, which was established after the communists won the war in 1975.[2]
In 1981, six years after the communist victory, the new government consolidated all Buddhist organizations under the umbrella group
See also
Notes
- ^ Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất
References
- ISBN 978-1-55587-961-7.
- ^ Johnson, Kay (March 2, 2007 ). The Fighting Monks of Vietnam, Time Magazine
- ^ "Vietnam officials monitor funeral for head of banned Buddhist church". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
Bibliography
- Queen, Christopher S.; King, Sallie B. (1996). Thich Nath Hanh and the Unified Church of Vietnam. In: Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. SUNY Press. pp. 321–. ISBN 978-0-7914-2844-3.
External links
- The Suppression of the Unified Buddhist Church, Human Rights Watch 1995
- Phật Tử Việt Nam
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