Thich Huyen Quang
| Thích Huyền Quang | |
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| Religion | Thiền (Zen) Buddhism |
| School | Lâm Tế (Linji Chan School) |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Born | 19 September 1919 Bình Định Province, Vietnam, French Indochina |
| Died | 5 July 2008 (aged 88) Hồ Chí Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Tăng Thống (Patriarch) |
Thích Huyền Quang (19 September 1919 – 5 July 2008[1]) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, dissident and activist. At the time, he was the Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, a currently banned organisation in his homeland. He was notable for his activism for human and religious rights in Vietnam.
In 1977, Quang wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng detailing counts of oppression by the communist regime. For this, he and five other senior monks were arrested and detained.[1] In 1982, he was arrested and put on permanent house arrest for opposition to governmental policy after publicly denouncing the establishment of the state-controlled Vietnam Buddhist Church.[2]
In 2002, he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for his human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need, which he shared with Thích Quảng Độ and Father Nguyễn Văn Lý.[3]
[edit] Death
Quang died peacefully on 5 July 2008, aged 88, at his monastery.[4][5][6][7] His funeral was held on Friday, 11 July 2008 without incident.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Vietnamese Federation For Fatherland's Integrity
- ^ International Herald Tribune article: "Dissident patriarch of Vietnam Buddhist group dies"
- ^ "Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award". People in Need. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ Google News via AFP
- ^ Dissident Vietnamese monk dies in Vietnam
- ^ Star Tribune article: "Patriarch of banned Vietnamese Buddhist church dies after years under house arrest"
- ^ BBC News (2008-07-11). "Vietnamese dissident laid to rest". Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ Sahil Nagpal (2008-07-11). "Banned Vietnamese monk's funeral held without incident". Retrieved 2008-07-12.
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| Preceded by Thích Ðôn Hậu |
Patriarch of the UBCV 1992–2008 |
Succeeded by Thich Quảng Độ |
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- 1919 births
- 2008 deaths
- Vietnamese Buddhist monks
- Vietnamese religious leaders
- Civil rights activists
- Unified Buddhist Church Buddhists
- Vietnamese democracy activists
- Vietnamese human rights activists
- Vietnamese prisoners and detainees
- Vietnamese anti-communists
- Vietnamese Zen Buddhists
- Buddhist pacifists
- Disease-related deaths in Vietnam
