The Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (''Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất'' or ''GHPGVNTN'' or '' Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV)'' ) is a Buddhist organization in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. The Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam was founded in 1964 in order to unify 11 of the 14 different sects of
Vietnamese Buddhism
Buddhism in Vietnam (''Đạo Phật'' 道佛 or ''Phật Giáo'' 佛教 in Vietnamese), as practiced by the ethnic Vietnamese, is mainly of the Mahayana tradition and is the main religion. Buddhism may have first come to Vietnam as early as the ...
which were present in the country at the time. The unification also came in response to a government that was increasingly being seen as hostile to Buddhists during the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
.
The UBSV's patriarchs
, and
Thích Quảng Độ
Thích Quảng Độ (釋廣度)(; 27 November 1928 – 22 February 2020) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and scholar who was the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from 2008 until his death. Since the execution of his m ...
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.
[Johnson, Kay (March 2, 2007 )]
The Fighting Monks of Vietnam
Time Magazine
In 1981, six years after the communist victory, the new government consolidated all Buddhist organizations under the umbrella group
Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (abbreviated as VBS, Vietnamese: ''Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam'') is the only Buddhist sangha recognised by the Vietnamese government, and a member of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front. It was founded after V ...
and placed it under government control. The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and all other non-sanctioned organizations were banned within Vietnam. It continues to operate in exile outside Vietnam.
See also
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Thích Quảng Độ
Thích Quảng Độ (釋廣度)(; 27 November 1928 – 22 February 2020) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and scholar who was the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from 2008 until his death. Since the execution of his m ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
The Suppression of the Unified Buddhist Church Human Rights Watch 1995
Buddhism in Vietnam
Buddhist organizations in Asia
Religious organizations established in 1964
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