Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, 1928-2020 (Photo IBIB) Venerable THÍCH QUẢNG ĐỘ, secular name Đặng Phúc Tuệ, was the Fifth Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and a leading advocate of religious freedom, human rights and democracy in Vietnam. Sixteen times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, …
Read More »Biography of the UBCV Fifth Supreme Patriarch Thich Quang Do Thich Quang Do, secular name Dang Phuc Tue, was born on 27 November 1928 in Thanh Chau village in Thai Binh province (northern Vietnam). He became a monk at the age of 14. In 1945, when he was just 17, …
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“I have lived without a home, will die without a grave,I walk without a path and am imprisonedwithout a crime”(Thich Huyen Quang) The 4th Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), who passed away on 5th July at the Nguyen Thieu Monastery in Binh …
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