Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights
Letter of the Most Venerable Thich Quang Do to US Congressman Alan Lowenthal
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Letter from UBCV Patriarch Thích Quảng Độ to President Obama on the eve of his visit to Vietnam
Buddhist Era 2560 Ref. 20 /TT/VTT The Honorable Barack H. Obama, President of the United States of America, The White House, Washington D.C. 20500 Saigon, 30th April 2016 Dear President Obama, In …
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IBIB: Obituary of UBCV Supreme Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang
“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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Message from Very Venerable Thich Quang Do to the UN Commission on Human Rights
This Message by the Very Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, is addressed to the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. It was originally recorded on video, filmed secretly at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Saigon …
Read More »Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam by Thich Quang Do (extracts) 21.2.2001
As the Vietnamese Communist Party launched consultations on the political platform of its Ninth Party Congress, Venerable Thich Quang Do addressed an “Appeal for democracy in Vietnam” to VCP Secretary-general Le Kha Phieu, President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and National Assembly President Nong Duc Manh. The …
Read More »Appeal for Democracy in Vietnam by Thich Quang Do (full text)
Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY IN VIETNAM on the occasion of the 4880th Anniversary of our founding Fathers the Hung Kings and the dawning of the Third Millennium Buddhism came into the world to deliver all creatures from suffering. The emergence of Buddhism 2,544 years ago represented …
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