Thích Huyền Quang

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Thích Huyền Quang
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Title
Tăng Thống
(Patriarch)
Personal
Born (1919-09-19)19 September 1919
Bình Định Province, Vietnam, French Indochina
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Hồ Chí Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Religion Thiền (Zen) Buddhism
Nationality Vietnamese
School Lâm Tế (Linji Chan School)

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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]

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]

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Buddhist titles
Preceded by Patriarch of the UBCV
1992–2008
Succeeded by
Thich Quảng Độ
  1. 1.0 1.1 Vietnamese Federation For Fatherland's Integrity
  2. International Herald Tribune article: "Dissident patriarch of Vietnam Buddhist group dies"
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  4. Google News via AFP
  5. Dissident Vietnamese monk dies in Vietnam
  6. Star Tribune article: "Patriarch of banned Vietnamese Buddhist church dies after years under house arrest"
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