Giáo Hội Phật Giáo Việt Nam Thống Nhất | |
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| Formation | January 4, 1964; 62 years ago (1964-01-04) |
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| Founded at | Huế, Vietnam |
| Purpose | Buddhistsangha |
| Headquarters | Phật Ân Temple,Long Thành District,Đồng Nai Từ Hiếu Temple,Sài Gòn North America: Phật Đà Temple,San Diego, California Liên Hoa Temple,Houston, Texas Quang Thiện Temple,Ontario, Canada Europe: Viên Giác Temple,Hannover, Germany Khánh Anh Temple,Évry-Courcouronnes,France Australia and New Zealand: Quảng Đức Monastery,Fawkner,Australia |
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| Subsidiaries | Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association Vietnamese American Unified Buddhist Congregation Vietnamese Australian and New Zealander Unified Buddhist Congregation United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation in Europe |
| Remarks | Slogan: Phụng sự chúng sanh tức cúng dường chư Phật (Serving all sentient beings is offering to the Buddhas) Anthem: Phật Giáo Việt Nam (Buddhism in Vietnam) |
TheUnified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (Vietnamese:Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất) was founded in 1964 as a nationwide Buddhist organization inSouth Vietnam. It was banned by the communistVietnamese government in 1981, which favored the state-sponsoredBuddhist Sangha of Vietnam. The Unified Buddhist Sangha continues to operate in exile outside Vietnam.[1]
Before the1954 partition of Vietnam, the first national Buddhist organization was theGeneral Buddhist Association of Vietnam, established in 1951. The Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam was founded in 1964 to unify 11 of the 14 different sects ofVietnamese Buddhism which were present inSouth Vietnam at the time. The unification also came in response to theDiệm government's mishandling of theBuddhist crisis in 1963.[2] During the Second Republic, the Sangha was divided into two factions: the moderate,Northern-dominatedQuốc Tự, led byThích Tâm Châu, and the larger,Central-dominatedẤn Quang, led byThích Trí Quang and notably more hostile to the government.[3]: 7
The UBSV's patriarchsThích Huyền Quang, andThích Quảng Độ 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.[4]
In 1981, six years after the communist victory, the new government consolidated all Buddhist organizations under the umbrella groupBuddhist Sangha of Vietnam and placed it under government control. The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and all other non-sanctioned organizations were banned within Vietnam. The UBSV continues to operate in exile outside Vietnam.[5]
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