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| Thích Huy?n Quang |
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Lê Ðình Nhàn |
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September 19, 1919(1919-09-19) |
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Bình Ð?nh province, Vietnam |
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July 5, 2008 (aged 88) |
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Vietnamese Mahayana |
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Tang Th?ng
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Thích Huy?n Quang (September 19, 1919 – July 5, 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 sect in his homeland. Huy?n Quang was notable for his activism for human and religious rights in Vietnam. In 1977, Huy?n Quang wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister Ph?m Van Ð?ng detailing counts of oppression by the communist regime. For this, he and five other senior monks were arrested and detained.[2] In 1982, Huy?n Quang was arrested and subsequently put into permanent house arrest for opposition to governmental policy after publicly denouncing the establishment of the state-controlled Vietnam Buddhist Church.[3]
Huy?n Quang died peacefully on July 5th 2008 at his monastery after returning from the hospital for treatment of the heart, lung and kidneys.[4][5][6][7]
His funeral was held on Friday, July 11th, 2008 without any incident.[8]
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