What’s Up With Buddhist Persecution in Vietnam?

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What’s Up With Buddhist Persecution in Vietnam?

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5 жыл бұрын

While reports of arrests of, or attacks on, Buddhists in Vietnam are not frequent, the religious community has for decades lived in a perpetual atmosphere of persecution, which cannot be quantified by the number of “incidents” but with official and unofficial restrictions imposed by the Southeast Asian country’s communist government.
“The communist party is really afraid of every movement that has the support of the population,” said Vo Tran Nhat, Executive Secretary of Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, a non-governmental organization founded in Paris in 1975. Vietnam’s government doesn’t only believe that communism is incompatible with Buddhist teachings, but it also sees any assembly or association outside of its control as a threat to its one-party rule.
Speaking to The Diplomat, via StoriesAsia, at the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum in Hsinchu City in June, Tran Nhat explained that although he himself is not religious, he cares a great deal about the Buddhists and minority Christians, who raise their voices against oppression and injustice. If Buddhists lose their religion, Vietnam would lose its “soul,” he warned.

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@moonmissy 2 жыл бұрын

This guy have no idea what he’s talking about. I’m Vietnamese by birth and grew up in North America and stayed for several years in Vietnam. Vietnamese Buddhism is thriving after the US trade embargo was lifted. As long as the monks are not trying to get political (which some are) they are left alone to practice, attend Buddhist University, even go abroad to study, get PhDs and many returns to teach at the University. Books, audio lectures are widely distributed. Monasteries hold meditation retreats often for thousands of people, run orphanages, herbal medicine clinics for the poor and organizes charitable drives. In China you don’t get access to Facebook, KZfaq, WhatsApp, Twitter etc.. internet is not censored in Vietnam, all of them are available. What this guy talked about are old news, what happened in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Since the 90’s after the US trade embargo was lifted, Vietnam government became very friendly with many western democracies so they cleaned up their acts in favour of more open society for business and trades. It isn’t yet a democracy but it’s very different from the likes of China.

@stevesantos8712 2 жыл бұрын

Yes your right but there’s still some old school people from Vietnam here in the U.S.A that look down at Buddhism but I have also known Vietnamese who believe in Buddhism and it’s from them that I have had a respect for that religion.

@taranishorizon4749 Жыл бұрын

Tui người Việt Nam nè bạn😂

@anxanh 2 жыл бұрын

In fact, non-believers in Vietnam will also go to pagodas, churches, and temples, not purely for faith, but for culture, study, and community activities. Actually, you can see the presence of academies, religious schools, monasteries of different religions all over Vietnam. Religion is the private relationship of believers with their gods, the state will not interfere unless followers of a certain religion use the name of religion to hurt the interests of others and the nation.

@le_sids2224 2 жыл бұрын

new title: white guy talks about Vietnamese buddhism for them 😍😍 but this time he twist everything to make it look like propaganda 😝

@alanbrown342 5 ай бұрын

That guy was not white. Born in France, but not white.

@adbhutbharat176 3 жыл бұрын

They can suppress buddhism as religion, but they can't suppress teachings of buddha 😊😊🙏🙏.

@SwissMappin 2 жыл бұрын

cringe

@nhunghoang4384 2 жыл бұрын

The persecution of Buddhism in 1960 was carried out by the puppet government of the United States set up in Vietnam. The current government does not suppress religion, but there are some differences such as if you are a Catholic when you are born you will follow your parents' religion, but if you follow Buddhism in Vietnam, when you are old enough At your age, you will decide for yourself whether to take refuge and have a dharma name or not, if so, then you are a follower of Buddha otherwise you will be classified as a non-religious group. However, this group is completely free to go to the temple, and I am a non-religious person and on major Buddhist holidays or at the beginning of the year I will still go to the temple to burn incense. and often religious people will not work in government because to create more equality between religions

@BhagatSinghRajguruSukhdevFan 11 ай бұрын

Great comment

@unusualbug1113 9 ай бұрын

@@SwissMappin Shut up christcuck

@nguyenuctrung3814 3 жыл бұрын

hey i think people's get it's wrong. Vietnamese wasn't buddhism, most of the country was atheist or worship ancester spirits only Le dynasty buddhist was main religion, most of history vietnam worship ancester spirits and taoism, in 20th the country start influenced by atheist. this video was political against Vietnam goverment, it's not represent buddhist believers in vietnam.

@cudanmang_theog 3 жыл бұрын

Buddhism was one of the state religions of Vietnamese monarchs back then, until communism

@cudanmang_theog 3 жыл бұрын

Buddhism laid the foundation of Vietnamese civilization. You are communist bot

@nguyenuctrung3814 3 жыл бұрын

@@cudanmang_theog no it's Wet Rice Civilization and later is taoism, buddhism only dominant in Le dynasty. you are 3/// bot

@vinhlong7347 3 жыл бұрын

@@cudanmang_theog Ông câm mẹ mồm đi, trước đây Việt Nam là Tam Giáo 100% chứ đéo có chuyện cho thoải mái lựa chọn như bây giờ đâu

@JSP1233 Жыл бұрын

@@nguyenuctrung3814 tôi ko phải 3 que j nhé nhưng sự thật thời Lý Trần Phật giáo là quốic giáo đến thời Lê thì đạo Nho đc trọng hơn cùng với đó là sự truyền bá công giáo của Tây khiến cho Đạo Phật ptr chậm tiếc là bây h chínnh phủ chưa có nhiều chính sách nhằm phục hưng Phật giáo

@g.pradip4083 4 жыл бұрын

Buddha is great.... Forever

@romanticboy_1mv 4 жыл бұрын

Buddha is great but God is Greatest of all .worshipping statues...and saving head...and beard always is not good ....Islam is the only truth....There is only one God and Buddha is not a God...He is normal human ...God is one...only one.. Statutes and idol worship is a crime

@g.pradip4083 4 жыл бұрын

@@romanticboy_1mv you seen god?

@romanticboy_1mv 4 жыл бұрын

@@g.pradip4083 There is only one God and not a second one, I respect your Buddha but I worship only one God...I am convert Muslim...you also read Quran ...There is nothing in this world which is fit for worship....only Allah is fit for worship...and Prophet Muhammad (saw) is the final last prophet of Allah...I respect Buddha, Sri Ram,Sri Krishna...but they are also created by God...so bow before God...God is one..Allah Ho Akbar

@g.pradip4083 4 жыл бұрын

@@romanticboy_1mv i read Quran 10 yr ago.....My simple question you seen god & jannat??

@SatyamKumar-px1ch 4 жыл бұрын

@@romanticboy_1mv You people always try to dominate and convert other

@tdonghoa 2 жыл бұрын

I am a foreigner (German) Buddhist monk living in Vietnam and also actually studying there. Please inform yourself don’t just listen what is told here in this video because it’s false right from the beginning. There is no persecution of Buddhism, Buddhists or any other religion and everybody is free to practice and learn Buddhism or other religions. And saying the state / the party is against religion isn’t right, especially arguing that they are communists so they are against religion is not the truth. Feel free to ask more here by commenting I’m glad to share my own view and experiences with you.

@fomoerotic 2 жыл бұрын

chào thầy tu, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you have not experienced direct persecution for practicing Buddhism. However, I am sad for the historical oppression of Buddhists in vn, especially during the 1960s. What do you feel was the cause of this historical oppression, and do you have any sense of when things became better for Buddhists in Vietnam?

@nhunghoang4384 2 жыл бұрын

@@fomoerotic The persecution of Buddhism in 1960 was carried out by the puppet government of the United States set up in Vietnam. The current government does not suppress religion, but there are some differences such as if you are a Catholic when you are born you will follow your parents' religion, but if you follow Buddhism in Vietnam, when you are old enough At your age, you will decide for yourself whether to take refuge and have a dharma name or not, if so, then you are a follower of Buddha otherwise you will be classified as a non-religious group. However, this group is completely free to go to the temple, and I am a non-religious person and on major Buddhist holidays or at the beginning of the year I will still go to the temple to burn incense. and often religious people will not work in government because to create more equality between religions

@world_mover_sangha 2 жыл бұрын

Nevermind what kind of Buddhism they are teaching. Most likely a different version of it. But nevermind, the real question is, what acts do the monks consider as oppressive by the government? Let's examine those. How corrupt are the politicians in Vietnam..

@nhunghoang4384 2 жыл бұрын

@@world_mover_sangha do not have. Monks have always received respect from the Vietnamese government. Buddhism is a religion that received much favor and respect from Vietnam for their help in the war against the US and France.

@nhunghoang4384 2 жыл бұрын

@@world_mover_sangha Vietnamese Buddhism is not the same as the Buddhism of India or Thailand it is more similar to China but not because of the influence of the communist party but because Buddhism was transmitted from China to Vietnam a few hundred years ago.

@itsgiao5098 4 жыл бұрын

OK the man was born in France, lived in France and talked about the reality in Vietnam? Well, I can't take what he said is all truth. Perhaps he didn't know that in a lot of pagodas, Buddhist monks have opened classes for meditation and Buddhism learning for public, especially for children during summer holidays. Those kind of activities are well received and supported by the citizens as well as the government. Vietnam is a socialist country but Buddhism philosophy has been integrated to our culture for a very long time, saying that the government tried to deny that is absurd! My grandparents donated and helped build pagoda in their hometown, asking a monk to come and stay there to spread out the good value of Buddhism. If there's no freedom of religion (in this case Buddhism), my grandparents would have been in a lot of trouble but they did not, in fact the local governors thanked them for that. In terms of bad Buddhist monks, there're bad apples everywhere and in everything. Some see an opportunity to scam and make money so they took it. There might be police's infiltration, who knows? I don't, but most of the cases are bad people tried to cheat others under the name of religious. Blaming the problems to the government and the police is too shallow in my opinion.

@BuddhaDharmaTV 4 жыл бұрын

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@katz7632 3 жыл бұрын

FINALLY THANK YOU! This video was so poorly made and it was simply made for the westerners to blame Vietnam for its own short comings

@world_mover_sangha 2 жыл бұрын

@walkwithmisuk Жыл бұрын

@@katz7632 lol

@huycao2028 3 жыл бұрын

I am Vietnamese and I don’t like video :) He lied!!!!!

@komalhadake9625 4 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is only one way to rationalism except any other stupid religions which believe on the God and Allah

@jqwiiiiqqirmnsnnsnnsnnsmjjrj Жыл бұрын

That's factually false there are non theistic ideas like that in Jainism and certain branches of Hinduism as well.

@rationalist9109 3 жыл бұрын

I am an Indian atheist, I hate all religions, but I so much love & respect Buddha! ☸

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 2 жыл бұрын

Why

@IamThatiAm420 2 жыл бұрын

Spirituality instead of religion.

@buddhasflutemeditation 2 жыл бұрын

May Lord Buddha guide us on the path of love, peace, and truth.

@mister_satan 2 жыл бұрын

I want exists a real freedom of beliefs, everyone can have the religion they want. I hope here some day Buddhism become more known (Argentina)

@nadilamarasinghe6688 2 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is the truth and the greatest religion. Namo Buddhaya!

@pikachuthunderbolt3919 3 ай бұрын

No religion is greatest Yea bhuddha teaching are great

@nguyenvantu2175 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this video and this man is a joke lol.

@deepjwolgurung7064 4 жыл бұрын

Religion is teaching not a devotion to some idol and imagination

@BuddhaDharmaTV 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/love/MJibnIhTDOUoLVZu9mrhQg

@deepjwolgurung7064 4 жыл бұрын

Buddhist religion is teaching where buddha is respected as person who has full enlightenment ,its alike atheism where it respects nature n humanity #todays religion must alike it where we can respect,love,break racism n walls of rich,poor and not to belief in gods which were made by someones imaginary god

@sababaratashvili8629 3 жыл бұрын

Please stop glorifying atheism. Communists are atheists too but they showed very well how they "respected" human life or nature in history...we still see it.

@jonangorman6341 2 жыл бұрын

@@sababaratashvili8629 crusade is based yhen

@nhunghoang4384 2 жыл бұрын

@@sababaratashvili8629 The persecution of Buddhism in 1960 was carried out by the puppet government of the United States set up in Vietnam. The current government does not suppress religion, but there are some differences such as if you are a Catholic when you are born you will follow your parents' religion, but if you follow Buddhism in Vietnam, when you are old enough At your age, you will decide for yourself whether to take refuge and have a dharma name or not, if so, then you are a follower of Buddha otherwise you will be classified as a non-religious group. However, this group is completely free to go to the temple, and I am a non-religious person and on major Buddhist holidays or at the beginning of the year I will still go to the temple to burn incense. and often religious people will not work in government because to create more equality between religions

@Cody-mf1pt Жыл бұрын

@@nhunghoang4384 well said the US puppet government attempted to kill out the power of Buddhism in Vietnam. the diplomat is just another chain of purposfully lying media trying to drive a narrative to confuse and to derail peoples idea of truth, in summary, they say lots of things to make you hate communism in every way

@your_fellow_comrade3247 3 жыл бұрын

☸️

@Yoyoyoyoasshole 4 жыл бұрын

99.9% of Vietnamese people in Vietnam, and around the world forgave and accepted Americans, but 99.9% of Vietnamese still resents France. France was the worse bully Vietnam has ever dealt with.

@Cerberus571 4 жыл бұрын

Manoa colonize

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 4 жыл бұрын

Manoa It is not that horrible like he stated above. The French troops sieged plenty cities in Vietnam, looted buildings, and brought all the wealth of Vietnam back to France. They brutally colonized Vietnam and embraced negative things (opium addiction, prohibition of alcohol, superstition, separatism, and illiteracy) in order to keep Viet subjects stupid. However, the French brought in European enlightenment and nationalism to Vietnam and strongly shaped our culture.

@golbs7542 3 жыл бұрын

also full of shit. USA did nothing good to help vietnam. the war was just business and to show strength and power to the world. france influenced the vietnamese people more than what you think. look at all the bread rolls you eat.

@katz7632 3 жыл бұрын

@@golbs7542 The French Colonial period literally killed our country and ruined our culture into nothing. I’m still upset at the French for robbing us of our progress in society and our culture, even our language is full of french words. I’m not too harsh on the Americans because they didn’t come to Vietnam with the sole intent to rob and colonize my country but to do, what you said, business.

@golbs7542 3 жыл бұрын

@@katz7632 why are u so upset. Ur not 200 years old. I don't think u remember what it was like back then. Ur so full of shit. The Viet culture is shit anyway. Communism ruined them not the French. Wake up. China ruins everything.

@wazirsingh2623 3 жыл бұрын

1:04 to 1:10 name of music please

@theshadowofdharma Жыл бұрын

May beings get rid of suffering!

@komalhadake9625 4 жыл бұрын

Namo buddhay

@romanticboy_1mv 4 жыл бұрын

God is one...Buddha is not God... please bow before one true God..not Buddha...Read Biblee and Quran and understand the concept of God....

@akansha5472 3 жыл бұрын

@@romanticboy_1mv You're brainwashed by youtube videos first read about hinduism,buddhism,sikhism and jainism. These are the best religion.

@rajkishorlal5646 3 жыл бұрын

@wrong notes he is a jihadi With fake name as a hindu

@unusualbug1113 9 ай бұрын

@@romanticboy_1mv learn about shunyata

@456inthemix 5 жыл бұрын

The Vietnamese are Mahayana Buddhist like the Tibetans that's why they follow also Tibetan Masters too.

@Yoyoyoyoasshole 4 жыл бұрын

You dont know what you're talking about.

@dissisme5311 4 жыл бұрын

Tibetians are vajrayana buddhists

@xingxung9992 3 жыл бұрын

Buddism in danger by China kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNqld6ybl6eyhKc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqlzZpiqz7WtXWQ.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grtmbKuKsp-xZqs.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbOiiLmKmMjRloU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppyFeppirbbMfn0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btd_krN7puCteaM.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncVieb1eu8WYqqc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqlzZpiqz7WtXWQ.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6hxmMin372Vemg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbSco9KQ0pOUn5c.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMtzqbCAprnDnGg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aseVaJueyt27no0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grtmbKuKsp-xZqs.html

@joenartca731 5 жыл бұрын

This man should talk about the reality in Vietnam: Buddhists spent millions of US$ to build giant Budda monuments, luxurious temples and pagodas while the poor live in poverty. Buddha lived in poverty, but his disciples live in luxurious pagodas and in sumptuous environments. Human Right? What a theatric idea of the rich who talk FOR the poor.

@user-ks2rc4wn9p 4 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is very various in every country different kind of Buddhists are exist.

@XxMusicJamzxX 4 жыл бұрын

source?

@dissisme5311 4 жыл бұрын

How can the fund the poor when all of their institutions are taken over by the atheist govt

@vinhlong7347 3 жыл бұрын

Buddhist don't have to spend money for it, Vietnamese government funded them to build monasteries and pagodas, don't believe in this dirty information of Westerner

@bhaveshkasera2533 3 жыл бұрын

@@vinhlong7347 same case here in india priests , monks and all others living comfortable life while common person living as hell. I wish our nation was atheist

@carlosmedlen Жыл бұрын

Chúa Giê-xu yêu bạn và Ngài có một kế hoạch cho cuộc đời bạn. Giăng 3:16 Đức Chúa Trời yêu thương thế gian đến nỗi đã ban con một của Ngài, hầu cho hễ ai tin Con ấy thì được sự sống đời đời. HÃY ăn năn tội lỗi của bạn và tiếp nhận Chúa Giê-xu Christ vào lòng bạn làm Chúa và Cứu Chúa của bạn ngay hôm nay nếu bạn chưa làm như vậy.

@LifeDailyy 4 жыл бұрын

Learn about history, in 04 June 1949 France colony cut our Khmer land (Cochinchine or Khmer Krom==> South Vietnam) to Vietnam communist. Khmer Krom People live in their own land that currently call south Vietnam are Theravada buddhism due to Vietnamese people beleive in Mahayana Buddhism. This is a very simple answer, they just persecute Khmer People not Vietnamese People.

@cudanmang_theog 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't Cambodia was ruled by Vietnam as a province from 1823 to 1867?

@crew 2 жыл бұрын

@@cudanmang_theog Why bring up old news. People ruling other people with primitive technology is nothing to brag about. Did you forget China conquered your people for 1,000 years, then the French, and Your own people killings themselves in decades of war. Smh

@JSP1233 Жыл бұрын

Này anh bạn đừng ảo tưởng nữa nếu không có Pháp thì bây giờ Campuchia là 1 tỉnh của chúng tôi lol

@khmer4ever666 8 ай бұрын

@@cudanmang_theog just because they ruled it from that time it doesn't mean they are the owner of the lands.

@gamingthisera6339 Жыл бұрын

no wonder why the US is inlove with vietnam now

@carlosmedlen Жыл бұрын

Jesus loves you and he has a plan for your life. John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whosoever believes in Him will have eternal life. REPENT of your sins and accept Christ Jesus into your heart as your Lord and Savior today if you have not done so already.

@chrishemsworth8127 Жыл бұрын

This is a joke, he lied 😂

@user-ue3pl2gf4o 3 жыл бұрын

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@skull99crusher16 3 жыл бұрын

🚩🕉️🕉️

@JSP1233 Жыл бұрын

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@fusemalaysia840 2 жыл бұрын

so some of them satisfy to angel or demon....that kind of reality....if the settings is right it's not meaningless...pretty much like me when we appears...we look alike a gangster...not gonna lie...but if you stick at mountain they will us as holly man.

@jacintojosephdimen3930 3 жыл бұрын

And they say, communist countries have "religious freedom" in their constitution. Give me a break! And North Korea is democratic as their official name says.

@hoanglinhle4468 3 жыл бұрын

"I was born in France, Lived in France" => And this guy talk about Buddhist in Vietnam ? How the fuck he can get his information about Vietnam Communist destroy Buddhist while he was in France ? - 1 Simple videos can prove he was wrong. He said "You can not study Buddhist in Vietnam". => Here ! Buddhist monk teach openly in a biggest pagoda in Vietnam. And not just 1 video, we had a whole fucking series about Buddhist teach. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9-Ipaiq26i8kZ8.html => We also have a lot of mini summer course for kids live and work in pagoda to learn Buddhism. - Communist try to press Buddhist ? This is Vietnamese Congressional Meeting. If you look closely, you will see there are many monks sit there. We let monks run Congressional Meeting and you still said we have no "Freedom of religion" ? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mphgm7anrrClZ58.html - During Vietnam war, Buddhist joined the battle to help Communist party. We all remember that and Communist party gave them a special place among any religions. This video purely tried to turn Buddhism again current Gov. If you don't know anything about my country, please stop spreading fake information.

@vinhlong7347 3 жыл бұрын

This is dirty propaganda of the west, don't believe in it, I visit Buddhist pagodas often and nothing happen to me. Vietnamese love all religions

@tdonghoa 2 жыл бұрын

I am a German Buddhist monk living and studying in HCMC Vietnam. I also was ordained in VN. Have you ever been to Vietnam? There’s religious freedom in Vietnam. Everybody can chose to follow a religion or not to follow any. You can practice, pray, visit the pagodas, churches, temples… and so on. Please inform yourself better. Also there’s nothing like a so called “communist country” anywhere, if you learn more about communism you will maybe understand.

@yudmusic 2 жыл бұрын

bro you know nothing, there's no oppression here

@nhunghoang4384 2 жыл бұрын

@subhakanti 2 жыл бұрын

@kuroazrem5376 4 жыл бұрын

Buddhist also persecute other people.

@kuroazrem5376 4 жыл бұрын

@Manoa in Myanmar

@kuroazrem5376 4 жыл бұрын

@Manoa that's a lie. Muslims have been living there for hundreds of years in peace and no Muslim has invaded that land. Besides, most conversion of Indonesia occured peacefully and extremist dogmas came from Saudi Arabia in the 60's.

@kuroazrem5376 4 жыл бұрын

@Manoa so you favor genocide in response?

@kuroazrem5376 4 жыл бұрын

@ManoaI partially agree with what you said, however what's going on in Myanmar is genocide, and it's not even carried against all Muslims, just the Rohingya, who are killed because they are considered Bengali. And also other religions like Hinduism, and even the atheists, are prozelitizing

@liviamartins1805 4 жыл бұрын

@@kuroazrem5376 please tell me more about Myanamar. Im curious because I dont know nothing about the country and budism was supposed to be a peaceful religious. Thank you!