Dharma Tribulation of Buddhism » Dharma Tribulation 1963: Causes of recurrence of the second phase of the 1963 campaign.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. Events after the signing of the "Joint Communiqué" that led to the re -initiation of the campaign: One day after the Joint Communiqué was signed (June 17, 1963), the Most Venerable Master of the Vietnam Buddhist Association called on monks, nuns and Buddhists nationwide to strictly observe the national laws and pray for the The Joint Communiqué is strictly and properly enforced by the government. However, the signature that has not been dried has been deliberately violated. – On June 26, 1963, at the headquarters of the Republic of Youth, Mr. Advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu and also the General Leader of the Republican Youth Movement planned to use this force to oppose the Buddhist movement, He stated in the study session of "document number 3" of the Republican Youth force: “The Republican Youth Movement is a mass movement, not a government movement to blindly go to work. wrong for anyone” . And in the study document No. 3 of the Congregation Youth, that: 1. The content as well as the form of the General Communiqué are not consistent with the policy of the Republic Youth. 2. The Joint Communiqué is contrary to existing law, not to mention the all-important denial of the President's authority to release persecuted persons. – On the same day, June 26, 1963, Most Venerable Thich Tinh Khiet - President of the Vietnam Buddhist Association - in a letter to President Ngo Dinh Diem, denounced all the above actions of the government. He also denounced cases of persecution of Buddhists since the effective date of the Joint Communiqué: Many localities and people were forced to make petitions condemning the Buddhist movement; In many places, pagodas and monasteries were blocked and Buddhist cadres were hunted down. The police tracked down people who came to the temple, recorded the number of their cars and went to their homes to threaten them. The Venerable Master also informed the President that the General Director of the Youth Department was preparing to organize a large-scale rally of the Republican Youth to ask the government to review the Joint Communiqué, and he denounced this action as against the line of the government. – On July 1, 1963, Venerable Thich Thien Minh – Head of the Delegation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee attended the meeting and signed the Joint Communiqué with the Inter-Ministerial Committee – sent a letter to the Inter-Ministerial Committee denouncing that the above Joint Communiques the way to Hue was confiscated in Quy Nhon; that the local government forbade some temples from holding meetings to learn about the Joint Communiqué; that the government had ordered the press not to publish the Thong Bach and other Buddhist documents; that local governments are everywhere using semi-public means to combat the implementation of the Joint Communiqué. Vice President Nguyen Ngoc Tho – Chairman of the Inter-Ministry Committee – responded to this letter and said that what the Buddhist leaders condemned did not really happen. The two sides exchanged many letters of this kind. In Buddhism, letters are printed in ronéo to distribute to the masses. The government side, published by the capital's newspapers and broadcast by Saigon radio. – On July 7, 1963, in order to distract the public from the Buddhist movement, the government ordered to bring to trial the celebrities who participated in the failed coup on November 11, 1960. Being subpoenaed, that day writer Nhat Linh (Nguyen Tuong Tam) drank poison by himself at 8 p.m. after leaving the following lines of will: “My life is for history to decide. I won't let anyone handle me. The arrest and trial of members of the opposing state is a serious crime that will cause the country to be lost to the Communists. I opposed that and self-destructed like the Venerable Thich Quang Duc burned himself to warn those who trample every freedom. July 7, 1963, Nhat Linh - Nguyen Tuong Tam". Nhat Linh's death caused great emotion among the people. About 40,000 people attended his funeral on July 13, 1963, amid barricades of combat police and secret services. – On July 9, 1963, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued Decree No. 358-BNV/KS fixing the method of flying the Buddhist flag (in the spirit of the Joint Communiqué) for the General Association of Buddhists of Vietnam. But the purpose of this decree is to separate the General Assembly from other Buddhist sects, because according to the content of the decree, the right to fly the flag is only applicable to the Vietnam Buddhist Association. Three days later, representatives of sects, including 6 groups of the General Buddhist Association of Vietnam, signed a petition against the divisive intention of the above decree and asked the government to adjust the decree. . – On July 11, 1963, the Inter-Ministerial Committee sent the Inter-sectarian Committee to Protect Buddhism a letter informing that according to the investigation of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the massacre in Hue on May 7, 1963 (Buddhist birthday celebration) ) was caused by the Communists, not the government, Doctor Le Khac Quyen, director of Hue Central Hospital, after surgery and testing, told the Government Representative in Trung Nguyen Trung Phan. in the contact on July 2, 1963. – On July 12, 1963, Venerable Thich Thien Minh sent a reply on this issue, accusing the government of deliberately concealing a fact that could no longer be concealed. At the same time, the Venerable Master mentioned all public violations of the Joint Communiqué of all levels of government, stating each case. Launching a Phase 2 Campaign – Demanding Implementation of the Joint Communiqué: Thus, the waiting time for the implementation of the Joint Communiqué has stretched to more than three weeks in vain. Realizing that the authorities not only did not sincerely implement the Joint Communiqué, but also found all kinds of measures to weaken the fighting potential of Buddhism, the General Buddhist Association as well as the Intersecting Committee decided to restart the struggle. campaigning for freedom of belief - religious equality - social justice. – On July 14, 1963, the Most Venerable Thich Tinh Khiet sent a letter to President Ngo Dinh Diem informing him that he had decided to order the continuation of the nonviolent struggle to demand the strict implementation of the Communiqué. General Fox. The Master wrote: "Even though I am eighty years old, I still have enough wisdom to make this decision for which I take full responsibility . " – The next day, July 15, 1963, in the name of the supreme leader of the Intersectarian Committee to Protect Buddhism, the Most Venerable Master Thich Tinh Khiet issued a copy of Thong Bach calling on the Sangha - Buddhist followers to unite behind the Committee. The Alliance to fight “requires strict and prompt implementation of the Joint Communiqué” and prescribes methods for conducting the struggle. After Thong Bach was issued, the situation everywhere became exciting. The fierce struggle of Buddhists nationwide in a new period has begun again.. — oOo — The 50th Anniversary of the Vietnamese Buddhist Tribulation 1963-2013 – Quang Mai wrote and presented according to the document VIETNAM BUDDHISM THESIS (volume III) of the author Nguyen Lang. Thong Bach on July 15, 1963 of the Most Venerable Supreme Leader of the Intersectarian Committee to Protect Buddhism.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/10/2021.