White Paper by Most Venerable Thich Tam Chau: The Great Tribulation of Buddhism and the Country, 1996 In 1966, the Church Congress forced me to be rector for another term. The Church was afraid of the generals competing for influence, unable to have a solid foundation to build the country, the Church requested (election) the Constituent Assembly. This request is spread throughout the Church. But within a few months, the request for elections to the Constituent Assembly was accepted by the Government of the Generals on April 14, 1966. After the movement to elect the Constituent Assembly was satisfied, in the name of the President, I sent a notice to the places that knew: to stop fighting, and only put up programs to build the law. On May 2, 1966, I flew to Colombo, the capital of Ceylon, Together with Sangha delegates from other countries drafted the Charter and established the World Sangha from May 6, 1966, and I assumed the position of Vice President. Returning from Ceylon, I visited Malaysia and Singapore to thank the spiritual support during the last 1963 struggle. At 11 a.m. on May 29, 1966, I returned to Saigon, and was informed that there were protests in Saigon and some other places in the central region. I don't understand, when I'm away, there's the Venerable Tri Quang and the Venerable Thien Minh at home, why re-launch the movement? When I returned to Vietnam Quoc Tu, I walked into the door of the office of the Director of the Institute of Chemistry, and there was a banner on a yellow background with red letters that read: "If you want the masses to follow discipline, you must follow the masses." I went to my desk and there was a plate of blood, a knife and a blood letter: " Vietnam Quoc Tu was held and manipulated by monks and nuns and the masses following the Communists, continuously day after day, went to Tran Quoc Toan Street, intersection 6 Saigon - Cho Lon to protest, toppled and burned an effigy of the US president. General Thieu, General Ky. I don't dare to come and work in Vietnam Quoc Tu anymore. In Hue, Da Nang and a few other places in the central region, too, order could not be restored. Another friction between General Nguyen Chanh Thi and the generals in Saigon. The Standing Group in Hue was born, demanding the election of the National Assembly, demanding a cessation of the war. In the end, Saigon generals brought their troops to restore order in the Central region, Venerable Thich Tri Quang and his group fought in Hue, calling on Buddhists to bring the Buddha's altar to the street, to prevent the advance of the Government Army. for the CS cadres lying in the area, mixing and escaping. The movement to bring the Buddha altar to the street spread everywhere and even into Saigon. In Saigon, they put the Buddha image on the garbage heap. Seeing that scene, I felt heartbroken, and immediately issued a white paper asking Buddhists not to bring the Buddha to the street. The Venerable Thich Thien Hoa, deputy director of the Institute of Chemistry, suddenly issued a statement approving the bringing of the Buddha to the street. (5) In Da Nang as well as in some other places, in addition to bringing the Buddha to the street, he also held a gun. , hiding behind the Buddha statue shot out, when the army entered and took control of the temple. After taking the Buddha to the street, the Venerable Tri Quang entered the Thua Thien Provincial Administrative Court on a hunger strike. After the government brought Venerable Tri Quang to Saigon, he stayed at the house of Doctor Nguyen Duy Tai. The Venerable Master continued to go on a hunger strike (with drinking tonic water), until the military government promised in April 1966, the election of the Constituent Assembly on September 3, 1966. After clearing the chaos in Hue and some other provinces in Central Vietnam, In the Citadel of Saigon, the government also finished the riot group in Vietnam Quoc Tu. The Saigon City Hall officially wrote an apology letter to the Church: "Because of the unwillingness to eliminate the rioting group in Vietnam Quoc Tu, the government really does not dare to infringe on religion." I returned to work in Vietnam Quoc Tu, but certain activists did not return. You think that the government insults religion and thinks I'm pro-government. In the Central region, the Venerable Tri Quang propagated that: "The US bought Tam Chau outright with US$3 million and made me the uncle of General Nguyen Cao Ky, sent the army to massacre Buddhists in the Central region, etc....". That's where the conflict between me and the contenders arose. From that contradiction, in Saigon, Venerable Tri Quang and the group fighting to slander me as an American gave me 1 million USD and paid me a monthly salary of 20,000 USD. In fact, I have not received one US dollar, let alone tens of thousands or millions. (6) I still work patiently and follow the teachings of Most Venerable Thich Tinh Khiet, convening a congress of the Church in Vietnam. Nam Quoc Tu from the afternoon of October 21, 1966. On the afternoon of October 22, 1966, the Congress just finished reviewing the agenda. Suddenly, at 3 a.m. on October 23, 1966, at An Quang Pagoda, some of the monks surreptitiously established the Council of the Unified Buddhist Chemistry Institute of Vietnam and nominated Venerable Thich Thien Hoa to be the President. considered to overthrow me. Since then, there was the Institute of Chemistry and Taoism of the Unified Buddhist Church in An Quang. So where is the division and manipulation of the Unification Church? Afterward, Institute of Chemistry Dao An Quang changed direction in the direction of "peace on the left", Institute of Chemistry Dao An Quang sent them abroad to contact anti-war groups, requesting the US to withdraw troops, protesting against the anti-Communist policy of the Republic of Vietnam. , demanding peace. The Institute of Chemistry Dao An Quang appointed Venerable Nhat Hanh as Head of the Peace Delegation next to Hoa Dam Paris. An Quang is a famous Buddhist School, providing for the development needs of Buddhism in the South a lot. But from the half of 1966 onwards, An Quang was forced to be a place of struggle for the strugglers. In 1967, I convened 8 sects and associations in Vietnam Quoc Tu, announced my resignation from the position of Director of the Institute of Chemistry and Taoism of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. The congress nominated Venerable Thich Thien Tuong (Southern) to replace me as abbot. And, This Congress realized that the Charter of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam had been advocated "unifying", destroying the Sects and Associations, so the Congress amended that Charter to be suitable with the different religions and religions. faction, association. This amendment to the Charter has been notified to the government of President Nguyen Van Thieu. President Nguyen Van Thieu signed Decree 23/67 on July 18, 1967, recognizing that Charter. After withdrawing from the Institute of Chemistry, I returned to my Tu Quang Pagoda in Vung Tau, enjoying the natural scenery, relieving my worries and hardships. In Saigon, the Unified Church of An Quang again launched a struggle movement, demanding that the Charter not be amended. (It's absurd, An Quang has only 3 sects and associations, although there are many Buddhist monks and nuns. Vietnam Quoc Tu has 8 sects, The Association - even if it is small - still has the right to amend the Charter, not to cancel the Charter.) Suddenly, one day at around 7 pm, some monks at An Quang pagoda, supported by pro-An Quang congressmen with guns, such as Kieu Mong Thu, etc., broke into Vietnam Quoc Tu and arrested them. The Venerable Master of the Institute of Chemistry and Taoism, Thich Thien Tuong, along with many monks, brought him back and locked him up at An Quang Pagoda. The next day, the Buddhist Chaplain intervened, inviting the An Quang to leave Vietnam Quoc Tu. After that, the Unified Church in Vietnam Quoc Tu had to nominate Venerable Thich Minh Thanh (from the South) to be the Rector. Still not quiet. Another day, at dusk, the An Quang faction brought men, brought weapons, and recaptured Vietnam Quoc Tu once again. This time they captured all the monks, took all their belongings, many sewing machines of Vietnam Quoc Tu and burned down a block of houses to the left of Quoc Tu. The Buddhist Chaplain again had to intervene to restore order. After this event, the Unified Church in Vietnam Quoc Tu had to nominate the Venerable Thich Tam Giac, Director of the Buddhist Chaplaincy and concurrently the Director of the Institute of Chemistry. Twice An Quang attacked Vietnam Quoc Tu as above, ask who defiled the history of Buddhism in Vietnam? The incident was as clear as daylight, but An Quang's struggle group, with the underground support of the Communists lying in the area, slandered the Vietnamese nation, divided the Church, and destroyed it by Thich Tam Chau. corrupting the Unified Buddhist Church. It's true as the Vietnamese proverb often says: "Just beating the drums and robbing, robbing and shouting at the same time". Relying on the east, slandering people with flesh, Manipulation does not consider cause and effect as spending! So much so that the monks who did not know anything about the struggle, the building of the Church, as well as the monks and nuns, Buddhists from afar, or later, also followed the indoctrination of the An Quang and Communist struggle groups have been in the area for 30 years. Real pitiful! To be frank, during the war of the Republic of Vietnam in Vietnam, there was no religion, no union, and the Communists were not divided and destroyed by the communists. Christianity has cadres located in the area like Vu Ngoc Nha, Huynh Van Trong, etc. Buddhism too, CS is located in the area from the top to the bottom, it's easier. In fact, the struggle from June 1966, up to now, to split the Church in two, was directed by the hands of the Communists, causing great harm to Buddhism and the Vietnamese nation. So Buddhism is not without responsibility, related to the loss of the Republic of Vietnam to the Communists. On this issue, the Venerable Thich Huyen Quang himself often repeated: The Communists once declared: "An Quang Buddhism twice had merits to the Revolution". In the early 1970s, when the Paris peace talks were approaching a bargain in favor of the Communists, in Vietnam the An Quang faction, led by the venerable Tri Quang, had for the establishment of the National Reconciliation Movement, led by Mr. Vu Van Mau as the leader. This movement was not approved by the two monks Thien Minh and Huyen Quang. Because these two monks did not endorse the movement of National Reconciliation, Venerable Tri Quang and his group launched a campaign to smear Venerable Thien Minh and Venerable Huyen Quang ruthlessly. Because of this campaign, over the course of a year, The An Quang Unified Church could not convene a congress to elect the Director of the Institute of Chemistry because the Venerable Thien Hoa passed away, causing the Venerable Thich Tri Thu, a General Director, to stand up and deal with it. standing duty. The situation turned completely unfavorable for the Republic of Vietnam. April 30, 1975 is the end of the Republic of Vietnam regime. But the face of CS has clearly revealed its original form, no one does not know. - When the communist army returned from the forest to Saigon, there were nearly 500 monks and nuns of the An Quang faction who came out to greet them. - On May 19, 1975, An Quang strugglers celebrated Ho Chi Minh's birthday at An Quang pagoda. - Political consultation to unify the North and South of the Communists, a senior monk of An Quang faction made a speech to flatter the Communists, credit An Quang's merits and criticize the Buddhist Chaplaincy and the Thich Tam Chau Church. . - Around 1980, In 1981, it was the Venerable Thich Tri, Head of the Institute of Dao Chemistry, An Quang, and the most senior leaders of the An Quang faction who actively campaigned for the establishment and participation of the Vietnamese Buddhist Church at Quan Su Pagoda (Hanoi), which is often called the "State Church" or the "State Church". Only the monks: Thien Minh, Huyen Quang, Duc Nhuan, Quang Do and a small number of others did not agree, so they were arrested or killed. Between 1986 and 1987 Mr. Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union advocated openness, while in Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Van Linh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam also followed that policy. After that, communism was disintegrated in Russia, in Eastern Europe, in Vietnam, a form of diversion was necessary for their survival. They gave the temples a part of their religious activities, paid some facilities to the temples, for some young monks and nuns to study Buddhism. And maybe at the beginning of their experiment, they let certain people demand freedom and democracy, to facilitate identification of those who are determined to fight, so that they can be destroyed later. Most Venerable Thich Don Hau opened the Unification Buddhist Movement overseas and Venerable Thich Huyen Quang continued that cause. In the United States, it is also celebrated with great enthusiasm. In the end, there were two or three Unification Churches. In Europe, there are many sects operating separately. But there are some temples, with middle-aged and young monks, that combine to form the United Church of Europe. In Australia, the Vietnamese refugee population is about 150 thousand people, the Unification Church of Australia and New Zealand has formed, with a small number of monks and nuns, the number of pagodas is over ten, and on great holidays, the number Buddhists go to the temples, together, around 7, 8,000 people. The interior of the church was unstable and seemed complicated. Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang in Vietnam is emerging, reclaiming the name and revival of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. The Venerable Master is a man full of courage, full of experience with communism. I have a lot of respect for the Venerable Master. I wrote a letter of encouragement to the monk. I always pray for the monk's work to be completely successful. The current struggle in Vietnam led by Venerable Huyen Quang is extremely difficult. Difficulty by many schemes and tricks of the old Thich Tri Quang, located in the State Church, hindered. Difficult by current CS siege. Difficulties within the Unified Church of An Quang "Collective power discrimination" lack of sympathy with other Buddhist sects. And there can be difficulties with other religions, through profound observations. (7) However, CS is the common enemy of mankind. Humanity eliminates private complexes and actively serves the common cause. Justice is determined to win. Communism cannot avoid the law of elimination, and must certainly give way to a free and democratic institution of the entire Vietnamese people. Conclusion The teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni have been instilled in the hearts of Vietnamese people for nearly two thousand years. Buddhism has harmonized with the prosperity and decline of the nation. Buddhism has produced talented and virtuous figures in the cause of national salvation and construction. But sometimes, Buddhism also suffers from the characters who rely on talent, selfishness, discrimination, lack of insight, lack of joy and equanimity, causing destruction to the religion and the country many times. Buddhism respects absolute freedom, does not advocate "centralization" for an individual or a group of people. Because when there is central power, there are dictators and factions, There are tricks to consolidating power. For nearly a century now, humanity has been suffering to the extreme by the "centralization of power" of the Communists. For the past thirty years, the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam has advocated "centralization", which has not yet brought a ray of hope for harmony and peace to the masses. Vietnamese Buddhism in the United States is constantly divided, there are two or three unified organizations. Vietnamese Buddhism in Australia, the "centralization of power" is unified in the hands of a character who is greedy, lacks talent, causes factions, discriminates between China and North, harms fellow believers, despite nearly hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Buddhists. Male was badly hurt! Oh, Vietnamese Buddhism! Oh, Vietnamese Buddhism! Who causes so much suffering, the universe begs to choke! (Sacred Fire) Dear Sirs, Ladies and Gentlemen, this White Paper was written in an unexpected situation. This white letter was written with hot tears of love and compassion. This white paper was born, some people like it, some people don't like it, because the truth hurts. But, falsehood must give way to truth, for the Nation, for the Dharma to be perpetuated, for the Vietnamese people to be awakened, and for mankind to enjoy the peace of the Dharma. Praying for the compassionate protection of the Three Jewels, transforming Vietnam, Vietnamese religion, and Vietnamese people soon from the yoke of communism, into a free, democratic, prosperous, happy and prosperous country. Transforming the minds of Buddhists at all levels at home and abroad, knowing yourself well, as the Buddha taught, progressing and achieving the goal of enlightenment and liberation. May you and your family always have the peace of mind, in the light of compassion and wisdom. Sincere thanks to you and yours. Sincerely, Signed Venerable Thich Tam Chau Notes: (4) The plan to assassinate me, later Master Thien-Luc came to repent with me and there are a few other teachers who are also present in foreign countries. (5) The scene of bringing Buddha to the street, not only me, many people were heartbroken, the Buddhist world was heartbroken, but also Venerable Thich Quang Thanh, also in the letter written to the Venerable Tri Quang. , on December 31, 1973, Dai Duc said: "In 1966, I (Thich-Quang-Thanh) thought that the Venerable (Thich-Tri-Quang) had done a wrong thing when launching the movement. bring the Buddha down the road, using a sacred symbol, to settle worldly disputes." Near the end of the letter, Venerable Thich-Quang-Thanh with an honest character wrote: "So much so that now we compare Venerable Thich Tri-Quan with the character "MUSIC-NO-Pants" ", in Kim-Dung's famous novel. Nhac-Bu-Quan is the master of a famous martial arts school and is called by the gypsy world as a "sword warrior", because his fighting style and sword style are very gentlemanly. However, everyone is wrong. After a period of several decades, he revealed his true identity as a "pseudo-junior", with extremely evil and sinister schemes and tricks." (6) The slander against me While eating American dollars, the monks, nuns, and Buddhists of the Central region told me and recently there was a Hue Buddhist monk, who is in Australia, also confirmed to me that there is such propaganda. The Venerable Ho Giac (now the Most Venerable) told me that the Venerable Tri Quang spoke in front of the Council of the Institute of Chemistry. 7) In the application for consideration of the Venerable Master Huyen Quang sent to the General Secretary of the Communist Party and State of Vietnam, on June 24, 1992, the Venerable Master wrote: - When the French came to Vietnam for the second time, the Giap Association was established. – Ngo Dinh Diem founded the Co-Son-Mon Church. During the time of Diem and Diem, the Church was established in Vietnam, the Quoc-Tu (Hoang Thuong refers to the period when President Nguyen Van Thieu issued a decree recognizing the amendment of the Charter of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). 1967 of Vietnam-National-Self. But it was a mistake, turning friends into enemies.) The Venerable Master also compared with Catholicism: "The state did not do conversion work with Christianity, but also restored diplomacy with Christianity...". During the time of Diem and Diem, the Church was established in Vietnam, the Quoc-Tu (Hoang Thuong refers to the period when President Nguyen Van Thieu issued a decree recognizing the amendment of the Charter of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). 1967 of Vietnam-National-Self. But it was a mistake, turning friends into enemies.) The Venerable Master also compared with Catholicism: "The state did not do conversion work with Christianity, but also restored diplomacy with Christianity...". During the time of Diem and Diem, the Church was established in Vietnam, the Quoc-Tu (Hoang Thuong refers to the period when President Nguyen Van Thieu issued a decree recognizing the amendment of the Charter of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). 1967 of Vietnam-National-Self. But it was a mistake, turning friends into enemies.) The Venerable Master also compared with Catholicism: "The state did not do conversion work with Christianity, but also restored diplomacy with Christianity...".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.14/8/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.