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The Buddhist crisis (Vietnamese: Biến cố Phật giáo) was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks. [1] The crisis was precipitated by the ...
Từ Đàm Pagoda, the site of initial congregation. On Phật Đản, thousands of Buddhists defied the ban on flag-flying. More than 500 people marched across the Perfume River, carrying signs and placards, congregating at the Từ Đàm Pagoda before a 3,000-strong demonstration, calling for religious equality, took place in the city centre as government security officials surrounded the ...
The protests were part of the Buddhist crisis, during which the Buddhist majority in South Vietnam campaigned for religious equality after nine people were killed by government forces while defying a ban that prevented them from flying the Buddhist flag on Vesak. The incident prompted the United States to privately threaten to withdraw support ...
The Vietnamese monk set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963 in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government backed by the U.S. Several other monks followed his example.
At the Lakers' championship celebration in Los Angeles, coach Riley brashly declared that Los Angeles would repeat as NBA champions, [127] which no team had done since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics. Looking to make good on Riley's promise in the 1987–88 season , the Lakers took their seventh consecutive Pacific Division title with a 62–20 ...
In May 1963, the government forbade the flying of Buddhist flags on Vesak. After Buddhist protesters clashed with government troops, nine people were killed. [198] In protest, the Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon. [199] On 21 August, the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids led to a death toll estimated in the hundreds.
The Los Angeles Fire Department is staging personnel at a command center at Dodger Stadium, but doesn't anticipate bringing in extra bodies, according to spokesman Brian Humphrey.
The Buddhist Crisis — a period (May 1963 through November 1963) of religious and human oppression in South Vietnam.; The 'Buddhist Crisis' was a series of repressive Anti-Buddhist acts and raids by the minority Roman Catholic South Vietnamese government — that was countered by a campaign of civil resistance by the majority Vietnamese Buddhist citizens that was organized by the Vietnamese ...