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Article: Vietnamese Buddhism in the 1990s.
- Article from:
- CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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Engaged Buddhism is a source of liberation for Vietnam.
Since July 1996, I have made three research trips to Vietnam to examine the 1960s Buddhist movement. In the process, I have discovered the great diversity, vitality and strength of Vietnamese Buddhism, despite the oppression it has suffered from the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) and the severe internal divisions that retard efforts to present a unified message on the role of Buddhism in Vietnam at the end of the twentieth century. To my great surprise, many Vietnamese seemed dedicated to discussing Buddhism and its task in trying to bring reconstruction to a country that still suffers severely from the ...