Word: buddhistically
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...country slowly disintegrate for a political principle that to them is not only an abstraction but also an invitation to death and destruction. Now, against their will, these people have be come the pawns in an ideological struggle between the great powers. It is no wonder that, contrary to Buddhist teachings, violence erupted in this atmosphere of frustration and fear. We fail to see that Asiatics dislike our disregard for their ancient cultures. Expecting them to adopt our attitudes and political institutions can only lead to regression, which may violently alter the course of history...
Monks' Ultimatum. Following two days of meetings, yellow-robed monks handed out mimeographed copies of what amounted to a declaration of war against Premier Tran Van Huong's six-week-old government, which suppressed Buddhist riots three weeks ago. Drafted by the Buddhists' top two political bosses, Thich Tri Quang and Thich Tarn Chau, the letter branded Huong's regime "execrable" threatened a nation wide campaign of "nonviolent noncooperation" unless "this government of betrayal" is dissolved...
...another letter to Ambassador Taylor, the Buddhists hinted that unless the U.S. withdraws its support from Huong-as it did last year from President Ngo Dinh Diem-Buddhist ire may be turned against Americans. Pointedly the Buddhists warned Taylor: "We affirm that you are responsible, before both the American and Vietnamese peoples, for the existence of the Huong government." Whereupon Chau, Quang and the Buddhists' nominal religious head, Thich Tinh Khiet, announced a 48-hour weekend hunger strike, urging Buddhists to join them in round-the-clock prayer sessions. From Darlac province came an offer of candidates for flaming...
Died. Koji Harashima, 54, Japanese religious and political leader, a onetime schoolteacher who in 1940 joined the leftist Buddhist sect, Soka Gakkai (TiME, Dec. 11), rose to be its second-in-command and last month organized the movement's political arm, the Clean Government Party, which already ranks as the nation's third largest political force; of a heart attack; in Tokyo...
...source said Buddhist youths might even attempt to sack the British Embassay if the ambassador is not removed...