Сиддхи (с файерболами на перевес)

Иногда и без шаманов доходит до идиотизма: "В данным СМИ в посмертной медитации (тугдам) Богдо-гэгэн римпоче находился 5 суток, после из носа выделилась красная и белая бодхичитта".

Дрон, не кощунствуйте

Там себя сжигает монах, уважаемый местным населением убербуддийскийпрофессор,

оплот либеральной демократии, бывшая французская колония. Местные власти притесняли буддизм и силком насаждали христианство.

Незадолго до происшествия монахом было отправлено письмо Нго Динь Зьему, на тот момент главе правительства, с просьбой прекратить репрессии в отношении буддистов, остановить задержания монахов и предоставить им право исповедовать и распространять свою религию, однако не получил ответа.
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Мадам Ню, жена брата президента Нго Динь Зьема, заявила по этому поводу, что она «с удовольствием похлопает в ладоши на очередном представлении со сжиганием монахов».

Some Roman Catholic priests ran their own private armies,[14] and there were forced conversions and looting, shelling, and demolition of pagodas in some areas, to which the government turned a blind eye.[15] Some Buddhist villages converted en masse to receive aid or avoid being forcibly resettled by Diệm's regime.[16] The "private" status that was imposed on Buddhism by the French, which required official permission to be obtained by those wishing to conduct public Buddhist activities, was not repealed by Diệm.[17] Catholics were also de facto exempt from corvée labor, which the government obliged all citizens to perform, and United States aid was distributed disproportionately to Catholic majority villages by Diệm's regime.[18]

111. Memorandum From the President's Special Assistant (Valenti) to President Johnson1

Washington, April 4, 1966, 8:30 a.m.
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D. Split the Buddhist leadership.

This has possibilities. There is no durable cohesion in the Buddhist leadership. Can we pit some of the leaders against Tri Quang? Can we use the Dalai Lama and Buddhists outside Saigon, Hue and Da Nang to our advantage?

As a corollary to this—why can't Ky ask that all the Buddhist factions—indeed all religious factions—gather together for a meeting to discuss the future of the government. Perhaps Ed Lansdale and his group could be useful in getting this meeting together. Object of the meeting: To try to drive a wedge between the leadership groups—and to bring to bear the argument that the real enemy is the Viet Cong and if the leaders would allow the government to have an orderly free election all groups would benefit. It might be worth a try.

Memorandum by the Presidential Consultant on Vietnam (Lodge)

Washington, March 8, 1965.
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Recommendation No. 10

The Dalai Lama should be brought to Saigon as an object lesson of the dreadful things Communism does to high ranking Buddhist clergy.

448. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State1

Saigon, December 16, 1964, 8 p.m.
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1. Arrange for the Dalai Lama, his brother, or other Buddhist leaders from other countries to visit Vietnam to educate Vietnamese bonzes on the perils of Communism and their civil responsibilities.

The cost of the Tibetan Program for FY 1964 can be summarized in approximate figures as follows:

a. Support of 2100 Tibetan guerrillas based in Nepal--$ 500,000

b. Subsidy to the Dalai Lama--$ 180,000

c. [1 line of source text not declassified] (equipment, transportation, installation, and operator training costs)--$ 225,000

d. Expenses of covert training site in Colorado--$ 400,000

e. Tibet Houses in New York, Geneva, and [less than 1 line of source text not declassified] ( 1/2 year )--$ 75,000

f. Black air transportation of Tibetan trainees from Colorado to India--$ 185,000

g. Miscellaneous (operating expenses of [less than 1 line of source text not declassified] equipment and supplies to reconnaissance teams, caching program, air resupply--not overflights, preparation stages for agent network in Tibet, agent salaries, etc.)--$ 125,000

h. Educational program for 20 selected junior Tibetan officers-- $ 45,000

Total--$ 1,735,000