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	Buddhist terms and concepts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term.
		Below are given a number of important Buddhist terms, short definitions, and the languages in which they appear.
		Sanskrit (or Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit): primarily Mahāyāna Buddhism
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddhist_terms_and_concepts (2241 words)

	Brhadrata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was assassinated in 185 BCE during a military parade by the commander-in-chief of his guard, the Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then took over the throne and established the Sunga dynasty.
		The assassination of Brhadrata and the rise of the Sunga empire led to a wave of persecution for Buddhists, and a resurgence of Hinduism.
		It also triggered the 180 BCE invasion of northern India by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius, who went as far as Pataliputra and established an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last close to two centuries until around 10 BCE, and under which Buddhism was able to flourish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brhadrata (170 words)

	Persecution News/Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Buddhist attacks on Christian churches and prayer centers began to spread as a result.
		Police officers were stationed outside of the church after Buddhists damaged the windows and roof, but they were virtually powerless against the larger number of the crowd determined to end the presence of Christianity there.
		Moreover, they say that since Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country, the people should not be allowed to change their religion." In support of the Buddhists, the communist party in Sri Lanka issued a statement condemning Christian conversions as a threat to the social fabric and inter-religious harmony in Sri Lanka.
	www.persecution.org /news/index_news_older_news.html (14875 words)

	Aryan Hindu Persecutions of Mongoloid Buddhists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thousands of Buddhist temples were destroyed, scores of Buddhist libraries burnt, Mongols massacred and innocent women raped by the Aryan Hindu gangsters.
		Deeply moved by the plight and persecution of the oppressed people of Nepal, who have risen in defiance of ruling Upper class, I felt compelled to write a few lines on the book to express my solidarity with the Nepalese brothers and sisters in distress to boost their moral.
		The destruction of serpents at the burning of the forest of Khandava, the terrible sacrifice of the serpents which forms one of the opening scenes of the Mahabharata, and the supernatural exploits of the youthful Krishna against the serpents sent to destroy him, are all expressions of Brahmanical hatred towards the Nagas.
	www.dalitstan.org /journal/politics/buddhist/arperbud.html (1174 words)

	BUDDHIST PRAYERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The purpose of Buddhist prayer is to awaken our inherent inner capacities of strength, compassion and wisdom rather than to petition external forces based on fear, idolizing, and worldly and/or heavenly gain.
		Buddhist prayer is a form of meditation; it is a practice of inner reconditioning.
		Buddhist prayer replaces the negative with the virtuous and points us to the blessings of Life.
	buddhistfaith.tripod.com /pureland_sangha/id14.html (664 words)

	Forum 18 Archive
		But it is clear that religious persecution is a component of the wider, systematic oppression of ethnicity and dissent.
		Those who become Buddhists are rewarded with privileges, such as extra rice supplies, opportunities to study in good schools or exemption from forced labour.
		But instead, the authorities place the children, some as young as 11, in a Buddhist monastery, where their heads are shaved and they are forced to become novice monks.
	www.forum18.org /Archive.php?article_id=396 (1666 words)

	USCCB - Response to Religious Persecution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In China, religious persecution of Buddhists, Evangelicals and Catholics is the worst it has been in many years, and, as members of this Committee know, relations with China grow more difficult on every front.
		Thirdly, in protesting religious persecution and discrimination and in alleviating interreligious antagonism, foreign co-religionists, as well as governments, have an obligation to consult as broadly as possible with the affected local groups.
		Persecution is the gravest of these offenses because it attempts to coerce or to abolish religious practice and profession by the use of government power.
	www.nccbuscc.org /sdwp/international/tesresp.htm (2122 words)

	Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pakistan has a small non-Muslim population, mostly consisting of Christians 2.5%, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Jews, and Animists in the remote Northern Areas 1.2%.
		In addition, Pakistan is also the birthplace of Mahayana Buddhism, the form of Buddhism practiced by most Buddhists today, including those in China, India, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea.
		Prior to the Islamic invasion many Punjabis and Sindhis were Hindu and Buddhist, but all that changed during the Islamic conquest of what is today Pakistan by the Syrian general Muhammad bin Qasim and later Mahmud of Ghazni.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan (4840 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Their Blood Cries Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Recently a leader in the United Methodist Church has denied that there is persecution in Vietnam and has insisted, at the behest of the Vietnamese government, that there is religious freedom in that country.
		Marshall covers briefly persecution of Muslims, Buddhists and others, and covers persecution by Christians as well - he limits his scope generally and intentionally to persecution of Christians in the 1990s, which sadly provides enough material for a full book.
		Persecution of evangelicals and of Catholics receives approximately equal coverage and emphasis.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0849940206 (1323 words)

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		Buddhists of many traditions join the Buddhist Peace Fellowship to explore personal and group responses to the political,social,and ecological suffering in the world.
		The Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a member organisation of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and participates with other denominational peace fellowships in programs of ecumenical concern.
		As part of this new reform policy about ten Buddhist training institutes have been allowed to open, for the education of monks and nuns." "These institutes are under Government control, but still Sutra Vinaya and other Buddhist subjects can be studied by approximately 1,000 students.
	www.buddhanet.net /filelib/genbud/eng_bud.txt (2976 words)

	In his 20th year of internal exile, detained Buddhist Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang urges Buddhists to resist persecution ...
		As early as the XI Century, he wrote, Buddhist monarch Ly Nhan Tong explicitly encouraged Buddhist monks and lay-followers to participate in all aspect of the nation’s political and social life.
		Buddhists cannot close their eyes and accept this situation, but must implement the “Six Buddhist Precepts of Peaceful and Harmonious Living” in their daily life.
		He appeals to Vietnamese Buddhists abroad to develop the spirit of Vietnamese Buddhism, and be the voice of repressed Buddhists in Vietnam by informing international opinion and mobilizing support for the UBCV’s movement for democracy, human rights and religious freedom.
	www.queme.net /eng/print.php?numb=88 (829 words)

	CESNUR - U.S. Dpt of State, 1999 Report on International Religious Freedom
		Afghanistan lacks a recognized government, but is under the substantial control of the Taliban movement, which has engaged in persecution and killing of Afghan Shi'a in significant part because of their religious beliefs.
		In China government intolerance of unregistered religious activity has led in some areas to persecution of persons on the basis of their religious practice, through harassment, prolonged detention, and incarceration in prison or "reform through labor" camps, and police closure of places of worship and other holy places.
		While these practices are not uniform and do not affect all denominations at all times, the government of Cuba engages in active efforts to monitor and control religious institutions, including surveillance, infiltration, and harassment of clergy and members; evictions from and confiscations of places of worship; and preventive detention of religious activists.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/irf/us99_exec.htm (9674 words)

	Radical Buddhists Persecute Christians in Sri Lanka
		But you may be surprised to learn that Christians have been beaten and their churches burned in the predominantly Buddhist nation of Sri Lanka.
		Buddhists are taught to show tolerance for beliefs that differ from their own and compassion is an important element of their faith.
		Services at the church were discontinued-the militant Buddhists got their wish-the church building was empty on Sundays and every other day of the week until the Easter service.
	www.cbn.com /CBNNews/CWN/082704srilanka.asp (1029 words)

	Monk baffles scientists
		For the Buddhists of the Buryat republic near Siberia's Lake Baikal, the answer is simple.
		Just before his death, the lama predicted Soviet persecution of Buddhists and asked his followers to exhume his body 30 years after he died.
		This was done in 1955 and again in 1973 before the lama was enshrined in a temple in Buryat in 2002, the year he promised to return to his followers.
	www.news24.com /News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1639903,00.html (419 words)

	Sword of Truth Archives -- King Shashanka and the Buddhists: A Case Study in 'Secular' Indian Historiography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		'Secular' and Marxist historians in India like Romila Thapar often cite the example of the supposed persecution of Buddhists by King Shashank, the Shaivite ruler of Bengal, as a proof of their politically motivated thesis that the notion of 'Hindu tolerance is a myth.
		In recent times, the Buddhist status of the shrine has been restored, with the help of Hindus, and the place is managed by a joint committee of Hindus and Buddhists.
		In fact, Hsuan Tsang himself gives a clue to the real reason of pre-Islamic Buddhist decline, by describing how many Buddhist monasteries had fallen into disuse, esp. in areas of lawlessness and weak government, indicating that the strength of Buddhism was in direct proportion to state protection and patronage.
	www.swordoftruth.com /swordoftruth/archives/miscarticles/ksatb.html (1651 words)

	World: U.S. Congress Set To Attack Religious Persecution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Persecution is defined by the legislation as, among other things, murder, rape, imprisonment, abduction, torture, enslavement and mandatory resettlement.
		It would also hold governments accountable for incidents of indirect persecution as well, such as when nations fail to protect religious minorities from mob violence.
		The legislation focuses on persecution of Christians, Buddhists in Tibet and members of the Bahai faith.
	bahai-library.com /newspapers/090997.html (496 words)

	APPENDIX 4 - QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE MARXIST PROFESSORS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She sums up: “It is historically important to know why this persecution of the Buddhists and Jainas occurred in particular by the aivas.
		Interestingly, she has refrained from mentioning the persecution of Buddhists by Puyamitra unga and aãñka of GauDa, and the melting of idols by king Harsha of Kashmir, which had so far figured most prominently in the writings of her school.
		The persecution of Jains in the PãNDya country by some aivas had nothing to do with aivism as such, but was an expression of a nationalist conflict which I will relate shortly.
	www.bharatvani.org /books/htemples2/app4.htm (5605 words)

	The URI, the Diocese of California, and the state church in the People's Republic of China
		The policy of the Communist Chinese Government is to persecute members of un-registered evangelical 'house churches,' as well as Catholics who seek to be in communion with Rome.
		I questioned URI staff member Paul Andrews about the URI stance on persecution of Christians in China and Sudan, the restrictive religious law in Russia, and the bill proposed during 1997 in the U.S. House of Representatives to impose sanctions on nations that engage in religious persecution.
		However, the URI is already forthright in condemning war, poverty, persecution of Tibetan Buddhists, and population growth.
	fatima.freehosting.net /Articles/Art1.htm (1205 words)

	Resource Information Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists and are descended from Tibetans who migrated in the 1500s to what is now Nepal.
		She estimated that the two large towns in the Helambu region, Sermathang and Tharkyegang, in the last 15 years have lost approximately 80 percent of their inhabitants, with many of those left behind employed as caretakers of houses that now stand empty.
		She states that there is the violence and banditry in the Helambu region that one might expect to see in such a depressed area, but if there is any specific targeting of Helambu Sherpa for persecution due to their religion, ethnicity, or otherwise, she is unaware of it.
	uscis.gov /text/services/asylum/ric/documentation/npl00001.htm (641 words)

	Dancing Demons - Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia
		The shaman’s staff crowned with a horses head or his drum, the handle of which was also carved in the shape of a horse’s head, symbolized his mode of transportation.
		When Lamaism was introduced in Mongolia, Buddhist monks undertook efforts to convince the people to abandon their shamanist beliefs in favor of Buddhist doctrine.
		Buddhist monks, concentrated in large monastic communities, on the other hand, were more vulnerable to suppression.
	www.asiasociety.org /arts/mongolia/shaman.html (849 words)

	Marxism and Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Buddhism and Marxism: persecutions in Tibet, USSR, Mongolia, Cambodia/Kampuchea - and the evangelical aftermath.
		Marxism still exists in a confused and degenerate form as Chinese communism, and both Chinese dissidents and the Buddhist people of Chinese-occupied Tibet continue to suffer severe repression for their beliefs.
		At the beginning of the twentieth century Mongolia was a predominantly Buddhist country practising in the Tibetan Gelug tradition, but the usual relentless persecution started soon after the communists took over.
	kwelos.tripod.com /marxism.htm (853 words)

	On the Right -- November 10, 1997
		It is to run the risk, in his case, of having boiling oil poured on the soles of his feet while being whipped by metal cables.
		The short-form position of Horowitz explaining his defense of persecuted Christians: ``I would be a bar of soap, a lampshade, were it not for the rooted faith of churchgoing Americans.'' In January of 1996 he produced a ``Statement of Conscience'' which has been adopted by the National Association of Evangelicals.
		In his statement on religious persecution he quotes Paul Wolfowitz, former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, who ``suggested that the main goal of foreign policy in the days ahead should be to make sure the twenty-first century is not a repeat of the twentieth century.
	www.nationalreview.com /10nov97/buck1111097.html (677 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Buddhist monk dies during self-immolation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A Vietnamese Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire Wednesday at an altar outside his temple.
		Temple members believe Thich Chan Hy, 74, took his own life to protest the persecution of Vietnamese Buddhists.
		Self-immolation is a traditional Vietnamese form of protest that gained international attention in 1963, when a famous photograph was taken of a Buddhist monk setting himself on fire in what was then Saigon.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/12/24/buddhist_monk_dies_during_self_immolation (189 words)

	Christian Persecution
		As reported in the special edition Persecution and Prayer Alert of January 15, 2004, the Bible Society library in Karachi, Pakistan, along with the adjoining Holy Trinity Anglican Church, was damaged when an explosive device was thrown from a motorcycle, followed a few minutes later with a powerful car bomb.
		Dozens of Buddhist monks have protested against what they're calling 'unethical conversions' by Christians and demanded that anti-conversion laws be enacted immediately.
		Sri Lanka is a majority Buddhist nation and although not recognized as the state religion, the constitution accords Buddhism the 'foremost place.' About 70 percent of the population of 20 million is Buddhist with another 15 percent Hindu.
	www.help-for-you.com /persecution/persTue27Jan2004.html (5751 words)

	Human Rights in S. R. Vietnam 2003
		The persecution of Christians amongst ethnic minorities in Central and Northern Vietnam was intensified, the extent of which borders on extermination.
		EU diplomats protested in June 2003 against the fact that their visit was misused for propagandistic purposes: The state-owned newspaper "Le courier du Vietnam" reported after the visit that the EU delegation had congratulated the authorities for the stable situation and the improvement in living standards of the people in Daklak.
		The delegation of nine Buddhists was stopped by the police and arrested - allegedly for being in possession of state secrets.
	www.ishr.org /activities/countries/vietnam/hrvietnam2003.htm (2727 words)

	09303 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In August 1994, he wrote a forty-page protest against the Vietnamese government's persecution of Buddhists.
		In August of that year, Quang Do and five other Buddhists were convicted of "sabotaging government policies and damaging the interests of the state." After three years in prison, he was released.
		Buddhists are not the only religious believers persecuted in Vietnam.
	www.ibb.gov /editorials/09303.htm (349 words)

	PERSECUTION OF BUDDHISTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Let it be known that in the 21st century, many Buddhists continue to be martyred and experience great suffering, discrimination and tragedy because of their faith in the Dharma.
		In the 1990s, in South Korea, the Buddhist faith has seen intimidation, vandalism of temples and the murder of monks by Catholics.
		OPRESSION OF VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST CONTINUES by Jonathan Watts: This e-article discusses the relationship between the Vietnam government and the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV).
	buddhistfaith.tripod.com /pureland_sangha/id22.html (693 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Monk self-immolates to protest persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam
		Paris, France -- A Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Chan Hy, died on Wednesday 24th December after immolating himself at the Lien Hoa Pagoda in North Carolina (USA) to protest persecution of Buddhists and appeal for religious freedom in Vietnam.
		Fellow Buddhists said he was distressed by the recent wave of persecution against the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in October 2003, and deeply concerned about the plight of the UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and his Deputy, Venerable Thich Quang Do.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/monk-burn-261203.php (401 words)

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