the role and impact of dissent

Question 1

For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, Vietnam was

Answer 1

under the control of western powers

Question 2

Its leadership was selected by

Answer 2

foreign powers (puppet government)

Question 3

Catholicism became

Answer 3

became the religion of the establishment (those in power)

Question 4

yet Buddhism was still the

Answer 4

dominant religion of the masses.

Question 5

when was ‘Buddhist Crisis’?

Answer 5

1963

Question 6

what did Buddhist Crisis change?

Answer 6

• changed Buddhism as dominant religion

Question 7

what had led a government that favoured Catholics over Buddhist?

Answer 7

Pres diem

Question 8

what did only catholics get?

Answer 8

secure, good government empowerments jobs

Question 9

what did Catholic church own?

Answer 9

much of the land and property but paid no tax while ordinary people were heavily taxed

Question 10

what did the situation become?

Answer 10

became so unfair and disadvantageous to Buddhist

Question 11

eventually, the Buddhists community (led by monks) did what?

Answer 11

reacted with a series of protests that resulted in mass killings of Buddhists by the government and some monks incinerating themselves in demonstrations of protests.

Question 12

Eventually, what happened to pres Diem’ government ?

Answer 12

toppled

Question 13

what was rare for Buddhist monks.?

Answer 13

Active political involvement

Question 14

what is conflict in Vietnam example of?

Answer 14

the tensions between those who want a belief system to continue as it is and those who want it to change to adapt to modern circumstances

Question 15

Another example of tensions of continuity and change can be seen in

Answer 15

Tibetan Buddhism protesting against the Chinese Communist Party

Question 16

what do these incidents show?

Answer 16

that Buddhism in the past century has been an active force in politics and that some Buddhists think this change is appropriate while others prefer that Buddhism continue with its less worldly, more personal enlightenment-centred ways.