[Buddha-l] Thich Nhat Hanh as a new Buddhist movement?

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This is only to reply for your question "I am also curious any writings about his
reception during his visits to Vietnam and the view towards him  and his
Unified Buddhist Church of the local Vietnamese National Buddhist Sangha." since Nhat Hanh's Tiếp Hiện Buddhism is alive and kicking well in his Plum Village and new age centers (eg Omega).
 
Basically, Nhất Hạnh returned to Vietnam in 2005, well received by dignitaries of the Communist Party, met with then alive general Võ Nguyên Giáp, and of course many official Buddhist big shots, including the top banana, member of the Party. This youtube showed the crowd in Huế receiving Nhất Hạnh in 2005:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2iEy1TZ7s
Then, after Nhất Hạnh's promise to the Party to bring in the opposing factor (the outlawed United Buddhist Church who doesn't see him as the "owner" instead only a rogue monk with swollen head) failed, as well as his promise to bring in milions of $ to build up Meditation Centers with "thousands of Western followers" couln't not materialize, instead only capable of converting one existing temple in Lâm Đồng to a monastery, which housed mostly local young Vietnamese (which displeased the Party members) until he was kicked out by "the people" in 2010. See these:
  http://blog.beliefnet.com/onecity/2009/08/followers-of-thich-nhat-hanh-face-trouble-in-vietnam.html
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/thich-nat-hanh-vietnam
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Karma Tsomo <ktsomo at sandiego.edu>
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Sent: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Thich Nhat Hanh as a new Buddhist movement?


Hi Jamie,

Here’s an article on the topic:

Elise Anne DeVido, “Buddhism for This World: The Buddhist Revival 1920-1951,” 
Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam, ed. Philip 
Taylor (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007).

Rachael Cotterman’s paper “Bodhisattvas in the Pagoda and in the World: Socially 
Engaged Buddhism in the World” (available online) may also be useful.

Metta,
Lekshe

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Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Professor, Theology & Religious Studies
University of San Diego

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From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com [buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] on 
behalf of Jamie Hubbard [jhubbard at smith.edu]
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:36 PM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: [Buddha-l] Thich Nhat Hanh as a new Buddhist movement?

Hello all--  I am heading off to Vietnam for a few weeks, and have been
catching up on the little that I know about Buddhism there. In particular,
I have a memory of an article in a book (a Buddhism in the Modern World or
Buddhism in the West sort of book) that discussed Thich Nhat Hanh's
movement (or Plum Village or the Order of Inter-Being) as a "new religious
movement" or in any case strikingly different than Buddhism in Vietnam. I
have scoured my shelves and Google to no avail (typing in Thich Nhat Hanh
and "adaption" or "NRM" is not exactly a good way to narrow a search). Does
this ring any bells for anybody? I am also curious any writings about his
reception during his visits to Vietnam and the view towards him  and his
Unified Buddhist Church of the local Vietnamese National Buddhist Sangha.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Jamie Hubbard
Yehan Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies
Director, Concentration in Buddhist Studies
Chair, Religion Department
Smith College
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