NEW214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Lyndon B. Johnson, Western Philosophy
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Most monks remained silent: hanh: helping the injured was the perfect way to practice compassion and interrelatedness (called this attitude towards practice engaged. Late 19th c. : vietnam was a colony of france. French used their labour to e(cid:454)port the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s resour(cid:272)es ((cid:272)oal, rare (cid:373)i(cid:374)erals, ri(cid:272)e, sugar, glass, textiles, etc. ) to europe: little money was reinvested back into the country. Ownership of land passed into the hands of the french or wealthy vietnamese. Religious differences: french were roman catholic, they persecuted buddhists to convert the population. Few people outside of vietnam knew what was going on: thich quang duc: used self-emulation to try to get the word out. Hanh: yes, it was selfless: french stopped persecuting buddhists, encouraged hanh to consider whether his practice ought to be more engaged. Various nationalist movements rebelled against the french occupation: peasants, Most famous nationalist leader was ho chi minh: able to rally the support of most vietnamese communists (as well as non- communists)
