In 2014, in the lecture “The East Sea [South China Sea] heats up,” Venerable Thich Chan Quang said China is older brother of Vietnam so the fact that General Ly Thuong Kiet brought troops to fight China during the Ly dynasty was a great mistake. This is a toxic idea because it propagates the idea of considering China as a commander while Vietnam has to under its rules. It is worth mentioning that, in the Buddhist world, many people believe blindly. If there were no Ly Thuong Kiet and other heroes fighting against China and destroying the invaders, would today Thich Chan Quang be sitting there to lecture about the unequal friendship with the Northern invaders?
Thich Chan Quang identifies himself as the grandson of late Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh, and he holds a certain position in this Communist society. It is not known whether Thich Chan Quang followed Ho Chi Minh’s ideology or not, but it is clear that Ho Chi Minh’s actions during his lifetime were also subservient to China, and that Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, signed a note acknowledging China’s claim of sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracels) and the Truong Sa (Spratlys) also the ideology of submission to China, offering both hands to the so-called brother Communist Party. Obviously, the actions of General Ly Thuong Kiet in the past and those of Ho Chi Minh were completely opposite. Perhaps, standing on Ho Chi Minh’s thought, Thich Chan Quang considered Ly Thuong Kiet to be “mixed” with the patriarch of the Communist Party.
Originating from the Communist Party, the disease of fame spread everywhere. While national heroes who defeated Hitler such as Winston Churchill of the UK, or Charles De Gaulle of France, did not require anyone to admit they were this famous celebrity, the Communist Party of Vietnam filed a petition to UNESCO to recognize Ho Chi Minh as a world cultural celebrity. This is a typical Communist habit, wanting to have this and that name. But UNESCO did not recognize it, however, the Communist Party still spread the news to the whole people that UNESCO recognized Ho as a world cultural celebrity.
Thich Chan Quang is a state-controlled monk, he is a follower of the Party, especially the ideology of Ho Chi Minh.
However, he was also a monk of Buddhism. If they are true monks, they only focus on teaching the Buddhadharma, so that society can be better, people come to happiness in an idyllic way, without frivolous luxury. Thich Chan Quang, on the other hand, is a man who is heavy on political thought, but is a Communist-style toxic politics.
Recently, Venerable Thich Chan Quang said in the newspaper that he made a proposal for UNESCO to recognize the Buddha’s enlightenment as an extremely valuable and intangible cultural heritage. It seems that Thich Chan Quang wanted the value that the Buddha enlightened, given the title as the Communist Party claimed the title for Ho Chi Minh?
With such a proposal, it is clear that Thich Chan Quang is using the narrow Communist rules to measure the value of the Buddha.
The values left by the Buddha are the way for the next generation, after 26 centuries it still stands and develops. Does the Buddha need anyone’s recognition? Those who come to enlightenment see for themselves its great value. In fact, those who see the great value of enlightenment must be those who have abandoned the three words greed, hatred and delusion. With the mind that wants to get this title, it is clear that Thich Chan Quang’s mind is carrying a lot of greed. In this case, he’s being greedy.
The communist rules are the rules of greed, the rules of the yard, and the rules of ignorance. These rules are not qualified to measure the values left by the Buddha. True Buddhism has nothing in common with Communism. Once controlled by the Communists, it is a tool organization disguised as a religion.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
