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The life and career of Nun Huynh Lien (1923-1987) embodies the blood bond between Dharma and the nation, where compassion, joy and forgiveness blend with patriotism and the spirit of commitment to the nations destiny. Download Launching ceremony of Womens Right to Life Committee. The spirit of serving sentient beings is making offerings to the Buddhas Nun Huynh Lien, real name Nguyen Thi Tru, was born in 1923 in Phu My village, My Tho, Tien Giang province (now Dong Thap province), in a Buddhist farmer family. In 1943, at the age of 20, Nguyen Thi Tru entered the meditation door at Minh Su Buddha Hall. Growing up in a country dominated by French colonialists, young girl Nguyen Thi Tru could not ignore the painful adversities that happened every day around her. In 1945, influenced by her uncles revolutionary ideology and responding to President Ho Chi Minhs call, Nguyen Thi Tru joined the Viet Minh Front to seize power in the locality. On April 1, 1947, Nguyen Thi Tru officially ordained at Linh Buu Tu with the Buddhist name Huynh Lien. She was directly preached by the Patriarch and entrusted with the mission of receiving nuns. When the Patriarch was absent, she continued her vow to lead the nuns along the path of true Dharma. During more than 40 years, she successfully built a system of 72 Viharas of the Mendicant Nuns in Vietnam, gathering thousands of nuns and tens of thousands of followers. In the 1960s, when the Ngo Dinh Diem government implemented a cruel policy of discrimination and suppression of Buddhism, Nun Huynh Lien, as the head of the Mendicant Nuns, participated in the movement for freedom of belief, civil rights and democracy, which spread strongly. throughout the South. Her vow has become a guideline for an entire generation of committed monks: May I dedicate my entire life/ To the source of Dharma, to the love of my homeland. The turning point that marked the comprehensive development of patriotic activities of Nun Huynh Lien was when she participated in the establishment and served as an advisor to the Women demanding the right to life movement, chaired by lawyer Ngo Ba Thanh, launched at An Quang pagoda on August 2, 1970, headquarters. located at Ngoc Phuong Vihara (Go Vap). Under the leadership of Nun Huynh Lien, Ngoc Phuong Vihara became a red address: a meeting place for patriotic organizations, a fulcrum to protect officials and a rearguard to aid the poor. The Womens Movement demanding the right to life developed very quickly after only nearly a year of establishment, gathering over 20 womens organizations, of which the Buddhist force was an extremely important core. On October 18, 1970, Nun Huynh Lien made a big splash when he initiated the Hair Loss for Peace ceremony, using the monks own hair as a weapon to protest the war. Not stopping there, Nun Huynh Lien also actively participated in exciting activities and movements: From anti-American rallies to announcing the 10-point Declaration on peace, expanding the solidarity front, establishing movement branches in Can Tho and Tra Vinh, connecting the strength of the entire Southwest region. Nun Huynh Lien participated in building and leading organizations such as the Peoples Front for Peace, the Movement for the Right to Life of Orphans and Children. children of war victims, Committee for Improving Prison Regimes. The head nun and the Ngoc Phuong Vihara system are always the shock force in those organizations. In particular, she turned the press forum into a sharp weapon through press conferences such as: The people demand food and clothing, Buddhism demands Peace or Farmers demand the right to live. Nun Huynh Lien was one of the core members participating in the struggle to force the enemy to release Lawyer Ngo Ba Thanh, and at the same time coordinated with fellow Catholics to denounce Americas invasion policy right at the Redemptorist Church; stand side by side with students against school militarization; Standing on the side of Eagle Battery Company workers against exploitation. At the end of 1971, when the enemy fiercely suppressed and imprisoned a series of movement leaders, the Head Nun courageously took on the responsibility to continue leading the struggle movement. During the period 1971 - 1975, Ngoc Phuong Vihara was blocked by barbed wire fences, and soldiers were closely guarded day and night. Nun Huynh Lien did not hesitate to take risks, many times crossing barbed wire fences and guns to join the nuns in front of the Saigon Opera House to fight. The image of Nun Huynh Lien leading the group, with young nuns holding hands tightly in a circle, using their bodies to protect the mothers and wives of political prisoners from the strong pressure of the water cannon, has become an indomitable symbol of the solidarity and fighting spirit of Vietnamese women in particular and the Vietnamese people in general. The people of Saigon appreciated and honored Nun Huynh Lien as a golden lotus in red fire. At the end of 1974, facing a strict siege of Ngoc Phuong Vihara to confine and suppress patriotic activities and eliminate the movement, the Nun decided to set up a field funeral pyre right in front of the Viharas gate. This is a drastic message sent to the world: Nuns are ready to sacrifice to protect justice and human rights to life. She also participated in organizing unique activities such as Beggar Journalist Day or the Dotell my compatriots in the middle of Ben Thanh market. All created a total force, causing the enemy to give in to the peoples legitimate demands, contributing to the nations great victory on April 30, 1975. Download Nun Huynh Lien (2nd row, second from right) at the rally to celebrate the Liberation of the South and the reunification of the country on May 1, 1975. Sensitive poets soul With a talented pen, Elder Nun Huynh Lien is also a sensitive poets soul, a learned translator, using her pen as a sharp weapon, both conveying Buddhist philosophy to the masses and arousing the patriotic fire i
