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Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism part four of four from 1962 to 2008 at Timeline Help.

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San Francisco Zen Center founded. Panchen Lama arrested. Burmese rulers arrest over hundreds of monks. World Buddhist Sangha Council in Sri Lanka, some kind of a council like in the previous pages of my Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism. Nine Basic Points Unifying the Theravada and Mahayana are approved. The Archaeological Service of Indonesia and UNESCO restore the Borobodur complex. Buddhism centers appear in Europe. Naropa Institute founded in Colorado. At the funeral of former U.N. secretary-general U Thant's Buremese authorities arrest hundreds of monks. The Insight Meditation Society is founded in Massachusetts. Burmese authorities close monasteries and arrest Buddhist monks. Shanghai Institute of Buddhism is founded. The Dalai Lama is awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. Burmese militayu regime attack monasteries, and arrest and torture hundreds of monks. The Hyderabad Buddha Statue is constructed. Dalai Lama appoints Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as Eleventh Panchen Lama. The Buddhist nun Bhikkhuni Order is revived in India, by the International Buddhist Women Association. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam fighters attack and damage the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka. Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary is established in Malaysia. The Taliban in Afghanistan destroy the Buddha statues of Bamyan. Sri Lankan Buddhist monks are elected in parliament for the Jaathika Hela Urumaya party. The Zhu Fo Yao Ji Jing script is discovered in Dalian. Two Buddhists are elected in the United States Congress. U.S. Congress honores the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal. Dalai Lama meets President George W. Bush. A massive Buddhist monks protest against the Burmese military regime is cracked down, hundreds of deaths are reported. Monks protest against the Chinese rule in Tibet, hundreds of deaths are reported. Tibetans protest against China during the Olympic flame tour in London, Paris, San Fransico and other world cities.

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