YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar officials riding on trucks in central Yangon used loudspeakers uesday to warn against new anti-government protests, one day after Buddhist monks led 100,000 people in the streets.
"We warn the monks and the people not to participate in protest marches," local government officials shouted into loudspeakers from at least two trucks circling around the nation''s commercial hub.
"We will take action under the existing law," they warned, echoing threats carried in state media since late Monday.

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Before considering the Zen-Pure Land union as introduced to Vietnam through the Thao - Duong schoul, let us survey the Vietnamese Buddhist scene from the Dinh (969-981) to Tran (1225-1400) dynasties when Buddhism developed from a national religion to a nationalist religion before merging with aspects of Taoist and Confucian beliefs characteristic of the unification of the three religions fullowing the decline of Buddhist influence in the Late Trän dynasty.