Posted in Buddhist News on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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On Sunday, the number of troops in Yangon, the largest city, swelled to about 20,000 after reinforcements arrived overnight, ensuring that almost all demonstrators would remain off the streets, an Asian diplomat said on condition of anonymity.
”I think the chance of protesters coming to the road and mobilizing enough people to topple the [...]
Posted in Buddhist News on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Burmese bloggers are now reporting that they are running into significant hurdles to getting the word out on the government’s crackdown.
As protests built to more than 100,000, the government apparently allowed internal reports until three days into the crackdown, raising fears that it planned to intensify measures that left 9 dead on Thursday. [...]
Posted in Readings on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The View of Buddhist Meditation
by Traleg Rinpoche
According to the Buddha’s teaching all sentient beings desire happiness and do not want to experience suffering and human beings are no exception. According to the Buddhist teachings although human beings are superior to other sentient creatures in terms of intelligence, nonetheless, they do not have proper insight into [...]
Posted in Buddhist News, Photos/Artwork on September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Posted in Buddhist News on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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BANGKOK, Sept. 27 — Government security forces in Myanmar cracked down for a second day today on nationwide protests, firing shots and tear gas, and raiding at least two Buddhist monasteries, where they beat and arrested dozens of monks, according to reports from the city of Yangon.
Further casualties were reported, following at least [...]
Posted in Theravada Buddhism on September 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
From Slate:
How Many Burmese Monks Are There?At least 10,000 of them demonstrated over the weekend …
By Michelle Tsai
Burmese monks stand in line for lunch
Amid historic demonstrations against the Burmese government, 10,000 maroon-robed monks protested the military junta in Yangon on Sunday. The next day, 1,000 monks led a crowd of almost 100,000 in a [...]
Posted in Buddhist News, Photos/Artwork on September 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Buddhist News on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Several thousand Burmese monks and other protesters are marching in Rangoon despite a bloody crackdown by police. One death is reported.
Police beat and arrested demonstrators at the revered Shwedagon Pagoda, including up to 100 monks, on the ninth day of unrest against military rule.
One march started for the city centre while another headed [...]
Posted in Reflections on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
To study the Buddha’s way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by ten thousand things.
–Dogen
These few lines by this 13th century Japanese Zen master capture the essence of Buddhism. Dogen [...]
Posted in Buddhist News on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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One of the monks who took part in the protests came to us and told us about his experiences. He said: “We are not afraid, we haven’t committed a crime, we just say prayers and take part in the protests. We haven’t accepted money from onlookers although they offered us a lot. We [...]
