Buddhist-Based Resources for Relief and Social Change
Posted on December 20, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Clear View Project Fundraising—Winter 2015-16
18 December 2015
Dear Friends,
Since 2008 Clear View Project has been providing education and basic support to the most needy in Burma, India, and elsewhere. Over the years we have raised more … Read more
Posted on December 6, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Update from December 2014
Dear Friends,
I am running late with this year’s fundraising letter, having just returned from four weeks in Asia. It was a rich trip—though not always easy—with visits to Tamil Nadu, Nagpur, and Mumbai in India and to Mandalay, Pyin … Read more
Posted on March 18, 2014 by Alan Senauke
The Fire This Time: Religious Violence in Burma
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred only is hatred appeased. This is an unending truth.
— Dhammapada, 5
On February 27, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was ordered to close all its long-established clinics in Myanmar/Burma. … Read more
Posted on November 22, 2013 by Alan Senauke
A Fact-Finding Commission — Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar
Here is the press release for an important initiative that came out of our INEB meeting in Malaysia two weeks ago. The meeting itself had an ongoing focus on interfaith relations, particularly between Buddhists and Muslims in South and Southeast
Posted on May 31, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Burma Unbound?
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred only is hatred appeased. This is an unending truth.
— Dhammapada, 5
Religious and ethnic confrontation in Burma challenge cherished ideas of Buddhism and religious tolerance. This week, … Read more
Posted on November 27, 2012 by Alan Senauke
Conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State — A Statement from the International Network of Engaged Buddhists
The statement below was written and ratified by the International Network of Engaged Buddhist at its annual Advisory and Executive Board meeting this month. We hope that it expresses the concerns of Buddhists around the world who are witness to … Read more
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Alan Senauke
Good Day Sunshine — Elections in Burma
1 April 2012
The good news from Burma keeps coming in after regional by-elections there in 45 districts. It is not an April Fools joke. According to the Mizzima news service, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy looks … Read more
Posted on March 4, 2012 by Alan Senauke
A Change is Gonna Come… But Slowly — Speaking with Burma’s Monks
Maggin monastery, in Yangon’s eastern Thingangyun Township, was a refuge for hundreds of dissident Burmese monks during 2007’s “Saffron Revolution.” The Saffron Revolution began with local demonstrations against arbitrary and immediate price increases, which quickly became a national movement for … Read more
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Posted on March 23, 2018 by Alan Senauke
Interfaith Witness to Stop Genocide in Burma
Dear Friends,
I have not kept current on this website for a while, but that is because there has been a lot going on and very little time to write.
Most immediately, on 23 March I am joining a group … Read more