Buddhist-Based Resources for Relief and Social Change
Posted on December 30, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Nowhere To Run Along Burma’s Border
Three days ago, more than two hundred Karen refugees sheltering at a temple on the Thai-Burma border were forcibly driven back across the border into Burma by units of the Thai Army. Like thousands of refugees, they came to Thailand … Read more
Posted on November 14, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Aung San Suu Kyi is free — but what happens now?
“Whatever they do to me, that’s between them and me; I can take it. What’s more important is what they are doing to the country.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, 1994
The images of Aung San Suu Kyi greeting thousands of … Read more
Posted on November 1, 2010 by Alan Senauke
A Letter To President Obama & Secretary Clinton On Burma’s Election
WESTERN BUDDHIST TEACHERS FOR A FREE BURMA
c/o Clear View Project
1933 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
jack@clearviewproject.org / 510.845.2215
November 1, 2010
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama,
As you know, the upcoming … Read more
Posted on January 25, 2009 by Alan Senauke
Foundation for the People of Burma Staff Training (January 2009)
FPB Staff Training January 2009
Foundation for the People of Burma
Burmese Staff Training
16-22 January 2009
near Bago, Myanmar
Report by Alan Senauke
Summary
With help from the San Francisco office and their people in Yangon, I led a … Read more
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Alan Senauke
Leading Saffron Revolution monk’s memoir
Article by U Pyinya Zawta, first published in Mizzima. U Pyinya Zawta spent almost 11 years in prison. He is now living in exile.
Burmese monks are known to have played an important role in their nation’s politics throughout its … Read more
Posted on September 26, 2008 by Alan Senauke
On the One-Year Anniversary of the Saffron Revolution — A Revolution of the Spirit
They may control the streets and monasteries, but they will
never be able to control our hearts and our determination.
— U Gambira (imprisoned monk)
One year ago, last September, 100,000 Buddhist monks and nuns poured into streets of Burma, … Read more
Posted on August 8, 2008 by Alan Senauke
Burma Comments — 20 years after the 8-8-88 Uprisings
The following address was given by Alan Senauke on 8.8.08 in Union Square, San Francisco — twenty years after Burma’s 8888 Uprising and one year after the Saffron Revolution.
From what I hear this is a highly auspicious date for … Read more
Posted on April 1, 2008 by Alan Senauke
Grace Under Pressure — The Plight of Burma’s Monks
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as “grace under pressure”—grace which … Read more
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Posted on April 26, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Saffron Revolution Monk U Pyinya Zawta in the Bay Area
Over this last weekend Clear View Project hosted senior Saffron Revolution monk U Pyinya Zawta in the Bay Area. U Pyinya Zawta is the Executive Director in Exile of the All Burma Monks’ Alliance ABMA). He was a leader of … Read more