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
Spring has arrived in Berkeley, and I suppose, in various other parts of the world. All is growing here. The wisteria surrounding our front windows and door has already blossomed and turned.
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
This piece can also be found on Shambhala SunSpace.
The news from Burma this week is encouraging. The doors of freedom continue to open. On January 12, the government of Myanmar and ethnic rebels of the Karen National Union signed
Here is a PDF of a wonderful article by Susie Poppick about our good friends in Brooklyn, the exiled Saffron Revolution monks of the All Burma Monks’ Alliance. This was published in the January 2011 issue of First Things, … Read more
“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
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
Tag: Burma (Myanmar)
A Fact-Finding Commission — Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar
Posted on November 22, 2013 by Alan Senauke
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Category: Buddhist-Islam relations, Burma (Myanmar) Tags: Buddhist-Muslim Relations, Burma (Myanmar), International Movement for a Just World, International Network of Engaged Buddhism, Malaysia
Burma Unbound?
Posted on May 31, 2013 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Buddhist-Islam relations, Burma (Myanmar) Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhist-Muslim Relations, Burma (Myanmar), Rakhine State, Rohingya refugee crisis
Updates from Spring 2012
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Alan Senauke
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SPRING UPDATE
Spring has arrived in Berkeley, and I suppose, in various other parts of the world. All is growing here. The wisteria surrounding our front windows and door has already blossomed and turned.
BURMA
The flowering of civil society … Read more
Category: News Tags: Bhikkhu Bodhi, Burma (Myanmar), Dalit communities, Tassajara, Zen photography
Good Day Sunshine — Elections in Burma
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma (Myanmar), National League for Democracy, Saffron Revolution
Burma’s Opening Door
Posted on January 19, 2012 by Alan Senauke
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This piece can also be found on Shambhala SunSpace.
The news from Burma this week is encouraging. The doors of freedom continue to open. On January 12, the government of Myanmar and ethnic rebels of the Karen National Union signed
Category: Burma (Myanmar), News Tags: Ashin Gambira, Assistance Association of Political Prisoners, Barack Obama, Burma (Myanmar), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Ethnic minorities in Burma, Hillary Clinton, Ko Ko Gyi, Min Ko Naing, Saffron Revolution, Thein Sein
The Last of the Saffron Monks
Posted on January 10, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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Here is a PDF of a wonderful article by Susie Poppick about our good friends in Brooklyn, the exiled Saffron Revolution monks of the All Burma Monks’ Alliance. This was published in the January 2011 issue of First Things, … Read more
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: All Burma Monks' Alliance, Ashin Indaka, Burma (Myanmar), First Things, Saffron Revolution, Sayadaw Sakkinda, Susie Poppick, The Institute on Religion and Public Life, U Pyinya Zawta, U Zeye, Universal Peace Buddha Temple of New York
Aung San Suu Kyi is free — but what happens now?
Posted on November 14, 2010 by Alan Senauke
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“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
Category: Burma (Myanmar), News Tags: Ashin Gambira, Burma (Myanmar), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Metta Sutta, Min Ko Naing, Saffron Revolution, Su Su Nway, Zargana
Foundation for the People of Burma Staff Training (January 2009)
Posted on January 25, 2009 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: Bago, Burma (Myanmar), Ethnic minorities in Burma, Foundation for the People of Burma, Jill Jameson, Joanna Macy, Tatmadaw, Yangon / Ragoon
Leading Saffron Revolution monk’s memoir
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: 8888 Uprising, All Burma Monks' Alliance, Ashin Gambira, Ashin U Arsara, Ashin U Zaw Tika, Burma (Myanmar), General Ne Win, Maggin monastery, Mandalay, Metta Sutta, Overturning of the Alms Bowl, Pakokku, Saffron Revolution, Sangha Duta Council of Burma, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Shwedagon Pagoda, The Golden Uprising, U Aww Ba Tha, U Kheminda, U Kovida Bewitha, U Medhavi, U Ottama, U Pakada (Pannasara), U Raza Dama Bewitha, U Tay Za, U Thant Crisis, U Wisara, United Nations, Yangon / Ragoon
Burma Comments — 20 years after the 8-8-88 Uprisings
Posted on August 8, 2008 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: 8888 Uprising, Burma (Myanmar), Cyclone Nargis, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Saffron Revolution
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