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
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
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
At the Asia-Pacific summit in Indonesia last week, U.S. President Barack Obama said he had spoken with iconic Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who supports increased engagement with Burma/Myanmar. Seeing “flickers of progress” in a … Read more
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
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
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The Fire This Time: Religious Violence in Burma
Posted on March 18, 2014 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
On February 27, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was ordered to close all its long-established clinics in Myanmar/Burma. … Read more
Category: Buddhist-Islam relations, Burma (Myanmar), Rohingya Crisis Tags: Buddhist-Muslim Relations, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, International Network of Engaged Buddhism, Rakhine State, Rohingya refugee crisis, Saffron Revolution
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
A Change is Gonna Come… But Slowly — Speaking with Burma’s Monks
Posted on March 4, 2012 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: Ashin Eindaka, Ashin Gambira, Ashin Issariya, Maggin monastery, Saffron Revolution, Yagon
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
Burma Back at the Crossroads
Posted on November 21, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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18 November 2011
At the Asia-Pacific summit in Indonesia last week, U.S. President Barack Obama said he had spoken with iconic Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who supports increased engagement with Burma/Myanmar. Seeing “flickers of progress” in a … Read more
Category: Climate Action Tags: Barack Obama, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy, Saffron Revolution
Saffron Revolution Monk U Pyinya Zawta in the Bay Area
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: All Burma Monks' Alliance, Kenneth Wong, Maggin monastery, Saffron Revolution, Temple Smith, U Pyinya Zawta
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
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
On the One-Year Anniversary of the Saffron Revolution — A Revolution of the Spirit
Posted on September 26, 2008 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Burma (Myanmar) Tags: Ashin Gambira, International Burmese Monks Organization (Sasana Moli), Saffron Revolution
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