Monday, October 01, 2007

Monks lead largest Myanmar Protests II





This is a recent footage of the demonstrations started of my Buddhist Monks in Myanmar, hoping to receive democracy and an end to the dictatorship in Myanmar.

This current event could tell us a little on the origin of Buddhism. We can analyze and say that Buddhism is not just an individual need for psychological salvation. Buddhism might have start off as a religion serving to the needs in social issues. It might have been a case in which the monks holding power in the region are active in political activities, faces against political resistance, actualizing their beliefs socially through social movements.

The essential start was to liberate people and enlighten people, not to present a conceptual doctrine or philosophy.


Books you can buy:
Burma: The State of Myanmar
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia
The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World
Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism

so says.. miel at 10/01/2007 02:53:00 pm  

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