DUer that support our brave Buddhist monks and nuns: Check in!!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

Your courage and service to our the cause of pacifism is something I will always be grateful for.

No flamefest, please. This thread if for those who would like to thank those that serve humanity in a way that makes us proud!

[LakeSamish706]

1. I hope and (not a religious person) but actually pray for the citizens of...

Myanmar, and the brave soldiers that are standing up for the protesters... I hope that you rid yourselves of these rotten bastards that have held control of your lives for so long.

[Dora]

2. Sometimes the path of least resistance involves active resistance.

I think someone will know what I mean.





Sariputra,
Form is no different from empty
Empty no different from form
Form is just empty
Empty just form
Sensation, perception, volition and consciousness
Are also like this

Sariputra, this is the emptiness of all dharmas
They neither arise nor cease
Are neither defiled nor pure
Neither increase nor decrease

For this reason within emptiness there is no form
No sensation, perception, volition or consciousness
No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body or mind
No sight, sound, scent, taste, touch or thought
No seeing,…even no thinking
No ignorance nor end of ignorance,…even
No aging and death, nor end of aging and death
No suffering, origin, cessation or path
No wisdom and no attainment

Because nothing is attained
Bodhisattvas maintain prajnaparamita
Then their heart is without hinderance
And since without hinderance, without fear
Escaping upside-down, dream like thinking
And completely realizing nirvana
All buddhas of all times maintain prajnaparamita
Thus attaining anuttara-samyak-sambodhi
Hence know, prajnaparamita is
The all-powerful mantra
The great enlightening mantra
The unexcelled mantra
The unequaled mantra
Abel to dispel all suffering
This is true, not false
Therefore proclaim the prajnaparamita mantra
Recite the mantra thus
Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha

[pampango]

3. It takes a lot of courage and patriotism for civilians to stand up to

a military with a strong history of violently repressing its people. Good luck to the Burmese people.

[BlooInBloo]

4. What pampango said.

[lonestarnot]

5. Yes.

:applause:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. ..

:thumbsup:

[me b zola]

23. Indeed

:applause:

[nam78_two]

36. very true

:thumbsup:

[BoneDaddy]

6. God speed

oh holy ones. Well done.

[Mountainman]

8. A buddhist here. Though surely no arahan.

I can understand what is going on. I read once that when asked about being forced to flee for their lives some Buddhist said that it was time to spread the word to more people so fleeing has it's value.

[SidDithers]

9. K&R...And I wonder, do the citizens of Burma...

unconditionally support their troops in this instance?

Sid

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. LOL

Those brave Burmese troops are true heros.

[Mrs. Overall]

19. Zing!

[uppityperson]

27. good.

[blondeatlast]

11. Here! nt

[Uncle Joe]

12. Thanks for the thread, Bornaginhooligan

My thoughts are with the Burmese people, I hope and pray the military find the courage to free their own people.

Kicked and recommended.

[Name removed]

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[EFerrari]

14. Yes. I keep wondering what can be doen but come up empty.

:(

[yellerpup]

15. They fight without killing and they will win.

They know The Way to freedom and they are teaching bravery to the rest of the world. Watch and learn. Peace will prevail.

[loudsue]

22. That's the important lesson here, pup, and I wish the whole world would GET IT.

We have to stop warring. War is the stupid way out... the chicken way out. Just pull out a gun and shoot someone so you don't have to face thinking through all sides of a conflict, and reaching resolution? All across the world, people need to decide that war is a criminal act, and put a stop to it.

:kick:

[yellerpup]

31. Gonna have to get you a megaphone for that message, loudsue.

I couldn't agree more.

[Mrs. Overall]

16. As an ex-nun, I admire them wholeheartedly as I admired the three nuns

who broke into the US military's minuteman missile site and poured their own blood on the silos as a plea for peace.

On Edit: And as I admired Sister Dorothy Stang, shot in the face three times in Brazil for standing up to government developers to save the indigenous people and their forests.

[ThomCat]

17. The people of Burma, led by couragous monks,

truly deserve our utmost respect and admiration. I hope they succeed in driving out the military dictatorship. And I hope the US isn't backing the military there.
:cry:

[MazeRat7]

18. Absolutely - K&R for selflessness, a model that would make the world a better place. -nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. As a pacifist, and Buddhist (of sorts), I'm glad to check in support. K&R

"In separateness lies the world's great misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength." Buddha

[Swamp Rat]

21. I will send them lots of prana

The Buddhist monks and nuns are real heros.

[northamericancitizen]

24. K&R. I am deeply touched by what's happening to the monks and

the people around them.

I still can't comprehend how a young man in uniform can look in the eyes of an other young man (dress in orange)and just kill him....

Sending good vibes to those who are courageous enough to stand up for their Rights.

lise

[Vidar]

25. Checking in.

[uppityperson]

26. Very much and thank you.

[Raster]

28. Peace of the Lord Buddha upon them.

[Akoto]

29. I am a Zen Buddhist, and I support them deeply ...

It tears me up to think of the atrocities being committed against them. The monks are peaceful. They've done nothing to deserve being shot or simply beat to death. :cry:

My hope is that what's going on there will encourage more citizens to do something about the junta. The monks are revered in Burma, and retaliating against them with violence was probably the worst decision they could make in terms of quelling the situation.

I have my statue of Kannon out today, and I often think of the monks when looking at it. She is a Bodhisattva, and is regarded as the god/goddess of compassion.

[panader0]

30. Checking in. I will never forget the monks who doused themselves

with gas and burned themselves up during the Vietnam war. K&R

[AndyTiedye]

32. I Am Afraid It is Too Late for the Monks, and Everyone Else in the Villages They Lived In

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1931591

This looks worse than 1988 already. 18 villages wiped out and the army is still on the march.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. No, I don't think it's too late.

According to reports the Army's already beginning to mutiny against the government. That's just what is needed to overthrow this government.

It's looking like these pacifist monks may be accomplishing in a few days what this country's failed to do in Iraq in the last four years.

[Evoman]

34. My post in the R/T forum.

I support the monks.

I hate soldiers and the military....living in Chile during the Pinochet coupe can do that to a person.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=214&topic_id=150266&mesg_id=150266

[Mabus]

35. Checking in

Words fail me. Their courage is monumental.

[Matariki]

37. Their OURS?? I always wanted a Buddhist monk!

Sorry, just kidding. I was moved to tears reading about what's going on in Burma. Good for people standing up in the face of oppression and dictators. It's an inspiration.

I read that the Burmese govt. has been cutting mobile phone services in an attempt to stop images and news from reaching the international community.

[JNelson6563]

38. I stand with them.

In solidarity. :grouphug:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

39. Best face religion has had in a while. Admirable. nt

[renie408]

40. Consider me checked. n/t

[seemslikeadream]

41. Burma is on the Brink of Revolution

AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY TURN ME AROUND
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1896963


Burma is on the Brink of Revolution
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1893560

Myanmar Forces Fire on Protesters
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1920774

Kerry: U.S. Must Stand with Burmese Demonstrators
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1911700

The Companies They Keep in Burma
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1917088

Rangoon: ‘army mutiny’ reported-Troops REFUSE To Fire On Crowds
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1931685

International narcotics agenda behind Myanmar instability
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1929731

From inside Burma
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1925199

[Breeze54]

42. The military is killing a lot of people there!

The protesters are very, very brave and I absolutely admire them and I fear for their lives and the
lives of the monks, who seem to be missing in action today. The evening news on ABC showed video's
of the shootings and a new one that seems to show the military opening fire on teenagers at a high
school! :( I think there are a lot of deceased protesters there today but the "gov" cut the internet.
No more access and so we won't know what's going on there for awhile.

:kick: & Recommended

[cgrindley]

43. I don't support any religion

religion has done far more over thousands of years to damage humanity than to serve it.

[Breeze54]

44. This isn't about religion.

The monks are leading the protestors against the military regime!

[cgrindley]

48. Then let's celebrate them as people not as monks (nt)

[Breeze54]

51. The kudo's were for ALL the protestors,

but the monks have been the one's leading the people to protest
against the military gov. and protest for their freedom!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/23/world/main3289083.shtml">Myanmar Monks Lead Growing Protest Marches

Observers Watch Carefully As Thousands Confront An Often Brutal Military Government

Comments Comments1

YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 23, 2007

(AP)

Buddhist nuns swelled the forces of anti-government protesters in Myanmar, whose sharpening battle of wills
with the military regime brought 20,000 people onto the streets and set up an edgy confrontation with police Sunday.

A march of 20,000 people in Yangon's streets, including about 10,000 monks and at least 100 white-robed nuns,
was the country's largest anti-government protest since a failed democratic uprising in 1988.

It raised both expectations of possible political change and fear that the military might revert to form by trying
to stamp out the demonstrations by force of arms, as it did in 1988, when it ended up killing thousands of people nationwide.

The protests began on Aug. 19 as a movement against economic hardship, after the government sharply raised fuel
prices, increasing the overall cost of living. Arrests and intimidation saw the movement begin to falter until
last week, when monks - who have long served as the country's conscience - became the protests' vanguard.

[cali]

45. yes.

Sentient beings are numberless; we vow to liberate them.
Delusions are inexhaustible; we vow to transcend them.
Dharma teachings are boundless; we vow to master them.
The Wisdom Way of Enlightenment is supreme; we vow to embody it.

Bodhisattva vow.

[ellisonz]

46. Checking in.

[mdmc]

47. God bless

peace and low stress

[Glimmer of Hope]

49. Here is to peace prevailing for once. Please.

[FooFootheSnoo]

50. Good luck to the monks and other protestors

I admire their courage. I hope they can make a difference.