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Karma Power: What Makes a Monk Mad
Sep. 30th, 2007 11:51 amthank you & for this article. I am trying to understand all going on...spent much of yesterday researching and reading up...so complex...I have no clear opinion yet...but am listening and trying to See.
September 30, 2007
Karma Power
What Makes a Monk Mad
By SETH MYDANS
BANGKOK
AS they marched through the streets of Myanmar’s cities last week leading the biggest antigovernment protests in two decades, some barefoot monks held their begging bowls before them. But instead of asking for their daily donations of food, they held the bowls upside down, the black lacquer surfaces reflecting the light.
It was a shocking image in the devoutly Buddhist nation. The monks were refusing to receive alms from the military rulers and their families — effectively excommunicating them from the religion that is at the core of Burmese culture.
That gesture is a key to understanding the power of the rebellion that shook Myanmar last week.( read more )
September 30, 2007
Karma Power
What Makes a Monk Mad
By SETH MYDANS
BANGKOK
AS they marched through the streets of Myanmar’s cities last week leading the biggest antigovernment protests in two decades, some barefoot monks held their begging bowls before them. But instead of asking for their daily donations of food, they held the bowls upside down, the black lacquer surfaces reflecting the light.
It was a shocking image in the devoutly Buddhist nation. The monks were refusing to receive alms from the military rulers and their families — effectively excommunicating them from the religion that is at the core of Burmese culture.
That gesture is a key to understanding the power of the rebellion that shook Myanmar last week.( read more )
