Monks on the Frontline - Burma

[mattr3366]

violience begets violence , scompassion attracts comapssion



[kausidya]

I agree with the old monk. It is not a monks place to involve themselves in politics. They have more important things to do.

[badsign1980]

its the most coward thing attacking with violence ppl who preach non violence ppl who will not strike back... non violence is the way, theres alot to learn with these ppl, but non action can become a way to destruction, budha would not believe that being alive should be ignoring or absent from world affairs

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

Wait...why does the video description say the uprising in 2007 was violent...it wasn't.

The protests were peaceful, and was led by monks who chanted messages of loving-kindness...it was the junta's forces who were violent...not the monks...and it doesn't mean that if one buddhist monk says that the only way to topple the regime is by violence that every single monk believes that.

[HalfLuck4]

I have watched monks act in self-defense before but did not hurt, inflict or kill anyone. Just protecting themselves from harm. They're doing the right thing. Show me a clip where monks actually killed someone? It's wrong to kill. - I support monks and nuns.

[HalfLuck4]

Let me put some sense here!

Burma is a communist country its governments; leaders, and generals are CORRUPTED. The Burmese Monks are peaceful. They act in self-defense. Nothing wrong with that. May Lord Buddha, watch over, protect, and bless the monks. I support Buddhism.

[gdgddhdh]

Fuck Burma OK Fuck Burmese

[statuecollector86]

May your igorance and stupidness not stop you in the future of your happiness

[DAYOUNGFAB]

buddha never said life was an endless cycle of suffering, budhha said life was a cycle of rebirth and within each life we will face suffering

[buddhosavaka]

I really doubt, I can quote what the monk said about the words of the Buddha, in the Buddha's own words. It is a mistranslation.

Love and compassion does not differentiates. It's the deluded mind.

It's such a wide spread Dhammapada saying, "Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal. " (Chapter 1, verse 5)

The thing about creating a bigger evil..etc is definitely wrong view.

It's a wrong livelihood as a monk.

[chipmunkpride]

I fuckin hate burma@!@!@!@!@ they kill our monks so if i became a monk there instead of here i would prolly be ded by now so fuck them bitches@!@!@

[ChristHeartEternal]

i didnt like nirvana, it was hell

[LeHuyAnh]

THese guys do not represent Theravada Buddhism!...as this school of Buddhism is suppoed to be political!...not what they say here!!! This clip is a bit orientalist...

[rjstoneus]

[3:23] - I fail to see how advocating that the monks stay out of politics is "towing the government line" or having a pro-government stance as the narrator states. The narrator fails to substantiate this claim. I don't think the narrator understands this position. If Ven. U Arthipha is pro-government then it is unsubstantiated by this interview as he doesn't say a single thing in support of the government.

[lovelovelove833]

ไอ้รบ."เหี้ย"ไอ้นายก"อภส."หัวค­วย"เขาว่า"มึง กิน โกง ขายชาติ"ไอ้สัตว์ประหลาด"ก็"ไม่­รู้จักคิด"จิตมึง"ต่ำทราม"ยิ่งก­ว่าสัตว์ดฉ."ไอ้เหี้ยรบ.ใดๆ"เขา­"ลาออกไป"แล้ว"ไอ้ตัวจัญไร"ไอ้เ­เต๋ว"อย่างมึง"แสนหน้าด้าน หน้าทน"มึงไม่อาย"หมา"บ้างหรือว­ะ"ไอ้อับจน "ปัญญา"ไอ้มึง มันเหี้ย แม้"หมา"มันก็"ไม่ทำ"เขา"เดินขบ­วน"ไล่มึง"นั่น"ปุ่มยางอาย"มึง"­มีหรือไม่? จงรีบ"ออกไป"ไอ้ควาย"หนีไปอยู่ท­ี่ไหน ก็ได้"ขืนอยู่ แม่ง"จะต้องตาย"SNIPER"หมายหัวม­ึง"แม่งฆ่าคนได้ 91 ศพ"กลางกรุง"ใคร"จูง"จมูกมึง วะ?"ไอ้สัตว์ ไม่รู้จัก"แยกดี จากชั่ว"ควย

[rjstoneus]

I think some of the subtitles in this contain incorrect translation. In particular, you don't pray to Buddha. I have a hard time believing that a Theravada monk would claim to pray to Buddha.

Also, uppeka is not ignorance, it means something more like equanimity. It is the highest of the four brahma-vihara or "godlike abidings." Ignorance (avijja or moha) is actually the cause of all stress/suffering (dukkha), perhaps the lowest of all mental qualities.

[kurohune07]

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