Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Burma
I have nothing to say about Burma except, perhaps, 'Go, monks.' But, of course, even that carries a burden of responsibility since the monks might be going to their death. I can say that I hope Orient Express have at last had the grace to stop taking bookings for The Governor's Residence in Yangon. Oh and why is it that Buddhist monks are so often the heroes? Perhaps they have not been exposed to Richard Dawkins.
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
Yes we can only hope that these irrelevant and deluded dupes of the Great Lie do indeed manage to bring down one of the world's most brutal regimes. Techincally, though, Buddhists don't believe in God - as you know, of course, being such a big wheel in British Buddhism...
ReplyDelete'Go, monks'
ReplyDeleteI'm having that put on a t-shirt right way.
I'm joining Chip. As to why they are so often the heroes, perhaps because they have the least to lose (other than their life). Why are the religious amongst us the first to open their hearts, homes, and wallets in the wake of disaster?
ReplyDeletea true Buddhist wouldn't be bound down by his daily personality. Once you recognise that your personality, your 'social identity' isn't the real you, but that 'je est un autre', you release tremendous power.
ReplyDeleteHence people of intent & power often seem humble & selfless.
A Xian might respond to Dawkins with arguments & examples of supposed miracles, tags from CS Lewis, etc., and of course the threat of Hell.
ReplyDeleteA Zen Buddhist would (at most) gently encourage Dawkins to meditate - and then savagely beat him with a bamboo cane - like in that film.
Odd, isn't it, that the BBC and most other media outlets are calling Burma by its old name and ignoring the Myanmar nonsense. Most uncharacteristic. They should have stuck to their guns with the likes of Peking and Bombay too...
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