Posted By: BarryWadsworth @ 11/22/2007 9:11:25 AM
Comment: It is terrible tragedy that the Chinese Communist Party oppresses the Tibetan people while the Burmese junta oppresses the monks of Burma. As an American Buddhist, I look to some of the monastary meditation centers in Burma as world treasures that should not be subject to such harshness and injustice. The culture of Tibet is also a world treasure, but it is being diluted and washed away by a tide of Chinese immigrants with no interest in Tibetan culture. Yet the Dalai Lama rightly continues to oppose the Party. The strength of Buddhism is in its unwavering dedication to peace and harmony, not just for oneself, but even for those that oppress us. I personally feel that the Buddhist practice of Metta (loving-kindness) meditation would go much further to loosen the grip of these oppressors than any kind of direct confrontation. I hope that next time, the monks of Burma organize huge meditation retreats instead of taking to the streets. Then, the Burmese junta would see the real value and strength of those that they would disrobe.
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